Rosie Swash a senior editor and reporter at the Guardian
May 2024
Rights and freedom
‘Nothing short of horrific’: Amnesty criticises arrest of man in Qatar ‘trapped’ by police on Grindr
Manuel Guerrero Aviña thought he was meeting a date, but was confronted by police who charged him for drug possession
March 2024
Rights and freedom
‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study
The future of work
Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK
January 2024
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
The stranger across from me was my sister: how one adoptee uncovered a tragic past
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseas
September 2023
Today in Focus
The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part three
What would you do if everything you believed about your childhood was wrong? Rosie Swash and Thaslima Begum investigate an international adoption scandal that is still shattering lives today
Today in Focus
The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part two
What would you do if everything you believed about your childhood was wrong? Rosie Swash and Thaslima Begum investigate an international adoption scandal that is still shattering lives today
Today in Focus
The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part one
What would you do if everything you believed about your childhood was wrong? Rosie Swash and Thaslima Begum investigate an international adoption scandal that is still shattering lives today
August 2023
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
‘My mother spent her life trying to find me’: the children who say they were wrongly taken for adoption
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
‘I’ll never know where I’m from’: plight of the adopted children of Bangladesh’s Birangona women
October 2022
Rights and freedom
How three Iranian women spurred mass protests against hardline regime
Rights and freedom
Iran arrests musician as anthem for protests goes viral
August 2022
Rights and freedom
‘The Taliban don’t know how to govern’: the Afghan women shaping global policy from exile
Rights and freedom
Arrests and TV confessions as Iran cracks down on women’s ‘improper’ clothing
May 2022
Human rights this fortnight – in pictures
Roe v Wade and Sri Lanka curfews: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from a march against femicide in Mexico City to an African migrant sit-in in Tunis
March 2022
Rights and freedom
As 1.3 million people flee, Ukraine’s refugee crisis is only just beginning
Analysis: despite the EU’s solidarity in helping those escaping war, aid agencies are overwhelmed with many people stuck at borders
January 2022
Rights and freedom
Death threats and phone calls: the women answering cries for help one year on from Poland’s abortion ban
As new laws hit the most vulnerable pregnant women in need of care, volunteers struggle to help those unable to access safe abortions
October 2021
Rights and freedom
More than 30,000 Polish women sought illegal or foreign abortions since law change last year
Tens of thousands have travelled to other European countries including England for legal terminations since near-total ban, campaigners say
July 2021
Rights and freedom
Denmark could face legal action over attempts to return Syrian refugees
Rights groups say other European countries could follow, as Danish authorities use a report that deems Damascus safe to deny residency status
March 2015
Immigration special
Immigrants in their own words: 100 stories
What pushed them away from their first homes, what pulled them to these shores, what new lives are they making in Britain? The Guardian asked immigrants living in the UK to tell us about their experiences. These are their stories