Inside Story

Zimbabwean president celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday. Plans for a huge party on Sunday, said to cost $1m, are being condemned as the country still struggles with its economic crisis. A freedom fighter for many, he has drawn criticism and condemnation in the West. His country has been under international sanctions for what Europe and the United States say are human rights violations and lack of reforms. Inside Story will focus on Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe. Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Three Al Jazeera journalists have gone on trial in Egypt accused of joining, or aiding and abetting a terrorist organisation. Correspondent Peter Greste and producers Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, pleaded not guilty to the charges. They have been detained for almost two months. Egypt's public prosecutor says the accused published lies that harmed the national interest. It is a case that has raised accusations of censorship against Egypt's military installed government.

We ask if the violence in the CAR is turning into a religious war? Sami Zeidan speaks to : Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan African News Wire, Donatella Rovera, senior investigator on crisis response for Amnesty International and recently visited the CAR.

Is Venezuela's socialist revolution under siege? Shihab Rattansi speaks to Gregory Wilpert, the founder of Venezuelanalysis.com and author of 'Changing Venezuela by Taking Power', Girish Gupta, a journalist covering events in Venezuela, Daniel Hellinger, a professor at Webster University, and author of 'Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era: Class, Polarization and Conflict'

Three years after the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, has the country's revolution been successful?

The British government warns Scots of the consequences of its plans to withdraw from the Union. Shihab Rattansi speaks to Jim Gallagher: a fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, Angus Armstrong: a fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council, and Allan Grogan: head of Labour for Independence, a group of pro-independence supporters of the Labour Party.

Will the United States loosen its grip on the world wide web? Sami Zeidan talks to Nigel Hickson, the vice-president for Europe at ICANN, Andrei Soldatov, the co-founder and editor of Agentura.ru and specialist on Russian security issues, surveillance and internet regulation, Pavan Duggal, an advocate of the Supreme Court of India and chairman of the ASSOCHAM Cyberlaw Committee.

As President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi announces a federalism plan, we ask if it is the best option for the country. Sami Zeidan discusses Joseph Kechichian, a senior writer at Gulf News, Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani, a political analyst and vice president of the Khobara Centre, Saeed Yafai, the chairman of the executive bureau of the consultancy Forum of Southerners in Sanaa.

After so many years, has the Revolution in Iran achieved its goals? Sami Zeidan discusses with Mohammad Marandi, professor of political science at Tehran University, Shahriar Shahabi, an Iranian businessman and tech entrepreneur and Mohsen Milani, the executive director of the Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies at the University of South Florida.

What message do the Swiss send by backing a plan to restrict immigration from the European Union? Shihab Rattansi discusses with Petros Fassoulas, the chairman of the European Movement and Commentator on EU Affairs; Dominik Hangartner, an associate professor at the London School of Economics' department of methodology, and Ulrich Schuler, an MP for the Swiss People's Party.

Is enough being done to help those in need, and do taboos and discrimination surrounding the illness still exist?

An increasingly heated struggle between the United States and Russia may be taking the crisis to new heights.

High stakes and high costs as most expensive Winter Olympics ever gets under in Russia. Adrian Finighan discusses with Sergey Markov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin; Michael Weiss, a fellow at the Institute of Modern Russia; Owen Gibson, chief sports correspondent for the Guardian newspaper

As the BDS movement gains traction, how will the country deal with the pressure? Adrian Finigan speaks to Avraham Burg, the former chairman of the Knesset; Dani Dayan, the former chairman of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements; and Naser Abdelkarim, a financial economist and advisor to the UN and the World Bank.

After more than a billion Likes, is the love affair with Facebook fading? Dareen Abughaida speaks to Nino Kader, the the CEO of Spark Digital, Matt Rhodes, the director of FreshMinds Digital Strategy Consultancy, Pavan Dubbal, an advocate and cyber crime specialist at the Supreme Court of India.