Uganda has announced its plans to introduce the death penalty for homosexuality, stating that the new legislation would address the increase in “unnatural sex” in the country. Colloquially referred to as the “Kill the Gays” bill, the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act...
Six long and arduous years have passed since violence exploded across South Sudan. The perpetrators – which include both government and rebels – of crimes like mass killings, rape, torture, and other human rights violations have still not been held...
In a shocking turn of events in the Balochistan saga, The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has finally confirmed the human rights abuses in the region – something that Pakistan has refuted up until now. In the recent fact-finding...
Chinese Muslim women have spoken out about the abuse they endured in China’s “concentration camps”. Their stories speak of a repugnant world of rape, forced abortions and sterilisations, and being made to rub chillis into their private parts. These fresh...
Six days of unrest have left over 100 people dead and thousands injured, as protests and violence have raged with the ongoing Iraqi conflict. On Sunday, 12 anti-government demonstrators were killed in the capital, Baghdad, with seemingly no end in...
A chorus of children’s voices fills the air in the little orphanage in Madagascar. Twins, in particular, playfully run around the dusty grounds with beaming smiles – oblivious to the horrific fate that could have awaited them. In some rural...
It was August 2018 when 28-year-old *Erik found himself traipsing across Asia after finishing a particularly difficult Masters degree. A lifetime away from his home in Stockholm, the young Swede could never have predicted that a spur-of-the-moment trip to East...
Safalta Rokaya sits atop a thin blanket, haphazardly spread across the strewn hay, that covers the mud floors of a squalid cowshed. This is where she is resigned to live – amongst the livestock outside – every time she has...
Every year, tens of thousands of people from Turkmenistan are forced into picking cotton by the government. According to a report by Anti-Slavery, during the cotton harvest, workers from both the public and private sectors are made to fulfil quotas...
Evelyn Hernandez was 18-years-old when she was raped. She became pregnant as a result – always maintaining that she was unaware of her pregnancy. In April 2016, Hernandez gave birth to a stillborn in the latrine of her home in...
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