Upfront

This episode of "Upfront" includes an interview with a Uighur refugee, and a debate on whether data theft, interference and illegal spending tainted the Brexit referendum.

In this week's Special Interview, Uighur activist and president of the Uyghur American Association, Ilshat Hassan, discusses China's detention of religious minorities, and the effect it has had on him and his family.

Economist Arthur Laffer, who was an economic adviser to President Reagan, and author Anand Giridharadas discuss inequality, billionaires and oligarchy in the U.S.

According to Trump the U.S. economy is the "best it's ever been." But who's benefiting from this apparent "economic boom?" Is it everyone or just the rich?

Upfront quizzes the Malaysia's former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and speaks with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.

In this episode, the political crisis in Venezuela is discussed with self-declared president Juan Guaido's envoy to London Vanessa Neumann.

In the Reality Check segment, we shed light on alternative ways to win the so-called war on drugs.

A look at the #MeToo campaign, which has been criticised for excluding certain voices, is being received outside of the West. An UpFront special.

This week's episode features Liberia's former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discussing her 12 years in power and the accusations of nepotism and corruption against her.

In the Arena segment, we debate the controversial decision to rerun Istanbul's mayoral election with senior AK Party member Harun Armagan and Cato Institute fellow Mustafa Akyol.

In this week's UpFront, Hassan challenges author and Harvard professor Steven Pinker on his new book, "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress," in which he argues that data shows the world is becoming a better place.

And in the Arena, journalist Afua Hirsch and Claire Fox, author and director of the U.K.-based think-tank the Academy of Ideas, discuss racism in the United Kingdom, and the kind of conversations needed to address it. 

"UpFront" interviews former war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who last year quit the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria in protest, saying that justice for Syria’s victims was not possible.