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
World Premiere of "The Abominable Crime" Generates Positive Reviews
Micah Fink's documentary on stigma and homophobia in Jamaica called "disturbing and urgent," "an...
July 5, 2013 -
Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: A Stillborn Democracy
This week, millions of demonstrators poured into streets of cities and towns across Egypt to protest...
July 3, 2013 -
Scores of Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2011 in one of the biggest waves of self...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Gay Rights Advances in U.S., Faces Setbacks in Jamaica
While the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled in support of gay marriage, Jamaica’s Supreme Court...
June 27, 2013 -
A unique residential school offers education and sports to aboriginal children who might otherwise...
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Education Resource
Director Micah Fink on "The Abominable Crime"
Listen to director Micah Fink discuss the making of "The Abominable Crime", a film that explores...
![Media file: AfghanPoetry_Pulitzer_SeamusMurphy026.JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/AfghanPoetry_Pulitzer_SeamusMurphy026_0.JPG.webp?h=56d0ca2e&itok=UutLqFjY "Zarmina Shehadi's mother Simin Gula and father Khel Mohammad. They denied that Zarmina wrote poetry or that her death was suicide. “It was an accident. She was trying to get warm after a bath, but the firewood was wet, so she poured petrol on it and caught herself on fire.” And no, her daughter absolutely did not like writing or reading or poetry, her mother argued. “She was a good girl, an uneducated girl. She was a good tailor. Our girls don’t want to go to school." Image by Seamus Murphy. Afghanistan, 2012.")
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-05-13/micah.jpg.webp?h=9d71dd32&itok=9p1o4BXE "Director Micah Fink talks about making "The Abominable Crime."")