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Year-long investigation reveals extent of narco airstrips as drug-traffickers terrorise Indigenous communities and destroy Amazonian rainforest.

Illustrations © Donají Marcial

Special Investigation

Looking for Mikelson: Apartheid in the Caribbean

Uncovering systematic human rights abuses against Haitians.

Since 2020, 15 Indigenous people have been murdered in the Peruvian regions of Ucayali, Huánuco, and Pasco for defending the environment and their land. © Mongabay Latam

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Celebrating Latin America’s Best Journalism

IWPR-backed investigations into human rights abuses shortlisted for a Latin American journalism award.

Illustration from the Gato Encerrado investigation, Permission to Kill.

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Salvadoran Police’s Permission to Kill

IWPR investigation reveals organised crime network within El Salvador's police.

Castillo, Abregú and Portela, three cases of hangings in police stations in Buenos Aires province reported by the relatives of the deceased. © elDiarioAR

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Lethal Custody in Argentina

Police custody deaths in Buenos Aires: investigation exposes irregularities and prompts action.

"Joselyn in the Land of Prisoners" story illustration by Beatriz Martinez © 2024 Alharaca

FRONTLINE UPDATE

The Unseen Victims of El Salvador’s Crime Crackdown

IWPR backs journalists in El Salvador amid extreme restrictions under Bukele's state of exception.

Elizardo Sanchez, head of the banned but tolerated Cuban National Human Rights Commission, talks with journalists after meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson at the Residence of the Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section January 23, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Media Under Pressure as Venezuela Vote Nears

Venezuela's presidential election Sunday risks being neither fair nor free as Maduro seeks reelection.

President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference at Palacio Nacional on June 10, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. © Hector Vivas/Getty Images

Mexico’s New President Inherits Grim Media Landscape

Claudia Sheinbaum will preside over of one of the most violent countries for journalists.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

Special Mention: 2024 Women’s Journalism Prize

Venezuela: Even the Priests Say Amen

Investigation reveals extent of the physical, social and psychological sway Columbian guerillas hold in border communities.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Interview

Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

Death Flights in the Amazon

Looking for Mikelson: Apartheid in the Caribbean

Celebrating Latin America’s Best Journalism

Salvadoran Police’s Permission to Kill

Lethal Custody in Argentina

The Unseen Victims of El Salvador’s Crime Crackdown

Media Under Pressure as Venezuela Vote Nears

Mexico’s New President Inherits Grim Media Landscape

Venezuela: Even the Priests Say Amen

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