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.
Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan evaluates today's political landscape in the Middle East.
With peace talks starting this week in Khartoum, a quarter of the population of the Central African Republic have had to leave their homes—some into camps where makeshift teaching facilities offer scant hope to a potentially lost generation.
Than Toe Aung faced years of discrimination and harassment as a Muslim in Myanmar. When he discovered the power of slam poetry, he decided to use it as a tool to speak out, unite and fight for justice.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sarah Aziza discusses what it’s like for women to escape Saudi Arabia when their every move is policed by men.
Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. But doctors in the world’s euthanasia capital are starting to worry about the consequences.
Pulitzer Center grantee Sarah Aziza joins Meghna Chakrabarti on NPR's On Point for a conversation on the present status of women's rights in Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to burnish his image as a modernizing force of liberal reform while repressing any threat to his rule knows no boundaries.
In a first, the military is shipping an oversized holding cell to Guantánamo to hold a hospital bed for the trial of an alleged al-Qaida member who has had multiple spine surgeries.
Despite some reforms instituted by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Saudi women still face an uphill battle towards legal, social, and economic equality, often with dangerous risks involved.
Although the Saudi Crown Prince has been seen as a champion for women's rights, women are fleeing his regime.
Behind the reporting of grantee Jeffrey Stern's work in Yemen and the Houthi bureaucracy's unwillingness to give journalists access to civilians in Arhab.
A declassified argument by a lawyer with top secret clearance appears to disclose an unknown chapter of CIA Director Gina Haspel’s covert career: that she served at Guantánamo.
Richard Mosse is known for challenging convention on the photojournalist's role. His book Infra , with photographs of Eastern Congo, is as shocking and complex as the conflict it explores.
While Turkey positions itself as a model for the "moderate" Islamic world, its Kurdish "stone-throwing kids"—imprisoned as terrorists—are at a crossroads between integration and radicalization.
Abandoned water and sanitation projects deprive the people of Nigeria of a basic human right: access to clean water.
“Outlawed in Pakistan” tells the story of Kainat Soomro as she takes her rape case to Pakistan’s deeply flawed court system in hopes of finding justice.
In Nepal, child marriage affects every aspect of a girl’s life, from her education prospects to her physical and mental health to her chances for escaping poverty.
Instead of a return to peace and prosperity, Ivory Coast’s long-delayed presidential elections marked a return to brutal conflict—and with it, a severe humanitarian crisis.
The tribunal of Noor Uthman Muhammed, the first terrorism suspect to be tried at Guantánamo Bay.
After being sold in the brothels of India for as little as $300, many Nepali girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking are now finding ways to empower themselves in their home country.
Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, notorious for its use of child soldiers and sex slaves, has stalked Central Africa for decades. How has Kony evaded capture for so long?
Russia is ranked as one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist. Fatima Tlisova investigates the censorship, harassment, intimidation and murder of journalists in the Caucasus region.
The price of a human egg depends on the characteristics of the donor. Eggs harvested from white college students can sell for as much as $100,000. But there’s a cheaper way to get them.
Leveraging its strategic position in turbulent Central Asia, Uzbekistan has whitewashed its image in the West while tightening the repression at home.
Pulitzer Center grantee among three journalists speaking about free press with President Obama on World Press Freedom Day, 2015.
Photojournalist honored with ICP Infinity Award for Photojournalism and POYI Award of Excellence Issue Reporting.
Jason Motlagh's winning 2014 Virginia Quarterly Review article chronicles aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, sharing stories of the survivors and families of the dead.
“Finally, some action and lives saved." The Philippine government bans compressor mining.
Matter of ACT Special Mention Award for Best Film goes to 'The Abominable Crime.'
Photojournalist documents Mexican communities affected by poverty and rampant crime, including disappearance of the 43 students in Guerrero state.
Who is looking out for journalists, especially freelancers, working in hostile environments and conflict zones?
What gave rise to Mexico's culture of extreme violence?
Can mapping neural pathways help us make friends with our enemies?
Rarely does a film launch take place at Britain’s House of Commons, but there seemed no more appropriate venue for the official release of the Sinhala translation of the documentary film No Fire Zone.
Volunteers travel to Syrian refugee neighborhoods to teach war-traumatized children that they are future peace-makers.
Shiho Fukada's multimedia documentary illustrates the global unemployment crisis and growing gap between rich and poor.
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