Migrants in distress in the Mediterranean are returned to danger in Libya
Mediterranean migration is changing as Libya’s coastguard is left to do the dirty work and flagrant human rights violations are becoming the norm.
Women in Afghanistan rise up in protest against war
Women in Afghanistan have been devastated by conflict, but a new wave of female peace activists believe women can play a central role in ending decades of war.
“Iran’s prisons are still full of men and women fighting for civil rights”
Nasrin Parvaz spent eight years in the same Iranian prison where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is now being held and has used the experience as inspiration for her novel. She says there are echos of Nazanin’s story in prisons across Iran.
LGBT History Month
12 Netflix documentaries and films to expand your worldview
Tackling politics, feminism, environment and police brutality, our editors’ pick features critically-acclaimed human rights documentaries from around the world, available on Netflix and beyond.
Police power
Amnesty’s Anna Neistat: Life on the humanitarian frontline
With Human Rights Watch, Anna Neistat spent two decades investigating more than 60 of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. Now, as Amnesty International’s senior director for research, she speaks about Australia’s treatment of refugees on the island of Nauru, Russia’s young protest movement and what the future of humanitarian work could look like.
Immigration detention
FC St Pauli: Football fans unite against fascism and the rise of the far right
A global network of anti-fascist, feminist football fan clubs is supporting refugees and fighting the rise of the alt-right in the UK, Europe and the US.
