Making Waves

Interview with Irene Fernandez – defender of Malaysia’s migrant workers and winner of an ‘alternative Nobel Prize’.

The newly launched Latin American TV channel, teleSur, is offering a distinctive Southern perspective on the news – and is already causing consternation in the US Congress as a result. Meet its Director General, Aram Aharonian.

Filed in: Venezuela

Three of Israel’s refuseniks – Haggai Matar, Adam Maor, Matan Kaminer – explain why they could not serve in the army.

Filed in: Activism Israel Palestine Peace

Homophobia is still so strong in Indian society that Shaina, from the Organized Lesbian Alliance for Visibility and Action (OLAVA), does not want to give her real name.

Filed in: Gay Rights India

Diego Rozengardt is part of a new generation of political activists in Argentina – they are known as Generación Cromañón, after a notorious nightclub fire.

Janet Smith visits a determined indigenous woman fighting for the rights of women and of her people in the Brazilian Amazon.

Filed in: Activism Brazil Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Minorities Women

Annie Kajir – the lawyer who won’t be scared off by the robber barons of Papua New Guinea’s timber industry.

India’s brothels are full of young girls who serve as sex slaves. The Rescue Founwdation tries to liberate them.

A life spent in pursuit of human rights: Philippine campaigner Marie Hilao-Enriquez.

Filed in: Human Rights Philippines

Environmental trailblazer Wangari Maathai explains why she has joined the Kenyan Government.

Filed in: Environment Kenya

The ultimate poor person’s publisher profiled: Eloísa Cartonera from Argentina.

Filed in: Argentina