You are here: Homepage Tag violence Articles The Israeli human rights activist Yuli Novak Photo: B'Tselem Human Rights | Israel “The system is based on violence” Yuli Novak heads the Israeli NGO B’Tselem, which campaigns for the rights of Palestinians. As a result, she is under increasing pressure in her home country. By Judith Poppe 03/24/2026 In his documentaries, Syrian director Feras Fayyad shows how his compatriots tried to defy the relentless terror of the Assad regime Photo: Stine Heilmann Crimes against humanity | Syria “They drank coffee, smoked - and tortured us” Under the Assad regime, tens of thousands of Syrians were tortured, some for years on end. Can a society ever overcome such trauma? A conversation with filmmaker Feras Fayyad Interview with Feras Fayyad 08/05/2025 Syrian author and dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh in exile in Berlin Photo: Urban Zintel History | Syria A history of violence For the first time in eleven years, Yassin al-Haj Saleh returned to his homeland. The Syrian writer and dissident found a country torn apart by internal conflicts and beset by worries about the return of tyranny. A historical analysis By Yassin al-Haj Saleh 08/05/2025 ”Assad is gone, but his sectarian strategy left behind deep wounds,“ writes Sarah Hunaidi Foto: Picture Alliance / Anadolu | I. Kasim Minorities | Syria Assad's long shadow The Assad regime used minority protection as a pretext to pit different Syrian communities against each other. That left behind left deep wounds that are still painful today By Sarah Hunaidi 08/01/2025 Illustration: Victoria Villasana Women’s rights | Mexico He said, she said Brutal violence against women is not uncommon in Mexico. The writer Gabriela Jauregui has collected quotes from perpetrators in court, creating a harrowing poem By Gabriela Jauregui 09/07/2024 A man carries a Nile Perch of 80 kilograms in Kasenyi, Entebbe, Uganda, 2008 Photo: Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images Fishing | Uganda Soldiers versus fishermen Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin By Ronald Musoke 07/01/2022 Author Kayo Mpoyi spent her early childhood in Tanzania Photo: Kajsa Göransson Fiction | Democratic Republic of Congo In the floodwaters In her debut novel, author Kayo Mpoyi digs deep into her own family history By Thomas Hummitzsch 01/07/2022
The Israeli human rights activist Yuli Novak Photo: B'Tselem Human Rights | Israel “The system is based on violence” Yuli Novak heads the Israeli NGO B’Tselem, which campaigns for the rights of Palestinians. As a result, she is under increasing pressure in her home country. By Judith Poppe 03/24/2026
In his documentaries, Syrian director Feras Fayyad shows how his compatriots tried to defy the relentless terror of the Assad regime Photo: Stine Heilmann Crimes against humanity | Syria “They drank coffee, smoked - and tortured us” Under the Assad regime, tens of thousands of Syrians were tortured, some for years on end. Can a society ever overcome such trauma? A conversation with filmmaker Feras Fayyad Interview with Feras Fayyad 08/05/2025
Syrian author and dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh in exile in Berlin Photo: Urban Zintel History | Syria A history of violence For the first time in eleven years, Yassin al-Haj Saleh returned to his homeland. The Syrian writer and dissident found a country torn apart by internal conflicts and beset by worries about the return of tyranny. A historical analysis By Yassin al-Haj Saleh 08/05/2025
”Assad is gone, but his sectarian strategy left behind deep wounds,“ writes Sarah Hunaidi Foto: Picture Alliance / Anadolu | I. Kasim Minorities | Syria Assad's long shadow The Assad regime used minority protection as a pretext to pit different Syrian communities against each other. That left behind left deep wounds that are still painful today By Sarah Hunaidi 08/01/2025
Illustration: Victoria Villasana Women’s rights | Mexico He said, she said Brutal violence against women is not uncommon in Mexico. The writer Gabriela Jauregui has collected quotes from perpetrators in court, creating a harrowing poem By Gabriela Jauregui 09/07/2024
A man carries a Nile Perch of 80 kilograms in Kasenyi, Entebbe, Uganda, 2008 Photo: Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images Fishing | Uganda Soldiers versus fishermen Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin By Ronald Musoke 07/01/2022
Author Kayo Mpoyi spent her early childhood in Tanzania Photo: Kajsa Göransson Fiction | Democratic Republic of Congo In the floodwaters In her debut novel, author Kayo Mpoyi digs deep into her own family history By Thomas Hummitzsch 01/07/2022
