Capturing South Asia’s child marriages "She was supposed to get married at 13 to a boy that she never met before." For many couples across the world, marriage is a romantic union between...
In Solomons, photographer captures disappearing islands "If the community has to leave the island…they are going to lose their culture.” Few places on earth are as vulnerable to climate change as...
In Japan, coming to terms with dark history of eugenics In January, a Japanese woman in her sixties filed a lawsuit against the government seeking compensation of 11 million yen ($100,000) for being...
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...
