Stefan Simanowitz

Whilst some nations have had national memorials, there has not yet been a global moment to share our collective pain.

Amnesty International have monitored trials from Guantanamo Bay to Bahrain, Ecuador to Turkey. For our observer to be denied access profoundly undermines open justice.

It's no coincidence that when human rights are undermined, the people who defend them are often attacked too.

the EU is expanding its presence in the Mediterranean—not by deploying rescue ships to save lives but by using drones to surveil migration sea crossings

As Denmark finally embarks on updating its antiquated rape laws, most of Europe still lags far behind.

From Arizona to France, volunteers are being punished for stepping in where states have failed.

Through his integrity, courage and strength he showed what a single individual can achieve, and instilled the belief that injustice can be defeated.

While the attention of the world is averted we must be alive to attempts to slip out negative stories.

Under Turkey's ongoing state of emergency, human rights have been decimated and the independent media completely hollowed out.