Human Rights

Can art and young people put an end to modern-day slavery?

Ruth Wallis6 December 2016

"Why art? We want to reach youth in ways that are meaningful to them." “Can slavery be abolished once and for all? We are at a tipping point. We have the k... Keep Reading

Southern Turkey struggles to include new arrivals amid the ongoing refugee crisis

Sina Stieding1 December 2016

“Peace will be a very long-lasting process and I hope we can one day tell each other about how each country cooperated to find a mutual solution." The re... Keep Reading

‘State bureaucracy’ is delaying freedom for asylum seekers in Italy

Federica Signoriello9 November 2016

“We have to deal with the slowness of the Italian bureaucracy machine. If there is an appointment at the police station, you’ll most likely spend the rest of t... Keep Reading

Venezuela’s corruption crisis has led to a clampdown on democracy and freedom of speech

Isabela Vrba1 November 2016

“It is almost impossible to recognise the most minimal democratic aspects of the Venezuelan government when it has become the norm in this trampling.” Ve... Keep Reading

Malaysia’s crackdown on press freedom: Journalists reveal their struggle against censorship

Nicholas Cheng20 October 2016

“The important thing for the Malaysian government is to make an example out of you. To create fear. You say anything bad about me, you will be arrested first.”... Keep Reading

What do Londoners know about female genital mutilation (FGM)?

Adriana Calado and Adam Barr11 October 2016

"I think FGM is a taboo subject. A lot of people don’t want to talk about that sort of stuff, just because I think it made me cringe a little bit. Talking abo... Keep Reading

Academic freedom in Palestine questioned as British scholar is banned from West Bank

Rima Amin22 September 2016

“Something simple like coming onto campus can be risky. I can’t move from one part of Palestine to another without passing through a checkpoint with soldiers ... Keep Reading

Pakistan journalists raise concerns about press freedom amid attacks on news organisation

Isabela Vrba21 September 2016

"The protests do little to move the government and the perpetrators are hardly ever punished. Any measures announced by the authorities to protect the media i... Keep Reading

Mawjoudin: Campaigning for LGBT+ rights and tolerance in Tunisia

Isabela Vrba20 September 2016

“The state forces gay and bisexual men to undergo anal exams, which amounts to torture according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture." How does one c... Keep Reading

The United Nations Population Fund discusses the link between development, extremism and the refugee crisis

Yaerin Ku16 September 2016

“The Syrian crisis is an issue of lack of democracy, with the middle-class wanting to have more say — leading to instability. So now we have refugees. In many ... Keep Reading

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Special Features

Chennai Coastal Cleanup: Empowering citizens to take control of waste reduction

Khaled Akil: Depicting Syria, sex slaves and Pokemon through art

Design for Difference: Fashion student designs clothes to help the lives of refugees

A story of fostering an unaccompanied refugee minor in Europe

Silencing students: The unseen consequences of Prevent

The importance of remembering the Holocaust in today’s refugee crisis

BBC’s NW drama fails to portray the real diversity of north-west London

The Central American refugees behind Trump’s border wall

Prison conditions in Africa: The path to penal reform in Kenya and Uganda

Asyland: The reality for refugees trying to integrate into German society

From Berlin to Aleppo: Retracing the journey of Syrian refugees – backwards

The Whitney Plantation: Museum in Louisiana tells the story of the enslaved