Human Rights
According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. And yet around the world, many people are denied basic human rights, or find their rights under threat. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Human Rights” feature reporting that covers the fight for equality under the law, civil rights and the basic dignity afforded every person. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on human rights.
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Pulitzer Center Update
Activist Andy Hall Indicted in Thailand
Activist Andy Hall faces seven years behind bars in Thailand for research he did on labor abuses.
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Lesson Plans
Structuring Reporting on War Crimes in Sri Lanka
Students will analyze how authors order ideas and emphasize details to report on a global conflict. They will reflect on injustices they have witnessed and write their own reports on local conflicts.
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Although Thailand may appear accepting of transgenders, it ostracizes “ladyboys” from mainstream...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Sara Shahriari and Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
In this video, Sara Shahriari and Noah Friedman-Rudovsky, both freelancers who have lived for many...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Gaiutra Bahadur
Electoral contests and racial violence have been linked from Guyana's very beginning as an...
