by Tarushi Aswani | 13 May 2025 | Human Rights, India, Politics
As India and Pakistan stare each other down, people who fish around a disputed sea border find themselves caught in a trap. Family members of Indian fishermen jailed in Pakistan sit outside a house in India’s Diu. (Credit: Tarushi Aswani) This article was...
by Sajad Hameed and Rehan Qayoom Mir | 5 May 2025 | Human Rights, India, Technology
Victims of fake job offers in South Asia find themselves far from home, forced to work digital fraud scams with high ransoms demanded for their freedom. A handshake and job contract. (Credit: Nzewi Confidence’s Images) This article was produced exclusively for...
by Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina | 17 Apr 2025 | Human Rights, India, Islam, Religion
Restrictions on Muslim festivals in India have turned public prayer into an illegal act. People clash with police during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival in Meerut, India. (Photo courtesy of Tauseef Ahmad) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...
by Tira Shubart | 28 Mar 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Politics
As the threat of tyranny rises across the world, the United States has pulled funding of Radio Free Europe and other networks that broadcast dissident voices. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s...
by Katharine Lake Berz | 24 Mar 2025 | History, Human Rights, Politics
Marvin Dunn’s unlikely revolution in Republican Florida. Marvin Dunn marching in Florida on 16 March 2025. (Credit: Katharine Lake Berz) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through articles like this that News...
by Birgit Kaspar and Alistair Lyon | 12 Mar 2025 | Africa, Decoder Replay, France, History, Human Rights
It’s been 60 years since Algeria won freedom. The nation’s former ruler, France, is still struggling with its colonial legacy, national identity and values. A Sunday school girl has her schoolbag inspected by French army soldiers before she is allowed to...
by Bernd Debusmann | 24 Feb 2025 | History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, United States
The U.S. real estate developer-in-chief sees profit potential in the beaches of Gaza. But the forced relocation of people is a crime against humanity. Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, take refuge in a tented settlement along the...
by Jeremy Solomons | 14 Feb 2025 | Africa, Decoders, History, Human Rights, Politics
African leaders work to contain intensified conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and ensure it won’t spread to neighboring nations. M23 rebels release captured Romanian mercenaries, who were fighting alongside Democratic Republic...
by Enock Wanderema | 4 Feb 2025 | Africa, Human Rights, Politics
One young Ugandan activist says its time for her generation to stand up and exercise the power their constitution gives them. Aloikin Praise Opoloje staging a naked protest in Kamapala, Uganda, 21 September 2024. (Photo courtesy of Aloikin Praise Opoloje) This article...
by Ferrukh Faruqui | 3 Feb 2025 | Economy, Health and Wellness, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, Women
Some believe the business of surrogacy commodifies women. Does everyone have the right to a biological baby or does surrogacy violate the rights of the child? 3D image of a human fetus inside a womb. (Credit: digitalgenetics/Getty images) This article was produced...