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Rights and Freedom

A Guardian series reporting on human rights abuses around the world and elevating the voices of those fighting for justice.

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  • A hand holding a card with a prayer in Spanish and a photo of a priest

    Catholic church
    ‘I became like a slave’: why 43 Argentinian women are suing the secretive Opus Dei group

    Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’
  • A woman dressed in black holds a screaming baby who has feeding tubes attached to her

    USAid
    Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

    Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close
  • Men on a fishing boat at sea at night

    Seafood industry
    An unexplained death, ‘abuse and slavery’: Indonesian fishers reveal life on long haul vessels

    The death of a fisher on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocates
  • A woman in a full black chador-like veil holding a baby, enters a mud-walled compound with a man following holding a box

    Women under the Taliban
    ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies

    The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts
    • Distressed men gather round the body of a man wearing a press flak jacket

      Under fire
      Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes

    • A policeman in a hi-vis vest and beret stands on a city street as women in hijabs pass by

      Iran
      Drones, informers and apps: Iran intensifies surveillance on women to enforce hijab law

    • Artist's impression of the Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

      Saudi Arabia
      First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia

    • A UN mine-sweeping truck

      Syria
      Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad

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Multimedia

  • Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in countries ranging from Ukraine to Sudan
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    How social media is helping catch war criminals – video

  • Women sit at circular tables at the summit in Tirana

    Inside a secret summit of Afghan women’s rights activists – podcast

  • A hand holds a photograph up to the camera of a severely emaciated man sitting with his back to the camera on a bed

    ‘One goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity’: the haunting images of Russia’s prisoners of war

  • Fawzia, Manahel and Maryam al-Otaibi.

    The sisters Saudi Arabia tried to silence – podcast

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Spotlight

  • a destroyed vehicle near Al Awda hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Al Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip

    ‘In Gaza, a press vest makes you a target’: the journalists who have paid a price for reporting on the war

  • TOPSHOT-MYANMAR-COUP-CONFLICT-WOMEN<br>TOPSHOT - This photo taken on December 10, 2023 shows female members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) heading to the frontline amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State. In the hills of northern Myanmar young women fly combat drones, treat wounded comrades and patrol the frontlines, new roles in the battle to overthrow the military junta. (Photo by AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-COUP-CONFLICT-WOMEN,FOCUS' (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

    Four years after the coup, chaos reigns as Myanmar’s military struggles

  • In her family car in Ukraine, Natalia Kryvolapchuk goes forehead to forehead with her daughter Sonya, 6, whose vital cancer treatment was halted by war

    ‘It’s not our job to make photos that are easy to look at’: the female photographers exposing the cost of conflict in 2024

  • A bucket of grapes with a vine-cutting tool on top

    Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

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Explore

  • A young man wearing a baseball cap and a thick jacket stands on snowy grass outside a large tent, looking away from the camera.

    Three kidnappings, prison and a shipwreck: Ghaith’s journey reveals the ruthless business of Europe’s migration crisis

  • Women wave flags as the hang out of their car during victory celebrations in Umayyad Square on December 13, 2024 in Damascus, Syria

    The parallels between Libya’s revolution and Syria’s are stark. But they need not be prophetic

    Najla Mohammed El Mangoush
  • A man with curly blond hair wearing glasses, a surgical mask and a disposable coverall leans over a woman holding an infant.

    ‘We’re witnesses to the horror of the world’: the one-of-a-kind Italian clinic treating refugees for trauma

  • Wafa Mustafa holds a picture of her father up above the head of a crowd of people around her

    ‘I watched every video to see my father’s face’: the woman who became the voice of Syria’s missing on why she isn’t giving up hope

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