1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Live TV
Latest audioLatest videos
In focus
Press freedomIsrael-Hamas warRussia's war in Ukraine

Human Rights

Skip next section Top Story

Top Story

Yulia Navalnaya stands in a queue with other voters at a polling station near the Russian embassy in Berlin, after noon local time, on Sunday, March 17, 2024

Yulia Navalnaya to receive DW Freedom of Speech Award 2024

GermanyMay 3, 2024
Skip next section Reports & Analysis

Reports & Analysis

Belarusian journalist Maria Savushkina on the picture is currently based in Berlin.

Belarusian journalist in exile calls out state abuses

Belarusian journalist in exile calls out state abuses

Reporters Without Borders ranks Belarus as the worst country for press freedom in Europe.
BelarusMay 3, 202402:40 min
Yulia Navalnaya waves as she stands in a queue with other voters near the polling station at the Russian embassy in Berlin

Freedom of Speech Award: DW honors Navalny's widow

Freedom of Speech Award: DW honors Navalny's widow

Who is Yulia Navalnaya, the winner of this year's DW Freedom of Speech Award?
Russian FederationMay 3, 202402:26 min
A group of people in front of a shop window

Iran intensifies violent crackdown on women

Iran intensifies violent crackdown on women

Women who refuse to wear headscarves are reporting more violent harassment and arrests by Iran's "morality police."
IranApril 29, 2024
Trans-woman from Uganda who fled anti-LGBTQ+ violence

Extreme anti-LGBTQ+ law upheld in Uganda

Extreme anti-LGBTQ+ law upheld in Uganda

Uganda's constitutional court has upheld a new law that strips LGBTQ+ people of their rights.
UgandaApril 24, 202402:25 min
Two ropes hang from a gallows in an execution room

Taiwan's death penalty and debate over constitutional rights

Taiwan's death penalty and debate over constitutional rights

Given strong public support for the death penalty, Taiwan may face staunch opposition to abolishing capital punishment.
TaiwanApril 24, 2024
Magazin Global Us | 22.04.2024 | Pakistan Boxerin

Pakistan: A young boxer fights poverty

Pakistan: A young boxer fights poverty

18-year-old Aliya is breaking with her country's feminine ideal and is literally fighting her way through.
PakistanApril 22, 202406:43 min
Show more
Skip next section A closer look

A closer look

Press freedom

The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects media freedom. The UN has declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. A free and independent media landscape is a fundamental characteristic of democracies.

Journalists reporting from the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Press Freedom Day: Why are journalists fleeing Pakistan?

Press Freedom Day: Why are journalists fleeing Pakistan?

Acute security risks, intimidation and financial woes are forcing many media professionals to leave the country.
PakistanMay 3, 2024
Large number of journalists wearing "Free the press" badges attend a protest meet organised at the Press Club of India in New Delhi:

Press freedom under attack, watchdog index shows

Press freedom under attack, watchdog index shows

Reporters Without Borders has cautioned of declining state support for press freedom around the world.
Global issuesMay 3, 2024
Several people with posters during a rally of the Unio de Periodistes Valencians in defense of press freedom and the right to information, on November 21, 2023, in Spain

World Press Freedom Index: Press freedom in decline

World Press Freedom Index: Press freedom in decline

Beyond the harsh constraints on journalism in the Middle East and Asia, press freedom in Europe has also been slipping.
Global issuesMay 3, 202400:53 min
Explore more
Skip next section In the spotlight

In the spotlight

Crowd of protesters; one poster reads "Russland bringt Tod" or Russia brings death

Germany: No asylum for Russian draft dodgers?

German authorities deny that male Russian nationals will be at risk of persecution if they return to Russia.
GermanyApril 19, 2024
A child refugee from Ukraine holds a Ukrainian flag as she walks through a temporary welcome center tent outside the main train station in Berlin

Ukraine's Romani people face discrimination in Germany

Fleeing from Ukraine's war, Romani people in Germany often encounter racism instead of help.
GermanyApril 17, 2024
Football fans wait in the stands for a match to begin in Saudi Arabia

'Not safe': Saudi Arabia slammed after jailing football fans

Several Saudi Arabian soccer fans have been jailed for singing a song at a game that celebrates a religious figure.
Saudi ArabiaApril 17, 2024
Skip next section Specials & Events

Specials & Events

Design that shows a man handing over a piece of paper to another hand. Behind him is a man's profile in silhouette with his fingers to his lips in a 'shhh' gesture.

How to share confidential information with DW

Do you have important information or documents that you would like to share with DW?
Learn more