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A cell block inside Sednaya Prison in Damascus, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Inset graphic: digital reconstruction of the prison building, part of the virtual tour available at prisons.museum/en/syria © Syria Prisons Museum.
A cell block inside Sednaya Prison in Damascus, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Inset graphic: digital reconstruction of the prison building, part of the virtual tour available at prisons.museum/en/syria © Syria Prisons Museum.
FRONTLINE UPDATE

Syria - From Silence to Memory

Read about the new Damascus museum memorialising the heartbreaking stories of those who suffered in the country’s prisons.

A nurse looks after an orphan child at the Kherson Regional Children’s hospital on November 26, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. Throughout Kherson’s more than eight months under Russian control, staff at the hospital have cared for and protected a group of 10 orphans after hearing that occupying authorities were forcibly removing children to Crimea and Russia itself.
A nurse looks after an orphan child at the Kherson Regional Children’s hospital on November 26, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. Throughout Kherson’s more than eight months under Russian control, staff at the hospital have cared for and protected a group of 10 orphans after hearing that occupying authorities were forcibly removing children to Crimea and Russia itself. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Courtside

Ukraine: “They Just Took the Child”

Investigators allege that two Ukrainian children were seized at a de facto care facility in occupied Kherson.

Students take part in a demonstration against corruption outside the presidential palace on October 17, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. Filipino Gen Z protesters walked out of their classes on Friday and took part in what they called a “National Day of Action Against Corruption,” amid revelations of massive corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects that have implicated officials, engineers, contractors, and politicians.
Students take part in a demonstration against corruption outside the presidential palace on October 17, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. Filipino Gen Z protesters walked out of their classes on Friday and took part in what they called a “National Day of Action Against Corruption,” amid revelations of massive corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects that have implicated officials, engineers, contractors, and politicians. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
FRONTLINE UPDATE

Philippines: “We Want Abusive Officials Jailed”

How ordinary Filipinos are demanding accountability from their government.

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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.
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
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Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

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

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.
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
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