human rights


A mug shot of Olga Bancic, dressed in an overcoat and hairnet.
A mug shot of Olga Bancic, dressed in an overcoat and hairnet.

Olga Bancic is the badass Resistance freedom fighter you need to know about

Camilla Selian Meeker
[Image description: Members from the Gulabi Gang protest in support of women’s rights in India. ] Via Al Jazeera
[Image description: Members from the Gulabi Gang protest in support of women’s rights in India. ] Via Al Jazeera

Gulabi Gang: India’s badass all-women vigilante group

Advaita Chaudhari
[Image Description: An aerial view of Aleppo, Syria] Via Unsplash
[Image Description: An aerial view of Aleppo, Syria] Via Unsplash

Israel is silently launching missile strikes in Syria while the world is preoccupied

Ayesha Mirza

[Image Description: A group of Hazara Muslim boys stand and pose for a photo, their expressions solemn] Via Unsplash
[Image Description: A group of Hazara Muslim boys stand and pose for a photo, their expressions solemn] Via Unsplash

The Hazara Community has been suffering for years, yet no one comes to their aid

Arsh Khan

Pakistan’s app-banning streak is both a personal and political attack

Ayesha Mirza

In Pakistan, minority women are a lesser citizen

Ayesha Mirza

Here’s what you need to know about Poland’s abortion ban

Ayesha Mirza
[Image description: Young man uses a slingshot to throw stones at police during protests] Via AP Photo/Ivan Valencia
[Image description: Young man uses a slingshot to throw stones at police during protests] Via AP Photo/Ivan Valencia

Protests erupt in Colombia against police brutality and violence

Anais Catalina Gonzalez
[Image Description: Two people are walking in a pride parade, with their back towards the camera. One of them is wearing a pride flag as a cape] Via Unsplash
[Image Description: Two people are walking in a pride parade, with their back towards the camera. One of them is wearing a pride flag as a cape] Via Unsplash

Hungary is using the pandemic to end recognition of its transgender community

Beatriz Valero de Urquia

Image Courtesy: Vincent van Zeijst, Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported | Wikimedia Commons
Image Courtesy: Vincent van Zeijst, Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported | Wikimedia Commons

Why the International Criminal Court being under attack matters

Modupe Adio
A Woman wearing a white headscarf and white suit, smiles off a distance.
A Woman wearing a white headscarf and white suit, smiles off a distance.

How Rep. Ilhan Omar failed humanity with just one word

Bernadette Lazar

2020 Democrats are boycotting this year’s AIPAC conference, but it’s just an act

Nushrat Nur