Human rights

Venezuela Prison Protests
Sandra Rosales uses her phone while camping outside the gates of a Bolivarian National Police detention center where her husband, Dionnys Quintero, is being held on political grounds in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Human rights

Dozens of women continue to protest the ongoing struggle for civil liberties in Venezuela

MAY 1, 2026

Iran-US-Bahrain-Crackdown
FILE - This image released by Bahrain's Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP, File)

Human rights

Bahrain makes rare arrest after AP report

APRIL 24, 2026

Iran Hospital Crackdown
FILE - In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

Human rights

AP reporter speaks to Iranian doctors who say agents intimidated them and obstructed medical care

MARCH 6, 2026

Ethiopia Oromo Conflict
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo)

Conflict

‘Execution, torture, abductions, rape’: Ethiopia’s hidden conflict

FEB. 12, 2026

Iran Protests
People walk at Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Human rights

AP staff demonstrate resilience and perseverance in the face of immense challenges covering deadly protests in Iran

JAN. 23, 2026

Syria Investigating War Crimes
Ussama Uthman poses during an interview with the Associated Press on Sept. 19, 2025, in northern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Human rights

AP lands exceptional interview with long-underground Syrian whistleblower

NOV. 21, 2025

Trump Trade Deals
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Human rights

AP investigation finds that the U.S. government allowed and even helped U.S. firms to sell to China tech used for surveillance. 

NOV. 7, 2025

Mideast Wars-Gaza-Sexual Exploitation
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Gaza

Women in Gaza say they were promised food, money or work in exchange for sexual interactions

OCT. 1, 2025

China US Digital Cage Takeaways
FILE - Children play on a playground near security cameras at a public square in Aksu, in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China

AP uncovers U.S. big tech’s role in China’s digital police state

SEPT. 19, 2025

APTOPIX Colombia Indigenous Youth Recruitment
Patricia Elago Zetty, an Indigenous Guard, poses for a photo on July 16, 2025, in Caldono, Colombia. (AP Photo/Nadège Mazars)

Colombia

Courageous reporting and deep source work exposed the crisis of child recruitment in Colombia

AUG. 22, 2025

Ireland Baby Mass Graves
Historian Catherine Corless poses for a photo at Tuam cemetery, Ireland, in Tuam, Ireland, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Human rights

AP explores how a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

AUG. 8, 2025

Ukrainian POWs Dying in Prison
Halyna Hryhorieva of Pyriatyn, Ukraine, shows her tattoo of words often spoken by her husband, who was a prisoner of war in Russia: "Everything will be all right," on March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Human rights

AP uncovers the brutal fate of Ukrainian POWs in Russian captivity

JUNE 6, 2025

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