Yemen, Myanmar and George Floyd: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru Continue reading…
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A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru Continue reading…
Read MoreUnscientific ‘morality’ examination linked to low conviction rates and violates women’s rights, says Equality NowPhysical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a ne…
Read MoreOnly a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages biteCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxfo…
Read MoreRapid glut of cases stretches supplies of beds in intensive care units, ventilators and oxygenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHundred of Indians, including Delhi government administrators, have begged for help finding oxygen…
Read MoreRise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots.The 22-year-o…
Read MoreDaw Myo Aye, labour organiser and a leader of civil disobedience protests, dragged from office by armyOne of Myanmar’s leading trade union leaders has been arrested as part of escalating attacks on pro-democracy figures by the military junta.Daw Myo Ay…
Read MoreDoctors say ‘absurd’ move, made as second wave surges, is unfair on non-Covid patients Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Doctors have expressed fears for patients after the government ordered that the majority of the beds in …
Read MoreDreams of careers and family life have been replaced with death and injury in the wake of the 1 February coupFor Myanmar’s young people, 2021 was supposed to be a year for optimism. After seeing through the Covid-19 pandemic, the rollout of the vaccine…
Read MoreAfter 20 years of liberty, female education is once again threatened by hardline IslamistsOutside a college from which their mothers were banned, the women waited for friends finishing exams they fear will be some of the last they can take. “The Americ…
Read MoreFaced with climate change, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are switching from maize to essential oilsIt’s late June and the field is glowing with fragrant purple as the women in their flowing shalwar kameez arrive with scythes to harvest the lavender. In …
Read MoreCountry reports 115,000 fresh infections in 24 hours, the highest single-day total anywhere in worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has carried out a record 4.3m daily vaccinations as its second wave of coronavirus con…
Read MoreHuman rights campaigners accuse Imran Khan of ‘baffling ignorance’ amid rise in rape casesPakistan rights campaigners have accused the prime minister, Imran Khan, of “baffling ignorance” after the former cricketer blamed how women dress for a rise in r…
Read MorePhotographer Prashanth Vishwanathan captured a network of community dairies providing a lifeline to off-grid farmers in Maharashtra, helping to keep milk fresh as temperatures rise. All pictures are from Climate VisualsAs global temperatures climb, a l…
Read MoreRights groups warn that children across the world are being pushed into abusive situations, from early marriage to child labour Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, Unicef is warning, with many at risk of never retu…
Read MoreDecades of persecution has left the Shia minority with little space left in its graveyards but prime minister Imran Khan is in no hurry to listenAhmed Shah had always dreamed of bigger things. Though just 17, the high school pupil had taken a job in th…
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