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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.

 

June 17, 2018 | The Intercept

Justice For The Enemy

Simona Foltyn

Iraq’s courts have rushed to convict thousands of ISIS fighters. This is one family’s struggle for fairness, truth, and reconciliation.

May 31, 2018 | TIME

Flying Over the Line

Tomas van Houtryve

As debate rages over U.S.-Mexico border security, drone photography offers a new perspective on what life is like along the border.

February 24, 2014 | General news

This Week: My Brother's Keeper

Jon Sawyer, Executive Director

Great photography is a Pulitzer Center hallmark and so is reporting of depth and insight, sometimes on stories in the news and sometimes on issues that should be.

February 10, 2014 | General news

This Week: Unwanted and Unprotected

Tom Hundley, Senior Editor

Widowhood is not merely a tragic personal sorrow, it is a devastating state of diminishment that can trigger economic ruin and cruel social consequences that are felt for generations.

February 03, 2014 | General news

This Week: Braving the Depths

Jon Sawyer, Executive Director

There is no point in taking a camera down into the depths of an underwater compressor mine. There is nothing to see. But Larry Price's stark photography shows men working in this hellish occupation.

December 16, 2013 | General news

This Week: An Arab Spring in Ladies Lingerie

Tom Hundley, Senior Editor

To have female sales clerks staff the ladies lingerie department would seem like a no-brainer, except that it took a royal decree two years ago by King Abdullah to make it happen in Saudi Arabia.

December 02, 2013 | General news

This Week: China's African Frontier

Tom Hundley, Senior Editor

Veteran radio journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee Reese Erlich has a knack for getting himself into—and just as important, out of—hard places. Earlier this year, Reese reported from inside Iran.

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