persecution
Rescuing Ex-Muslims: Leaving Islam
VICE News meets a network of ex-Muslims based in London, helping others who have left Islam, as they escape imprisonment, violence, forced marriage, kidnapping, exclusion, and ostracization from their communities and families.
Leaving Islam (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News meets a network of ex-Muslims based in London, helping others who have left Islam, as they escape imprisonment, violence, forced marriage, kidnapping, exclusion, and ostracization from their communities and families.
The 'Nowhere People' of India and Bangladesh Finally Have Somewhere to Go
About 50,000 people living near the border shared by India and Bangladesh have been effectively stateless for years — but that will start to change today.
A Mob in India Hacked a Family to Death Over Accusations of Witchcraft
Acts of violence against those suspected of witchcraft are not uncommon in India, particularly in remote rural areas where tribal traditions and a lack of development help foster superstition.
Belgium Rescues 244 Christians From War-Torn Syria In Covert Operation
A civil society group, aided by the Belgian government, helped the refugees flee to Lebanon, where the Belgian embassy provided them with visas to continue on to Europe.
In the Jungle with the Montagnards, Vietnam's Persecuted Indigenous Minority
I met with a group preparing to cross the Cambodian border in an attempt to make it to the UN office in Phnom Penh.
'Mama Africa': Corinna Kern Photographs the Lives of Transgender South Africans
Kern spent six weeks in 2014 documenting the daily lives of transgender people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, an area still prone to heteropatriarchal beliefs.
Resurrecting the Gay History of the Holocaust
Pacifico Silano's "Against Nature" explores an often overlooked and frequently overlooked period of LGBT history: the persecution of gay men by the Nazis.
What It's Like to be a Rohingya Refugee for 23 Years
"I am not a citizen of any country. The Myanmar government says I am not Burmese, I am not Bangladeshi, and I'm not Australian."
This Christian Family Runs a Gift Shop in the Middle of Israel's West Bank Security Barrier
The wall destroyed Johnny Anastas' livelihood and trapped his home in on three sides, so he decided to make the most of it with a gift shop full of wooden, Christian-themed souvenirs.
Are Britain's Pro-Gay Foreign Policies Actually Helping the Global LGBT Community?
I talked to human rights campaigners to discuss the UK's attempts to tackle homophobia around the world.
China's Illegal Organ-Harvesting Trade Is Still Booming
The country is still removing organs from living prisoners and selling them to individuals all over the world.