• SCHOOLS AS BATTLEGROUNDS
    Jul 19, 2011
  • SPECIAL REPORT: The Global Fight For Pain Relief
    Feb 18, 2011

    Access to pain relief is practically non-existent in most of the developing world. The issue isn't cost. Morphine is relatively cheap. In this special report, Anne Garrels explains how the human rights movement is making the case for palliative care.

  • The Global Fight For Pain Relief
    Jan 21, 2011

    Access to pain relief is practically non-existent in most of the developing world. The issue isn't cost. Morphine is relatively cheap. Anne Garrels explains how the human rights movement is making the case for palliative care.

  • India/Bangladesh Border Patrol: Channel 4 News UK Report
    Dec 3, 2010
  • Attacks on Schools in India
    Dec 8, 2009

    Researcher Bede Sheppard talks with a student whose school was attacked by Maoist rebels in northeast India.

  • India: Sabotaged Schooling
    Dec 8, 2009
    The ongoing conflict between Maoist insurgents and government forces is disrupting the education of tens of thousands of India's most marginalized children. The Maoists - known as Naxalites - a longstanding, pan-Indian armed militant movement, are targeting and blowing up state-run schools. At the same time, police and paramilitary forces are disrupting education for long periods by occupying schools as part of anti-Naxalite operations.
  • Right to Relief: Palliative Care in India
    Oct 23, 2009
    Doctors in India say it’s time for the Indian government to integrate palliative care into routine health care. Photography and video by Brent Foster for Human Rights Watch.
  • India: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
    Oct 7, 2009
    India is an emerging global superpower, but far too many women and girls continue to face severe barriers while trying to access life-saving healthcare. Tens of thousands of Indian women needlessly die every year because of pregnancy, childbirth, and unsafe abortions. Families accept these deaths as destiny or fate, unaware most maternal deaths can be prevented with access to appropriate healthcare. Photographs by Susan Meiselas.
  • In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India
    Oct 6, 2009
    Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to retrace the steps of one woman who died after giving birth to a son. "In Silence" received a 2010 Webby Award in the Online Film & Video Documentary: Individual Episode category.
  • Unbearable Pain: Access to Palliative Care in India
    Aug 16, 2009
    Every year, hundreds of thousands of people in India develop severe, chronic pain due to cancer, HIV/ AIDS, and a variety of other health conditions. Although pain treatment medications-and broader palliative care services-are effective, safe, and relatively inexpensive, only a small fraction of those suffering severe pain has access to them. Photographs by Brent Foster.