The Forgotten Victims of Gender-Based Violence
The Rohingya Crisis continues to make headlines, as more and more evidence of shocking human rights violations comes to light. Gender-based violence has been...
Freedom from Tyranny
Two armoured vehicles were parked beside the main road from Harare to Chinhoyi, about 20 km from the city. The news was received with...
Despite exploitation, we keep buying.
The international clothing industry is worth an estimated $3 trillion and employs millions of people across the world. Here, Anja Nielsen outlines the exploitative conditions that...
Refugees and the narrative of choice: why language matters.
Here, Sam Wigglesworth distinguishes the important differences between two terms which are often used synonymously, ‘migrant’ and ‘refugee’. What may seem like a somewhat...
The Baha’I community perseveres under an oppressive Iranian government.
Recently media coverage has highlighted the oppression of the Baha’I community under the Iranian government. Carlos Aguilar analyses this and discusses how the minority...
Decriminalizing sex work: the pros and cons
Following Amnesty International’s decision to decriminalize all aspects of sex work and prostitution in order to help protect the human rights of sex workers,...
International Child Labour Rights 2015: Progress and Challenges
On June 12, International Day Against Child Labour was observed under the theme “NO to Child Labour – YES to Quality Education.” The International...
Magna Carta: under threat by the Conservatives?
Eight centuries is a long time. Enough time for monarchs to embrace their declining role in public life. Enough time for democracy to become the...
Where’s the humanity? Western leaders blinkered view on human rights
In the West, our politicians often focus on the need for humanitarian interventions around the world. The plight of minority groups is paraded on...
Human Rights Watch Film Festival: The Patience Stone
In the first of a series of reviews from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013, blog editor Emily Wight finds a moving account...
The blogging of a people who will not be slaves again? Resistance to Vietnam’s crackdown on bloggers
Vietnam is becoming more and more integrated into the global market, but its human rights record is worse than Burma’s and its government is...
Toy Soldiers – Russian democracy facing a real test
. As Russia goes to the polls today in a presidential election fraught with tension, Rowan Emslie considers the Kremlin’s decision to ban the...
Burma’s forgotten people
. Earlier this month US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the President of Burma, Thein Sein, to discuss possibilities for democracy. But Burma’s...