When the Government Sponsors Stigma

Can A Video Save Lives?

Zambia's TB-ridden prisons

Multi-drug-resistant TB is being incubated in Zambia's prisons, amid conditions that violate international human rights law

Bringing Schools Up to the Standards of Prisons

How Not to Liberate Women

Restrictions on women wearing the veil in public life are as much a violation of their rights as is forcing them to wear a veil

Tunisia's Antics Should Give the West Pause

Gunning for the judge

Thanks to Garzon, Spain was a symbol of global justice. Now he is falling foul of enemies at home

Somalia Slides

Civilians are caught between al-Shabaab and US-backed forces in a ravaged state

Handling the Next North Korean Famine

When Pyongyang needs food aid, donors can—and must—insist on meaningful monitoring.

China: How Not To Respond to an Earthquake

The Wrong Martyr

Barring the Bahais

Guantanamo Military Commissions Stymied Again

100 flowers of repression bloom as Ethiopia moves to gag press ahead of elections