Rape as communal violence in India
Violence against women is being used as a weapon of communal hatred, suggesting India should enact the Communal Violence bill, Nilanjana Bhowmick argues.
Kashmir’s ever-present torture chambers
Umar Lateef Misgar reports on an alleged victim of the policing crackdown in Kashmir: a school teacher who was found tortured to death.
Tunisia: at a glance
A decade on from the revolution, and after a succession of chaotic governments, is democracy teetering in Tunisia, asks Francesca Ebel?
Pakistan: censorship by stealth
Media independence in Pakistan is suffering, with the authorities using creative ways to silence journalists. Suddaf Chaudry explains.
Iranian child rights activists seek asylum abroad
Veronique Mistiaen speaks to an Iranian human rights activist currently in hiding.
Victory then defeat for Pakistan’s persecuted
Aasia Bibi has just been acquitted for blasphemy charges. But Imran Khan’s government has now curtailed her human rights. Jahanzeb Hussain asks, ‘Where is the outrage?’
Trapped in wait
The UK’s asylum process consistently fails LGBTQI+ asylum seekers, and it’s only set to get worse as the government pushes through its draconian Nationality and Borders Bill. Amy Hall speaks to someone stuck in the system
Country Profile: Libya
Almost any Libyan can tell you the story of a relative or friend imprisoned, tortured, exiled or simply disappeared. Zoe Holman profiles this complex country.
In Pakistan, a women’s march comes with a price
Following a national women’s march across Pakistan, Zahwa Shah examines the blow-back from men and the political actors still blocking feminist organizing.
New year, fearful past
At Persian New Year, Sahar Fahimi speaks to Afghans about the humanitarian crisis tearing through their country.
Who cares? Humanitarianism under threat
Hazel Healy investigates the challenges facing 21st century disaster response.
Utopia disrupted: Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-held Afrin
What is at stake in Afrin today is the future of an alternative democratic and multi-cultural Middle East, Dilar Dirik writes.
‘We have lost everything’
For Afghans forced to leave their country and flee to Europe there is no place called home, writes Ritu Mahendru.
Feel the fear and carry on
In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.
Algeria’s uprising: ‘The people want independence!’
The Covid-19 pandemic may have put Algeria’s revolutionary uprising temporarily on hold, but, as Hamza Hamouchene observes, the will to topple the military regime remains strong.
A brutal blasphemy verdict
Another prisoner of conscience falls victim to Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws.
‘As long as the world keeps running, we’ll be here’
Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express themselves and build solidarity, writes Tuğçe Özbiçer.
Will cows and temples still deliver a mandate for Modi?
Nilanjana Bhowmick weighs up Modi's chances in the coming elections in India.
Who is Imran Khan?
For our rising new world leader segment, Richard Swift profiles the Oxford-educated former playboy cricketer, and now, Prime Minister of Pakistan
