ASSASSINS

The Viceroy of India was considered the most powerful man in Britian’s most valuable colony. An untouchable figure representing the crown with all its power.  
And yet, he was killed in an unlikely place, by an unlikely man.  
A man whose motives are still questioned today.

Yalkun Uluyol has not seen or spoken to his father since 2018 — until recently he wasn't even sure if his father was still alive.
That's because his father had disappeared into a Chinese re-education and training camp for ethnic Uyghur Muslims in the far west of the country.
The Chinese government admits to creating "vocational education and training centres" as part of its campaign against extremism, but it says the camps are completely voluntary.
Yalkun Uluyol is now a researcher for Human rights Watch and lives in Türkiye.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

Juma Tayir was an ethnic Uyghur. He was also the Chief Imam of China's largest mosque.
In 2014, during a security crackdown by the Chinese Government, Tayir was brutally assassinated outside the mosque.
But who wanted Juma Tayir dead — and why?
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

In the early 2000s, Pim Fortuyn was one of the most famous gay politicians in the world.  
Determined to protect the tradition of progressive Dutch values, Fortuyn was also anti-immigration, and a fierce critic of Islam.   
All this against a backdrop of the War on Terror, which, at the time was in full swing.  
Host: Aslan Pahari 
Producer: Hannah Jose 
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls 
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan 
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research 
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven 
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn 
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

You might know L-FRESH The LION from tracks like 1 in 100,000 or his Like A Version performance of Survive on triple j. 
As a Sikh Punjabi-Australian artist, he’s built his career around questions of identity and culture and the melding of musical genres. 
In the final instalment of our Punjabi music special, Aslan sits down with L-FRESH to talk about the Punjabi musicians who’ve influenced him. 
Check out Aslan's Punjabi Music playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7FOjbBMbEQeucu3q7kZOx0
Host: Aslan Pahari 
Producer: Hannah Jose 
Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls 
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan 
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research 
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven 
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn