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...
Japan, U.S. face legacies of forced sterilization On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at eugenics laws and forcible sterilization in both Japan and the U.S. – two countries with a...
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...
China’s Uighurs face cultural assault Over the past year, China has vastly increased repression of the country’s Uighur minority. A Turkic group that practices Islam, the Uighurs...
Impunity in Myanmar Just over a year ago Myanmar security forces were wrapping up a massive offensive against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. In a matter of...
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’s declining democracy Poland was once a model democracy in eastern Europe. Yet since 2015 when the populist Law and Justice party (PiS) won both the presidency and lower...
C.A.R. crisis stirred by diamonds, Russia The Central African Republic is one of the toughest places to live in the world. Since the start of a civil war in 2013, a total of 14 different...
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...
