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She Taped Weinstein Confessing. Then the System Buried It.
She recorded Harvey Weinstein confessing in 2015 — then prosecutors buried it. How Ambra Battilana Gutierrez’s tape became the spark behind #MeToo.
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Human Rights·4 MIN READ
Her Name Was Khalida Chandio — and They Called Her Murder “Honour”
A young woman in Sindh was declared “kari,” dragged before a tribal council, and shot dead on its orders. The killing was filmed, and a week later her own parents watched it online. In Pakistan, hundreds of women meet this fate every year — and almost no one is convicted.
Human Interest·5 MIN READ
She Reported France’s Most Beloved Actor — and Refused to Disappear
In 2018 a young actress accused Gérard Depardieu of assaulting her, and police first closed the case. She forced it back open and, three years later, put her name to it. Dozens of women followed. Here is what has — and hasn’t — happened since.
Human Interest·5 MIN READ
She Was Known Only as "Emily Doe." Then She Told the World Her Name.
For three years she existed in headlines as an “unconscious intoxicated woman.” Then she read a statement in a courtroom that would be viewed 11 million times in four days, rewrite California law, and help recall a judge. Only later did she reveal her name: Chanel Miller.
History·6 MIN READ
The 1962 Laughter Epidemic That Closed 14 Schools in Tanzania
In 1962, three schoolgirls in a Tanganyika village began to laugh — and couldn’t stop. Within months the fits had spread to nearly a thousand people and forced fourteen schools to close. No virus, no poison, and no one ever died. Here is what actually happened.
Human Rights·7 MIN READ
Why Leaving Is the Most Dangerous Moment in Abuse
The most common question asked of abuse survivors — why didn't she just leave? — is exactly backwards. Decades of research show the risk of being killed peaks when a woman tries to leave. Here is what the data actually says about intimate partner violence, and the warning signs that appear long before anyone dies.
Human Rights·7 MIN READ
The Soldier Who Forced Japan's Military to Apologise
Rina Gonoi joined Japan's Self-Defence Forces after watching them rescue her town in 2011. When her own colleagues assaulted her and two investigations were dropped, she posted her story on YouTube — and forced the military into a public apology and a service-wide reckoning.
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