Articles and podcast episodes about human rights abuse, and about solutions.| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
Click here to hear the companion podcast “Kill me now, please kill me.” This was how Basema, a middle-aged Yazidi woman now living in Toronto, recalled her harrowing experience of being abducted by ISIS, separated from her family, and sexually assaulted during the Yazidi genocide in 2014. The genocide On August 3rd, 2014, ISIS militants […] The post The injustice of the Yazidi genocide continues after 11 years first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal
Kurdish people face challenges to how rivers are managed and to their overall relationship with the water that is central to their lives.| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
James Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924, the eldest of nine children and stepson to a severe preacher. He came of age in the afterglow of the Harlem Renaissance, within a nation still disfigured by racism. A precocious intellect and gifted speaker, Baldwin left the pulpit as a teenage minister, and later, the country […] The post The Artist as Preacher: James Baldwin’s Sacred Task first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal
The signs held at recent mass protests in Tel Aviv capture the pain and disappointment many Israelis feel, one year into the country’s longest war. “Who are we without them?” asks one, invoking the hostages still held in Gaza. Another pleads: “Give me one reason to raise kids here.” These are not just slogans—they are […] The post Israel’s crisis of identity, of purpose, of faith in the state itself first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal
Kurdish people face challenges to how rivers are managed and to their overall relationship with the water that is central to their lives.| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
eople are literally dying,” Imad Satti said as he talked about his family and fellow countrymen in Sudan,| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
Editor Derek MacCuish has a new interview in the Pathways to Peace series of our podcast Human Rights Magazine, with Stephen Rapp.| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
Listen to the companion podcast here Sixty-five years after the People’s Republic of China invaded Tibet, the diaspora is now shifting to the West. What are the advantages and disadvantages to a changing diaspora and why is it happening? To find out, I spoke to three experts: Dr Namygal Choedup, the Representative of His Holiness| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
Years after a national scandal, Brazil's battle with corruption remains far from over.| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
Listen to the companion podcast here! The national average income (including from non-farm related sources) in agriculture in India is roughly 10,000 rupees (164 Canadian dollars) per month. In some regions, the amount is less than half that. Accounting for only farm related activities, the daily income of farmers comes down to only 27 rupees […] The post Farmers in India remain in poverty, but why? first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal
Listen to the companion podcast here José Luis Méndez Gómez grew up without access to running water in San Miguel Mitontic, a village of predominantly indigenous Tzotzil ethnicity in Chiapas. There was no infrastructure for water access until the 1990s, when an inadequate rainwater collection system was put in place. Indeed, this system was only| The Upstream Journal - Your magazine on human rights & social justice
To hear the companion podcast in English, click here. En enero de 2024, cuarenta carrotanques estaban parados en el aparcamiento de una base militar en Uribia, Colombia. Enviados para combatir la urgente escasez de agua en La Guajira, ningún carrotanque salió del aparcamiento. En medio del escándalo gubernamental y la corrupción regional, las comunidades sedientas […] The post Tradición y Tenacidad: Cómo los mujeres Wayuu sostienen La Guajira first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal
Listen to the companion podcast here A little more than year ago, over 600 people died when the Adriana, a severely overcrowded fishing trawler filled with an estimated 750 migrants and asylum seekers, capsized near Pylos, Greece. This tragedy highlighted not only the perilous journey that asylum seekers face crossing into Europe, but also the […] The post The migrant detention camps of Greece first appeared on The Upstream Journal.| The Upstream Journal