Harriet Barber
Harriet Barber is an international reporter specializing in human rights abuses, migration, environmental destruction and global politics. She has filed dispatches from more than a dozen countries, including Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and the United States. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, the BBC and New Internationalist, among others. Harriet has investigated war crimes committed by occupying Russian forces in Ukraine; sexual slavery by armed groups in Colombia’s war-torn Catatumbo region; the violent repression of Indigenous communities amid Argentina’s battle for lithium; and the hostile treatment of Afghan refugees living in the United Kingdom.
Latest from Harriet Barber
How Armed Groups in Colombia Use Social Media To Recruit Children
Children in Colombia are being recruited by armed groups through TikTok and other social media platforms, lured by content that promises belonging, wealth and adventure.
The UN Urged Peru To Relax Its Abortion Stance. Lawmakers Did the Opposite
In Peru, high-profile cases of pregnancy resulting from the rape of minors have foregrounded abortion laws. Yet across Latin America, the pro-choice “Green Wave” movement is meeting with a backlash as ultraconservative groups, emboldened by events in the U.S., demand legal recognition of fetal personhood.