Topic: International Human Rights

Botswana decriminalized homosexuality, and Ecuador just legalized same-sex marriage. Here's how research suggests LGBTQ policy might impact antigay bias.

The president pledged to protect LGBT people, but instead has infringed on their rights domestically.

Perry Dino is capturing Hong Kong's demonstrations against the mainland in a series of unique and powerful paintings.

People hold candles as they take part in a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park on June 4th, 2019, in Hong Kong, China.

Colombia's new president, Ivan Duque, wants to weaken the deal, which he sees as "too lenient" on the fighters who once terrorized the country.

Separated by ideology, we carried on with our lives in starkly different places, each sticking to the truth we'd chosen to listen to, unable to see the other's reality.

Workers unload medicines and disposable medical supplies from a cargo plane after landing at Simon Bolivar International Airport on May 16th, 2019, in Maiquetia, Venezuela.

U.S. government archives narrate the human rights abuses committed by Argentina's military junta, often with the assistance of the American government.

Tens of thousands marched against the territory's proposed extradition law, which would allow the transfer of crime suspects to mainland China for trial.

For many victims of domestic violence, being detained by customs or border enforcement agencies can re-open or exacerbate past traumas.

Attaullah Nasib came of age in the United States. When he ran for Afghan Parliament, he learned how difficult re-building a democracy can be.

But for a few flare-ups of protest—all quickly and violently quashed—the movement to rid the country of its powerful ruler is all but over.

Maps, long used by colonizers to dispossess native peoples, are becoming a tool for indigenous people to reclaim sovereignty over their lands.

Protests in Sudan continued following President Omar al-Bashir's ouster, after the military dissolved the government and suspended the country's constitution.

Far from the reach of the Chinese government, Uyghur booksellers are protecting their language from being erased.

Rwandans hold candles at a commemoration ceremony during the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.

As a result of repeated outages, millions of Venezuelans have suffered increasing shortages on basic supplies and services or have lost water completely in the past two weeks.

The authoritarian leader attempted to turn recent local elections into a referendum about national security. The results suggest his tactics did not work.

As relations between the U.S. and Iran grow increasingly fraught, looking back at one of the watershed moments in the countries shared history.

The Spanish government rejected the Mexican president's demand, suggesting Spain's invasion of the Americas shouldn't be judged through our modern lens.

Experts have already warned that the territorial defeat of the self-declared caliphate does not mean that the war is won. Afghanistan offers a warning of how ISIS could resurge.

The move proposed by conservatives in El Salvador's parliament has outraged the families of victims and leaders in the Roman Catholic Church.

A Facebook-based refugee charity can be borderless and international in a way that other charities can't.

The Brazilian minister of mines and energy stated that Brazil would open its indigenous territories to mining interests without the consent of the affected population.