News stories by Clare Quirk

  1. Kenia Hernández: Indigenous Rights Defender Imprisoned for Her Activism

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 15 (IPS) - Kenia Hernández is an Indigenous Mexican lawyer and human rights defender dedicated to advancing women’s rights and social justice.

  2. ‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, September 1 (IPS) - In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran. This is her story …

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