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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Migrants in the Polish Forest
Belarus has been recruiting and pushing migrants across the border into the Polish forest.
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The arsenal used in the fight against wildlife crimes
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Pulitzer Center Update
After Covering Congo Violence, Grantee Sophie Neiman Urges Students To Report With Empathy
“What does it mean to truly bear witness?” award-winning journalist Sophie Neiman asked a packed...
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September 14, 2026
The Defining Democracy series is made up of three parts that will equip educators with resources and...
![Fedencia Nacar David holds her photo for an application to work as a maid. She was 15. A year before, a Japanese soldier sliced her ear and threatened to behead her if she didn't go to a garrison with him; she was raped over 10 days. "It still hurts," she says. "I was innocent. Why did that happen to me?" She kept her past from her children until "comfort women" began speaking out in the 1990s. Image by Cheryl Diaz Meyer. Philippines, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/12-07-20/20190510filipinacomfortwomen-cdiazmeyer-22x-19_custom-e5f315036d7fda928e0e86e0cf75a668e7a3911f-s2500-c85.jpg.webp?h=83b361e6&itok=eEipvFLD "Fedencia Nacar David holds her photo for an application to work as a maid. She was 15. A year before, a Japanese soldier sliced her ear and threatened to behead her if she didn't go to a garrison with him; she was raped over 10 days. "It still hurts," she says. "I was innocent. Why did that happen to me?" She kept her past from her children until "comfort women" began speaking out in the 1990s. Image by Cheryl Diaz Meyer. Philippines, 2019.")
