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April 28, 2026
Indonesian Activists Seek Justice as Military Power Expands
topic:
Human Rights
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Arpan Rachman
At the crossroad of Salemba I Street and Talang Street in Central Jakarta, just before midnight on Thursday, 12 March 2026, two men riding on [...]
April 25, 2026
How Georgia’s Crackdown on NGOs Puts Victims at Risk
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Human Rights
by:
Nigar Hasanova
The Georgian Dream party intensified it’s crackdown on civic actors in June 2025, when Tbilisi City Court granted the Anti-Corruption Bureau the [...]
April 21, 2026
Testing Democracy: Armenia’s Human Rights Path Toward the 2026 Elections
topic:
Human Rights
by:
Anna Vardanyan
At around 7 a.m. on 13 November 2025, masked officers from Armenia’s National Security Service raided the homes of [...]
April 18, 2026
As breastfeeding deficiency troubles South Africa's children, Big Formula milk corps cash in
topic:
Women’s rights
by:
Ray Mwareya
Lethu Nxami’s one-year-old infant weighs 6 kg against paediatricians expectations’ of an average of 10.5 kg at his [...]
April 09, 2026
Truckers of Shame – Climate-Induced Hunger Fuels Underage Sex Trade Along Southern Africa’s Trade Routes
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Human Rights
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Winile Ximba
A darker cloud is befalling underage girls along Southern Africa’s trade routes as the extreme weather crisis fuels [...]
March 31, 2026
War-Affected Sudanese Students Stranded as UK Halts Study Visas
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Human Rights
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Violet Ikong
Ismail Shikheldin was a step closer to escaping Sudan’s civil war to build a future abroad when he made it to the interview stage of [...]
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April 07, 2026
'A Life Of Misery’:Africans Seek Reparations For the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Matilda McCrear was just two when she was kidnapped in 1860 along with her mother Grace and three sisters by slave traders in present-day Nigeria. [...]
March 12, 2026
India's 'Clean Lake' Hero Lies Forgotten After Accident, Facing Amputation
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February 02, 2026
Nearly Seven Decades After Their Mass Exodus, Tibetan Refugees in India Still Grapple with Their Cultural and Political Identity
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The Tibetan refugees in India across generations and seven decades, reflect on their cultural and political identity.
December 09, 2025
Threads of Departure
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On the eve of leaving Nigeria, a young man confronts the pull of migration and the fading threads of his family’s ancestral craft.
December 09, 2025
Playing Through the Fracture: Israeli Diaspora Musicians Confront Culture, Politics, and Belonging
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In the shadow of war and boycott, Israeli musicians abroad wrestle with belonging, responsibility and what it means to make art across a fractured homeland.
October 17, 2025
How a Guinea Pig Delicacy Became a Symbol of Migrant Resilience
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April 17, 2026
Three years of war, and Sudan’s hunger crisis is still being ignored
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More than 33 million people in Sudan — over half the country's population — depend on humanitarian aid just to survive.
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