I hope that you folks can watch the Roger Cohen interview

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Human rights violations in Ukraine

Images of war crimes in Ukraine brought New York Times journalist Roger Cohen undeniable memories of the genocide in Srebrenica. He headed the New York Times' Balkan editorial board during the Bosnian Civil War. 'The difference with then is that in 1995 a so-called 'safe area' was set up by Western countries. They would protect the civilians.' He also believes that Putin's war is casting a shadow over the elections in France. 'People in the boulangerie talk about a third world war and bomb shelters for nuclear bombs. That was unthinkable a month ago.'


www.vpro.nl/buitenhof/lees/in-de-uitzending/2022/10-april#%20f56627c5-341e-4dd5-bbc6-16984ddbb512

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Buitenhof is a Dutch political interview programme produced by AVROTROS, BNNVARA and VPRO Netherlands Public Broadcasting and is broadcast on NPO 1 on Sunday afternoons, immediately after the short midday edition of NOS Journaal. The first edition of Buitenhof aired on 3 September 1995, when it succeeded the interview programme Het Capitool. The programme takes its name from the Binnenhof (Dutch parlaiment buildings area), The Hague, which includes a place Buitenhof (lit. outer court).

Twan Huys, and Pieter-Jan Hagens are among the programme's alternating presenters, and it is broadcast from the Veemvloer in Amsterdam. The editor in chief is Corinne Hegeman.

Buitenhof is an influential programme, and is regularly visited by the nation's top politicians, policy makers, representatives of the trade unions and employers' federation, scientists, and opinion makers. There is a strong emphasis on international events, and international guests regularly appear on the programme. Often foreign writers, thinkers, artists, ambassadors, scientists, politicians, diplomats, experts and intellectuals appear in this program.