New Internationalist

It is not unusual to see people filling huge bottles of water from the old cast iron fountains dotting Barcelona’s sunny plazas. Some people say it tastes better than the water from their own taps. But for a local resident named Jonathan, it’s necessity. ‘We have to do this now, …

Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports. On a humid March morning this year, police officers came to the scenic Hill Station neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone to evict civil servants living in historic board …

Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports. On a humid March morning this year, police officers came to the scenic Hill Station neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone to evict civil servants living in historic board …

‘The never-ending queues for fuel, the waste and scarcity of food, the rising prices — the bloqueos are affecting the lives of all Bolivians,’ says Carla Torres, a café worker from the capital city of La Paz. Torres' words reflect the increasingly dire situation across the Andean country marred by …

From school strikes to assembly boycotts, Lydia Noon reports on how children are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.‘There’s one ribbon for each of the children killed in Gaza,’ said Zeinab*, gesturing to a large plastic box of green, white, red and black ribbons in the colours of the Palestinian …

On 8 March 2017 Guatemala woke up to the news that a state-run home for vulnerable children was on fire. Nineteen girls died at the scene and 22 others later in hospital. Fifteen survived with life-changing injuries.

The fraught path of transitional justice in Bolivia

A small feature on Machsom Watch, a human rights group operating in Palestine/Israel, appeared in print.

How a London arms fair shields the war on Yemen At the invitation of the UK government, this week Saudi representatives are buying bombs in London at DSEI, the world’s largest weapons fair, and the state-owned arms company, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), is exhibiting its equipment to equally unscrupulous …

Today is Human Rights Day and fifteen migrant rights campaigners, dubbed the Stansted15, have just been found guilty of a terror-related charge by a jury. After a nine-week trial at Chelmsford Crown Court for preventing a chartered immigration removal flight from taking off on 28 March last year, the protesters …

On a damp Sunday morning, a week before Remembrance Sunday, a bronze statue of a weather-beaten Indian soldier clad in British army attire was unveiled outside a Sikh temple in the UK town of Smethwick, West Midlands ahead of the Armistice centenary. Sculpted by artist Luke Perry, some of the …

Colombia’s peace deal promised the return of stolen lands. But it isn’t so easy to achieve, Mira Galanova discovers.

The Colombian peace process has been experiencing many setbacks during the last months. In the prison Bellavista in the city Medellín, members of the ELN and FARC talk about their perspective.

On a chilly evening in the gardens next to Westminster Palace, about 20 anti-monarchist activists are gathered with placards saying, ‘No taxpayer funding for the royal wedding.’ Two members of parliament soon join them – they’re receiving a petition from members of Republic

‘My mother said to me “this is just history repeating itself’.” Thai-British academic Giles Ji Ungpakorn speaks with Alexi Demetriadi

It's 100 years since Britain declared its support for the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel.

These brilliant women are defying cultural traditions in Nepal, and are becoming community leaders, environmentalists politicians and business owners. Lucy EJ Woods reports. After decades of turmoil, 22 governing coalitions in 26 years, a royal massacre and a merry-go-round of impermanent heads of state, Nepal has started to do things …

Years of threats from the Taliban only strengthened Shawana Shah’s resolve to bring peace to Pakistan During the ‘Talibanization era’ and its consequential military operations, Pakistan witnessed the killings of tens of thousands of people, a mass exodus and vast human rights violations. Human rights activists were particularly targeted and …

Years of threats from the Taliban only strengthened Shawana Shah’s resolve to bring peace to Pakistan During the ‘Talibanization era’ and its consequential military operations, Pakistan witnessed the killings of tens of thousands of people, a mass exodus and vast human rights violations. Human rights activists were particularly targeted and …

Britain’s largest festival about refugees and sanctuary is more relevant than ever. It is lunchtime on 21 June, the hottest day of the year so far. Two drummers signal the start of an outdoor African Fusion Dance Workshop. Dancing is not compulsory but participation is – the beat is infectious.

A little-known group of Indian Ocean islanders, forcibly removed from their homes almost half-a-century ago and left to their own devices after being deported to England, are still fighting for recognition and basic rights.

The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan's provinces, writes Mahwish Qayyum Lying on a Hayatabad Paraplegic Centre’s (HPC) bed in Peshawar, Razia Bibi, 16, resident of Urmar – a suburb area of Peshawar – says ‘every woman dreams of a …

The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan's provinces, writes Mahwish Qayyum Lying on a Hayatabad Paraplegic Centre’s (HPC) bed in Peshawar, Razia Bibi, 16, resident of Urmar – a suburb area of Peshawar – says ‘every woman dreams of a …

An all-woman band is using music to challenge China's rum treatment of woman migrant workers.

The continued division of Cyprus suits Britain’s geopolitical interests, as well as those of world powers that see the Mediterranean island as a useful pawn in a longstanding game of chess.

The Yemeni human rights defender talks to Lydia Noon about Britain’s arms deals, drones and gender discrimination during the war.

Citizens from around Europe are walking in the footsteps of refugees by walking from Germany to Syria.

Women in Iraq are rallying for their rights.

An investigation into the early stages of the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar and how it unfolded under the pretext of a counterinsurgency operation.

Six young revolutionaries pose on a photo from 1979. Side by side with Nicaragua’s current leader Daniel Ortega is Carlos Brenes. Then comrades, today they are fierce political opponents.