Features

Stories and opinions from those with personal experience of the organ trade.

A forensic examination of the persistent problem of trafficking vulnerable people for their organs, and what it would take to stamp it out, by Nancy Scheper-Hughes.

Persecuted in Pakistan for being 'non-Muslim', the Ahmadi community has sought refuge abroad. But intolerance is not easily escaped, as Samira Shackle discovers.

Nadja Wohlleben’s photos capture Lebanon’s silent constitutional revolution.

Tim Gee visits Ecuador to uncover the reasons for the failure of the much-heralded initiative to ‘keep the oil in the ground’, and discovers a new wave of activism that could yet secure the future of the national park.

Sandhya Srinivasan writes from India on the curious tale of Dinesh Thakur and the generics maker Ranbaxy.

Heaven help military personnel who blow the whistle. Alexa O’Brien is tracking the case of Chelsea Manning.

Whistleblower Ian Taplin investigates whether exposing banking malpractice has got any easier.

The cleric who exposed sex abuse in Uganda’s Catholic Church talks to Patience Akumu.

Psychoanalyst David Morgan on what makes some people risk all to speak out.

A historic look at some who took the plunge to make a difference.

Admired by the public, reviled by those in power, whistleblowers are on the frontline of democracy. But need they be martyrs? Vanessa Baird asks.

Isabella Moore photographs those bearing the brunt of the latest crackdown on LGBTI rights.

There’s money to be made in crowd ‘control’, as Anna Feigenbaum discovers.

Shereen El Feki uncovers a surprising truth about life in the Middle East.

Alex Scrivener guides us through the coal-ravaged landscape of East Kalimantan.

As reserves dwindle and demand balloons, resource companies are pushing into more remote regions and onto indigenous land. Jen Wilton tours seven hotspots where native people are demanding the right to decide what happens on their ancestral territory.

Demand for genetically modified soy is changing the face of Argentina. And not for the better, says Eilís O’Neill.

Kara Moses reports on plans to dig bitumen in Madagascar.

Canada has put all its eggs into one big basket full of tar sands. That’s a major mistake, argues Andrew Nikiforuk – for the country and the planet.