Stories about Human Rights from December, 2024
‘Free yourselves from fear’: Cambodian youth activists fight for environmental justice
"The more they arrest our members, the more defenders are coming up. We will be always here fighting for environmental justice."
How death threats, job losses, and lack of protection affect whistleblowers in West Africa
Across Africa, corruption remains a critical barrier to development, undermining democratic institutions, slowing economic growth, contributing to governmental instability, and fueling organized crime and general insecurity.
Children of the border: Uncovering the crisis of child labor and sexual exploitation at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
At Torkham, a busy Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing, young children navigate heavy traffic, carrying burdensome loads. Their presence amid bustling trade highlights stark issues of exploitation, survival, and a precarious shadow economy.
Abandoned in the Sahara: Is Algeria turning the desert into a migrant graveyard?
Forced to cross the Sahara, migrants grapple with extreme heat and climate disasters. Amid EU-backed deportations, their plight reflects a global failure to safeguard human rights and dignity.
Proposed changes to laws on primary and secondary education in North Macedonia leave space for discrimination, experts warn
These acts send a “clear message that certain groups are not protected from discrimination, even in the most sensitive areas of society, such as public education.”
Journalist and human rights activist Murat Temirov, an ethnic Circassian from Russia, talks about Circassians
How Circassians maintain connections despite being scattered across the world, whether there is a unified Circassian national movement, and what its goals are.
Revolution without borders: Myanmar exiles fighting the junta from abroad
“It doesn’t matter if we never get the chance to return home. We will continue to root out the military dictatorship.”
