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1 Sep 2015 1 minute read

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Free Mazen Darwish

We must stand in solidarity with Syria’s human rights defenders, says Salman Rushdie.

1 Sep 2015 4 minute read

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‘I love you, and you love 20 million people’

Yara Badr, Mazen Darwish’s wife, says she always knew she’d have to share him with the rest of Syria.

1 Sep 2015 5 minute read

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Bravery's edge

Thousands of unknown activists have risked their lives to defy extremism and violence. Daniel Adamson...

1 Sep 2015 6 minute read

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Calling time on the MDGs

No development process succeeds without the participation of those it targets, argues Maggie Black.

1 Sep 2015 4 minute read

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Rushing towards death

Daniel Adamson interviews Raed Saleh of The White Helmets, who have pulled thousands of...

1 Sep 2015 3 minute read

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What do Syrians want?

The story of how Rafif Jouejati organized a survey in a warzone, and the answers she got.

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Syrian conflict: the facts

Syria's civil war has inflicted a humanitarian crisis, expansive exodus of the population and a severe death toll. New...

28 Aug 2015 5 minute read

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Tweeting from ‘paradise’, one disappearance at a time

Jameela Freitas reports on the UAE’s enforced disappearance practice, which has been heavily criticized...

24 Aug 2015 4 minute read

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‘I refuse to be a slave to anyone’

Noreen Sadik reports on the case of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan.

6 Aug 2015 4 minute read

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Twisting Amnesty’s proposal to decriminalize sex workers

Why are we still confused by the idea that sex workers have human rights? asks Beulah Devaney.

30 Jul 2015 6 minute read

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The tragedy of young migrants in austerity-hit Greece

Undocumented refugees fleeing conflict and poverty are most vulnerable to exploitation, writes Jameela Freitas...

20 Jul 2015 5 minute read

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The failed politics of appeasing China

Nithin Coca warns against offering the country a second chance at the Olympics.

26 Jun 2015 5 minute read

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Mapping human rights from Colombia to Congo

Jen Wilton explains how geospatial mapping can help advance environmental and social justice.

8 Jun 2015 6 minute read

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Burma’s Rohingya: the invisible people

The country’s democratic changes have yet to reach its ethnic minorities. Tina Burrett and ...

2 Jun 2015 3 minute read

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Government intrusion and the loss of human rights

14 years of fighting the ‘war on terror’ has left us all less secure, says Amit Singh.

1 Jun 2015 4 minute read

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Blinded in ‘paradise’

With India touting Kashmir as a dream tourist destination, Uzma Falak reports on the reality – and the...

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