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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Léa Polverini
Léa Polverini is a French freelance journalist and editor who covers international news and human rights abuses. She regularly writes for Slate.fr about East Asian and Middle Eastern and North African...
May 21, 2025
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Robin Tutenges
Robin Tutenges is a French journalist and photojournalist working mainly on crisis and its aftermath. He has worked with the anti-junta resistance in Myanmar (finalist for Reporters Without Borders'...
May 21, 2025
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Raihana Maqbool
Raihana Maqbool is an independent journalist based in Indian-administered Kashmir, covering Kashmir and India for the last seven years. Maqbool covers the underreported issues from Kashmir with a...
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Felipe Migliani
Felipe Migliani is an investigative and data journalist working as a reporter for the Rio 60ºC project. His work has been published in the Brazilian newspapers Meia Hora and Estadão through Perifa...
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Charles Autheman
Charles Autheman is an international consultant specializing in human and labor rights, mainly in the context of migration.
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Nyrola Elimä
Nyrola Elimä is an independent journalist specializing in human rights and supply chains. Her reporting and research have received an Emmy nomination and contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning...
November 12, 2024
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Hauwa Nuhu
Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu is currently the managing editor at HumAngle Media, where her work examines the human cost of terrorism and insurgencies as they relate to transitional justice issues, migration...
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Usman Abba Zanna
Usman Abba Zanna is a senior multimedia reporter with HumAngle, covering conflict, humanitarian crises, development, and peace-related stories in Africa's Lake Chad region. Using video documentary and...
November 5, 2024
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'Kúnlé Adebajo
'Kúnlé Adebajo is the head of investigations at HumAngle. He covers conflict alongside its many intricacies and fallouts. He also writes about disinformation, the environment, and human rights. He's...
November 5, 2024
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Saurav Das
Saurav Das is an independent investigative journalist based in New Delhi, India. He writes about the law, judiciary, crime, governance, and transparency. Das also advocates for a more open and...
August 5, 2024
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Ben Blankenship
Ben Blankenship is the lead video producer at The Outlaw Ocean Project, a nonprofit journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., that produces investigative stories about human rights, labor...
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Elizabeth Salazar
Elizabeth Salazar is an investigative journalist specializing in reporting on gender, inequality, human rights, and corporate power, with extensive experience in data analysis, access to information...
June 22, 2023