Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, fighting for water rights at the United Nations
“The value of water is not its price”. We speak to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Malala Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education. A biography of the ground-breaking Pakistani activist.
Turkey withdraws from the Istanbul Convention on violence against women
President Erdoğan has pulled Turkey out of the Istanbul Convention, key in the fight against gender violence, claiming that it favours the LGBT community rather than family values.
6,500 workers have died in Qatar building infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup
An investigation by the Guardian reveals the staggering number of deaths among migrant workers in Qatar on building sites for the 2022 World Cup.
The demographic and cultural genocide of China’s Uyghur population
The Uyghur population is subject to violent repression at the hands of the Chinese state, with reports of mass sterilisations, re-education camps and forced labour.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins troubled elections in Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has won elections in Myanmar marred by the persecution of opposition figures and exclusion of Rohingya Muslims from the vote.
The dark secret of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh
Protests against extradjudicial killings at the hands of police were attacked, further propagating a climate of impunity and fear in Bangladesh.
Guinea’s giant Souapiti dam is displacing and impoverishing thousands
A flawed resettlement process is robbing villagers of their homes and livelihoods to the pave way for the construction of the Souapiti dam in Guinea.
John Lewis, biography of the historic civil rights leader who died aged 80
John Lewis was 80 years old and had cancer. He was the last surviving leader of the civil rights movement in the United States.
Sociologist Walden Bello on how we can change the world after the pandemic
Democracy places a key role in putting the Covid-19 crisis behind us. An interview with Walden Bello, who has dedicated his life to defending human rights.