Uighurs Under Threat as China Expands Repression The Id Kah mosque in the western Chinese city of Kashgar had long held thousands of worshipers every Friday. Yet as a government crackdown on...
Justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya still elusive, reporter says "They want justice, and that has never been provided for them." The wholesale flight of much of Myanmar's Rohingya minority since last year has...
Populist rise forces rights activist to change views "I began to worry that we are just preaching to ourselves." For human rights advocates in Europe, there's been much to lament in the...
Poland gay rights group sees rising hate "It’s hard to work in an environment where you see the basis of democracy deteriorating." Earlier this year, gay rights activists unveiled a large...
Central African journalist sees light for war-torn nation The data on the Central African Republic can be daunting. The country ranks dead last on the U.N.'s most recent Human Development Index, which...
Project Exile: Iranian student journalist fled after detention Omid Rezaee’s work on a university magazine led to his arrest In 2009, incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran’s disputed election...
Project Exile: ‘Caged’ Egyptian journalist fled before sentencing "We have to stand up for each other, otherwise the whole profession is in jeopardy.” Yehia Ghanem had been near the pinnacle of Egyptian...
Project Exile: Turkish editor departs after police raid "I realize it was the best decision of my life because I would be imprisoned right now, like my colleagues." Shortly after Turkish police in riot...
Project Exile: Pakistani reporter moves to France after kidnap attempt "I was resisting and they kept hitting me with the butts of their guns." Jumping out of a car to escape being abducted at gunpoint by the Pakistani...
Project Exile: Uzbekistan continues ban on exiled journalist Hamid Ismailov was forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992 for what the state dubbed "unacceptable democratic tendencies" Hamid Ismailov deserves an...
