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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.
Congo: The World's Deadliest War

January 13, 2009
Failing Darfur

January 13, 2009
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.
Conflict in Georgia

January 13, 2009
June 12, 2009
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.
Fighting for their Lives

January 13, 2009

Children have been forcibly recruited to serve as soldiers by all parties to the conflict in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They have been sent to the frontlines, are used as porters, guards or sex slaves. Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale.
Corporal Punishment in the United States of America - Interactive Map

January 14, 2009
Targeting Blacks: Who Goes to Prison for Drug Offenses?

January 14, 2009