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Alex Pearlman

Alex Pearlman is a bioethicist and journalist who writes about the intersection of human rights and emerging technologies.
An illustration of small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand
Commentary
The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?
Politics
Efforts underway to educate young reporters in Haiti
Politics
‘We need to tell them the history of Haiti’
Conflict
The league of extraordinary worldly women
Conflict
Panel: Next generation of women needs to step it up on the corporate ladder
Conflict
Storify: Machismo and the threat to Latin American women
Politics
For female war photographers, a tribute to hard work
Conflict
Why you should care about Hungary’s rabid right
Conflict
UN announcement on Manning a year late
Conflict
Burma reforms don’t reach Kachin region
Conflict
5 human rights issues Egypt must address
Conflict
Protests to change rape law roil Morocco
Conflict
More Tibetans self-immolate: Why so many this year?
Conflict
Israel breaks with UN Human Rights Council over settlement inquiry
Conflict
Analysis: The topless revolution is here
Conflict
The world’s 7 worst internet censorship offenders
Conflict
Saudi women banned from national Olympic delegation
Conflict
Israel’s free speech problem
Conflict
Over 150,000 people living in secret North Korean gulags
Lifestyle
Greece preparing to deport HIV-positive migrants
Conflict
Rights group: One gay Brazilian murdered per day
Conflict
Storify: A Day Without Dignity
Conflict
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launches talk show
Conflict
Unemployment crisis spurs global youth summit
Conflict
Analysis: Do genocide denial laws deny human rights?
Conflict
HRW: Bangladesh should investigate missing activists
Conflict
PHOTOS: May Day protests around the world
Conflict
Escape from abusive family has happy ending for Afghan girl
Conflict
Timeline: The whole Chen Guangcheng story
Conflict
Russia, UK butt heads over human rights report
Conflict
ILO: 50 million jobs will save the world economy
Conflict
Female protesters allege assault by Egyptian military
Conflict
Ups and downs in Martelly’s first year at Haiti’s helm
Conflict
Rights groups converge on Chicago for NATO summit
Conflict
LGBT refugees need expedited resettlement system
Conflict
NATO: Women’s rights must be part of future plans in Afghanistan
Conflict
5 Questions with Manizha Naderi
Conflict
Despite modern facade, Azerbaijan guilty of rights abuses
Conflict
State Dept. report on world human rights ignores US abuses
Conflict
Pakistan acid attacks continue despite new laws
Conflict
NGO worker returns to Egypt to stand trial, faces prison
Conflict
China cracks down for Tiananmen anniversary
Conflict
Argentina’s Gender Identification Law takes effect
Conflict
OAS rights body facing criticisms, dissolution
Conflict
Clinton encourages women to shape their countries
Conflict
Need to know: Child labor
Conflict
Should anti-gay countries be banned from the Olympics?
Conflict
Storify: Post-election confusion in Egypt
Conflict
UN council condemns US drone use
Conflict
MAP: Ending human trafficking, saving millions
Conflict
Kazakhstan labor dissent worries government
Conflict
Morsi: Egypt’s new administration will include woman, Christian
Conflict
5 leading LGBT-friendly companies
Conflict
Gallup poll: Religion doesn’t hinder women’s rights, the economy does
Conflict
Outrage over Jordan’s draconian rape law
Conflict
Human rights worker attempts smack-down at UN council
Conflict
Iraqi women forced to undergo virginity testing
Conflict
Whitehall flies rainbow flag for London Pride
Conflict
Is the Taliban back? A public execution raises questions on rule of law
Conflict
Infrastructure project in Haiti too good to be true