Oral history interview with Paresh Patel

Interview: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds

Paresh Patel is an investigative journalist and presenter who, for many years, has worked for the BBC, both NW and National. He lives close to his family near Manchester. He loves football and music but his overriding passion is the pursuit of justice and truth. Paresh became heavily involved in the aftermath of the massacre by an armed Serbian unit of 16 women and children - in a domestic garden - in Podujevë in 1999. This involved him working in the UK, Serbia, Kosovo and Canada and a sixteen year personal commitment to the fight for justice for the Bogujevci family.

In this interview Paresh talks about his work as a BBC investigative journalist and documentary maker. This led to him working closely with the Bogujevci family and a key member of the team working with them when they gave evidence against the men responsible for killing their family in the Podujevë massacre, in Kosovo, in 1999. He talks about the value of oral history and about how this experience of investigative journalism changed his life.