Amanpour and Company

June 13, 2019

Christiane Amanpour speaks with Keith Bush on exoneration after 33 years in prison alongside Nina Morrison. Sergio Jaramillo joins the program to discuss peace negotiations in Colombia. Alicia Menendez speaks with Yousef Bashir about his new memoir, "The Words of My Father.

Keith Bush & Nina Morrison on Fighting for Justice

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Keith Bush was arrested at 17 years old for the murder of a teenage girl. Bush says police beat him and coerced a signed confession, and he spent 33 years behind bars until his release in 2007. But he was only exonerated last month, after years of fighting to prove his innocence. He joins the program to talk about his ordeal and fight for justice, alongside Nina Morrison of the Innocence Project.

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  • Sergio Jaramillo on the Fight for Peace in Colombia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sergio Jaramillo on the Fight for Peace in Colombia

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    After half a century, 200,000 deaths, and millions displaced, Colombia’s 2016 peace deal was celebrated around the world, but now it's at risk. Sergio Jaramillo played an instrumental role negotiating peace on behalf of the Colombian government and joins the program in London to discuss this threat to a hard-won peace.

  • Yousef Bashir on His New Memoir “The Words of My Father”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Yousef Bashir on His New Memoir “The Words of My Father”

    S2019 E300 - 19m 14s

    Yousef Bashir was fifteen years old when an Israeli soldier shot him in the back outside his home in Gaza. But in the months after the attack, he would come to see a different side of his occupiers, as a team of Israeli doctors helped him learn to walk again. As an adult, Bashir has become an advocate for peace. His journey is documented in his new memoir, "The Words of My Father."

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