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18 Feb 2016 3 minute read

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Former Kamlari slave girls pave the way for change in Nepal

By speaking out about their experiences, survivors have helped change society, reports Kevin Childs.

16 Feb 2016 3 minute read

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Sri Lanka’s key institutions corroded and corrupted by conflict

UN rights chief asks the country to address needs of victims ‘on all sides’. Lasanda Kurukulasuriya reports...

15 Feb 2016 7 minute read

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Five years after Bahrain’s revolution, five new ways to protest

Human rights defenders in the country continue to shine a light on the regime’s abuses, writes Erin Kilbride...

10 Feb 2016 3 minute read

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Palestinian hunger striker ‘on the verge of death’

It is now martyrdom or freedom for Mohammed Al-Qeeq, reports Giedre Steikunaite.

5 Jan 2016 6 minute read

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The face behind the PKK story

Every journalist who's visited the PKK's mountain stronghold in recent years knows Zagros Hiwa, reports Karlos...

30 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Freedom and football

In a letter to a friend, Antoine Cassar relives a visit to a detention centre in Luxembourg.

25 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Keystrokes in the West may mean a death sentence in Saudi Arabia

Chris Spannos on the dangers of going online in the land of Al Saud.

16 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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When governments jail people for reading

Angola’s political and human rights activists are on trial, as Marc Herzog reports.

16 Dec 2015 5 minute read

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For their eyes only

Michaela Whitton considers unlawful surveillance and the crushing of dissent.

9 Dec 2015 6 minute read

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‘I want my story to be heard’

Hakim Young meets Khalid Ahmad, who survived the US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan. ...

7 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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David Cohen – an advocate par excellence

Mari Marcel Thekaekara remembers a much-loved friend and mentor who died last week.

23 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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How to defend the United Nations?

After weathering decades of diplomatic storms, many wonder if the international organization can still be reformed, writes...

16 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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Is UNHCR failing to protect unaccompanied refugee children?

A chronic lack of coordination between agencies and volunteers is putting minors at risk in Lesbos, says Natasha...

13 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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The right to live and work in a ‘world-class’ city

Some residents and workers are more welcome than others, as Saranel Benjamin explains.

9 Nov 2015 5 minute read

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‘I will never move until I die or we get our freedom’

Noreen Sadik tells the story of recently deceased Palestinian Hashem Azzeh, who struggled for freedom, family...

1 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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And finally... Susan Abulhawa

Graeme Green talks to the Palestinian American author and human rights activist.

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