Human rights
Deporting the Disabled
Over one year, reporters have tracked what happened to the forcibly deported, disabled residents of the Oleshky boarding school. We have followed the desperate attempts to bring them home and identified which Russian officials are responsible for abusing their rights.
Judging War Crimes Evidence
Theodor Meron is a renowned scholar of international law, a Holocaust survivor and a former Israeli diplomat. In 1968, he advised the Israeli government that settling the occupied Palestinian territories violated the Geneva Conventions. In 2024, he concurred with ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to charge Hamas and Israeli leaders with war crimes.
If Carthage Is Destroyed, It Won’t Be at the Hands of Mark Zuckerberg
When Mark Zuckerberg sported a T-shirt with the Latin phrase meaning “Carthage must be destroyed” on it, conspiracy theories swirled in Tunisia about whether the Facebook founder was plotting to take down the regime in modern-day Carthage.
‘I Will Kill Myself’: The Enduring Nightmare of Lebanon’s Kafala System
The hours felt endless. Hours “where you wonder why they took your documents, kept your mobile phone, and then you realize, only a few weeks later, that it is their way of controlling you. They got you, they can blackmail you, you are their merchandise.”
How a Human Rights Report Could Upend Sudan
For years Nabil Adeeb provided legal representation to opponents of the old regime, earning him the respect of human rights activists. He now leads an inquiry into atrocities that threatens to destabilize his country.
‘Silence No More’: Women’s Rights in Kuwait Face an Uphill Battle
A string of femicides struck Kuwait over the past year - one in which zero seats were won by women in parliamentary elections, highlighting the intricately systemic obstacles Kuwaiti women face in a country often imagined as a progressive hub in the region.
Ten Years a Prisoner in Bahrain
In these past 10 years, the Bahraini regime has come up with new ways to torment my father. Prisoners have nothing, so the prison administration grants them certain requests only to then take them away. The regime wants prisoners to suffer beyond the prison term and the torture.