Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

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Manus Island’s refugee babies: Q&A with Father Clement Taulam

Children fathered by refugees on Manus Island could be marginalised by patrilineal clan structures, says Father Taulam.

27 May, 2018

Azerbaijan’s displaced eye return to Armenian-controlled lands

Decades after Nagorno-Karabakh war, more than a million Azerbaijanis live as refugees and internally displaced persons.

29 May, 2018

As Assam counts its citizens, Muslims fear they may be left out

More than 7 million people, including 2.9 million married women, asked to prove citizenship as part of massive exercise.

5 June, 2018

Where’s the aid money gone? Afghan girls’ struggle for education

Despite billions of dollars being poured into girls' education in Afghanistan, conditions at schools remain rudimentary.

11 June, 2018

From Cameroon to US-Mexico border: ‘We saw corpses along the way’

Kombo Yannick is one of the many African asylum seekers who are braving the longer Latin America route to the US.

24 June, 2018

India, DRC, US among most dangerous countries for women: poll

Yemen, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria also top list in Thomson Reuters Foundation survey.

26 June, 2018

‘Egyptian society being crushed’ five years after military coup

Egypt faces abuses to a degree unseen in the Mubarak years since the 2013 coup, analysts say.

3 July, 2018

Large number of journalists join elections fray in Iraq

Observers fear that the lines between independent journalism and politics in Iraq are becoming increasingly blurred.

21 May, 2018

Being African in India: ‘We are seen as demons’

Zaharaddeen Muhammed, a master's degree student from Nigeria living in India, speaks at the Africa-India Solidarity Forum in New Delhi ew Delhi/Greater Noida, India - After…

2 October, 2018

US-Mexico border: ‘We saw corpses along the way’

Due to the danger involved in crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Europe, many people from African countries are instead choosing to seek asylum…

2 September, 2018

India, DRC, US among most dangerous countries for women: poll

[Correction 26/06/2018: This article has been corrected to say the survey was done by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, not the Thomas Reuters Foundation as previously…

23 October, 2018

The hidden costs of coal in Romania

Biggest coal company wants more time to implement EU pollution standards as pressure for energy transition grows.

3 September, 2018