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  • FORBIDDEN: Gays and Lesbians in Burundi
    July 29, 2009
    It was never easy to be gay or lesbian in Burundi. But now it’s illegal. The country’s new criminal code makes same-sex relations a crime for the first time in the country’s history. Human Rights Watch interviewed members of Burundi’s LGBT community after the new law was adopted and teamed up with photographer Martina Bacigalupo to create portraits of 10 of these young people who feel that their very identities have been rendered criminal by Burundi’s new law.
  • Sri Lanka: Trapped and Under Fire
    April 15, 2009
    Approximately 100,000 civilians are trapped in a government-declared "no-fire zone" in the northern Vanni region of Sri Lanka. Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels have prevented civilians from leaving a tiny strip of land, while government forces have repeatedly and indiscriminately shelled the area.
  • Unspeakable Things: Migrant Workers in Russia
    February 9, 2009
  • The Chin People of Burma
    January 23, 2009
    Chin of Burma's far-flung western Chin State have long borne the brunt of abusive military rule. Ongoing repression and abuses by the Burmese military, combined with policies and practices of the military government have caused thousands of ethnic Chin to flee the country. Most go across the border to India, and some to Malaysia and Thailand.
  • So Much to Fear
    January 13, 2009
    Somalia is being ripped apart by conflict. The country's weak transitional government is at war with powerful insurgents. These are the stories of the people who fled Mogadishu. Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale.
  • Costly Dream
    February 27, 2007
    In Asia, women from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, are migrating in increasing numbers to the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to work as live-in domestic workers. Their dreams of earning money to educate their children or build new homes often come with grave risks and costs. Photographs by Susan Meiselas. Produced by Magnum in Motion.