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Human Rights
Reporting on dignity, justice, and the people who fought for both, drawn from primary sources.
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A Top Tokyo Medical School Rigged Its Exams for a Decade to Keep Women Out
For over a decade, Tokyo Medical University secretly cut women's entrance-exam scores to keep them out. The first year it stopped, women beat the men.
By Akber BukhariSep 20, 2026
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.
By Akber BukhariJul 28, 2026
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.
By Akber BukhariJul 16, 2026
Who Is Malawi's First Female Ngoni Chief? The Woman Who Has Ended 850 Child Marriages and Counting
Malawi's first female Ngoni chief has personally dissolved 850 child marriages in three years — no law, no task force, returning girls to school. Her story.
By Akber BukhariJun 12, 2026
What Is Happening to Women in Afghanistan Right Now? The Healthcare Crisis Nobody Is Talking About
After the Taliban's contraception ban, Afghan women give birth without doctors and miscarry without care. Maternal deaths could rise 50% — by policy, not war.
By Akber BukhariJun 10, 2026
The Demographic Bomb They Built Themselves
China's one-child policy didn't just control population — it detonated a demographic bomb with a 35-year fuse. Now it's going off. Births at 1738 levels. Fertility at 1.0. 400 million seniors by 2035. And no one knows how to stop it.
By Akber BukhariMar 23, 2026