Society / Human Rights

LGBT+ people are still subjected to forced confinement, medication and even electric shocks to try to change their sexual orientation, writes Alessio Perrone.

The West finds much to celebrate about the country, but it has the largest prison population in the Middle East and world’s highest per-capita use of teargas. Zoe Holman reports on the state of Bahrain.

Grassroots environmentalists are being violently targeted in Latin America. Leny Olivera and Sian Cowman believe there is something we can do about it.

The current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation, argues Richard Swift.

A lack of legal protection combined with toxic prejudice leaves migrant workers in Lebanon between a rock and a hard place. But the struggle for rights is under way and, as Fiona Broom reports, it’s coming from the ground up.

Renowned US feminist Cynthia Enloe reveals how patriarchy is adapted and sustained by its adherents – knowledge which is essential to challenging it

Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, speaks to Danielle Batist about technology, Trump, and anger as a gift.

What does ‘the state’ mean to you if you are poor or black or both? Vanessa Baird reports on life down-and-out in post-coup São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

How does living under the occupation affect the lives of ordinary West Papuans? Veronica Koman spoke to five current residents of West Papua to hear their stories.

Connor Woodman reveals the ties that bind transnational mining companies to the Indonesian occupation.

Lydia Noon talks to the Saudi women's rights activist about guardianship, Twitter hashtags, and suing the government.

It’s not elves, but underpaid Chinese workers working around the clock that will enable you to unwrap your presents, writes Amoge Ukaegbu.

The desirability of a basic income depends on what we are expected to give up in return, writes Nick Dowson.

When faced with overwhelming evidence of systemic abuse, the country's prime minister shifted responsibility, writes Mark Isaacs.

The bodies of murdered women should not have to be the catalyst for responsible development, writes Erin Kilbride.

Nithin Coca reports on Malaysia’s slide towards authoritarianism.

The dictator’s victims are still waiting to see their torturers on trial – and time is running out. By Mira Galanova.

The Western Saharan singer and activist on Cuban solidarity, life as a refugee, and making her grandmother proud.

There are many myths about the country that just don't hold up, writes Stephen Langford.

Maina Waruru on a community without rights.