Upstream Journal

05/27/2025

Tibetan communities face a new challenge as people leave - a new article and podcast at www.upstreamjournal.org

Sixty-five years after the People’s Republic of China invaded Tibet, the diaspora is now shifting to the West. What are the advantages and disadvantages to a changing diaspora and why is it happening?

05/26/2025

International students in Canada can face considerable obstacles and sources of stress. There can be financial strain, including finding affordable accommodation. Finding meaningful part-time work can be difficult. There is also concern about exploitation by employers, landlords and criminals posing as immigration consultants.
Our podcast, Human Rights Magazine, looks into the issue in a new episode hosted by Napas Thein, with technical support and outreach by Jing Xiao.
https://upstreamjournal.org/humanrightsmagazine/

04/29/2025

Editor Derek MacCuish joins Stephen Rapp for a discussion in our podcast “Human Rights Magazine”. Mr. Rapp is widely respected for his decades of work for justice and accountability in areas of conflict and war crimes.
Mr. Rapp has been engaged in efforts for justice and accountability in dozens of countries, such as Rwanda and Sierra Leone, and most recently in Syria where, he said, the worst atrocities of the 21st century have been committed. They started the discussion by talking about how a condition of peace might be achieved in a place where people have suffered from extreme violence.

04/21/2025

03/28/2025

New article and podcast!

03/28/2025

03/17/2025

Every year, about 11,000 people who work in farming in India are listed as having killed themselves. The actual number is probably much higher, and in recent years the number of suicides is increasing. High levels of debt, the impacts of climate change and government policy are all factors in the despair of small-scale farmers. In a new articles and its companion podcast, Aditya Sathe explores the reasons behind the poverty of India’s famers, and possible solutions.

02/13/2025

¡Nuevo artículo y podcast!

02/11/2025

They live in an arid region in Colombia that has little water, where life is hard, and they are ignored by the government. The survival of the Wayuu people, and especially the important role of the women, are the focus of a new article, in Spanish and in English, along with a companion podcast. https://upstreamjournal.org/wayuu-women-of-la-guajira/

12/19/2024

Since 2000, at least 338 journalists have been killed in the region, highlighting the urgent need for protection mechanisms to counter systemic violence.
In a new report, RSF has analyzed journalist protection programs in Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru. How can these countries improve their safety programs?
Discover the report: https://rsf.org/en/protection-mechanisms-rsf-report-analyses-journalist-safety-programs-five-latin-american-countries