Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

News

Brazil: Marielle Franco’s murder remains unsolved one month on

Supporters gather to remember the politician and rights activist, and call for her killers to be found.

16 April, 2018

Pakistan’s ‘disappeared’: The cost of the war against Taliban

Rights groups allege war against the armed group has included a shadowy campaign of enforced disappearances.

19 April, 2018

Brazil: 2017 one of ‘bloodiest years’ for land conflicts

New data shows at least 70 people were killed last year as land conflicts in country's Amazon intensified.

22 April, 2018

Pakistan watchdog slams ‘grim’ state of human rights

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reports rising forced disappearances, rape and attacks on religious minorities.

22 April, 2018

Yemenis resort to burning firewood and rubbish to cook food

Saudi blockade has caused a chronic shortage of propane gas, forcing Yemenis to find alternatives to prepare food.

23 April, 2018

Anti-sexual harassment message resounds in Africa

As women around the world stand up to harassing and abusing men, the struggle is alive and well in Africa.

24 April, 2018

Living in the shadow of Nepal’s Rara National Park

Al Jazeera revisits a remote village in Mugu district only to find that it remains abandoned by the state.

23 April, 2018

Egypt’s jailed journalists: In numbers

On World Press Freedom Day, jailed journalists continue to pay the price for media crackdowns in Egypt.

3 May, 2018

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein spends 500th day in Egyptian jail

Qatar-based network calls on Egypt to release its journalist, who has spent 500 days in jail without charge.

6 May, 2018

Guantanamo prison survivor Sami al-Hajj shares his story

Al Jazeera journalist faced torture and interrogations while being held without any charges at the US-run prison camp.

6 May, 2018

My life in crisis: Diary of a Venezuelan journalist

How Venezuela's economic crisis has turned basic tasks like food shopping and commuting into feats of endurance.

7 May, 2018

Pakistani convicts teach inmates their legal rights

In an experimental approach, convicts lead a legal awareness programme in overcrowded Pakistani jails.

23 May, 2018