By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The eight members of Zion Church who remain detained. Top from left to right: Gao Yingjia, Wang Cong, Wang Lin, Lin ShuchengBottom from left to right: Wu Qiuyu, Liu Zhenbin, Yin Huibin, Wang Zhong © Private Chinese lawyer Ruth Wang fled to Taiwan on September 2 after authorities threatened to shut down her law firm. Her offense? Representing members of China’s Zion Church, a prominent underground Protestant congregation.While founding pastor Ezra Jin was freed from custody in July following high-level US intervention, eight other church members have…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator at KontraS, attending a protest in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra on February 5, 2026. © 2026 Project Multatuli/Adrian Mulya A military court in Jakarta reduced the prison sentences and overturned the dishonorable discharge of two of the four military personnel convicted for the March 2026 acid attack against human rights activist Andrie Yunus. The appellate decision, dated August 20, reduced the sentences of 2nd Sgt. Edi Sudarko and 1st Lt. Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono of the Indonesian military’s Strategic Intelligence Agency…
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By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Government critics say changes to health insurance rebates will strain the public health system. But the evidence shows the impact might not be what you think.
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By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
We’ve been telling stories about 9/11 since it happened. The really great ones helped shape how we feel about the attacks and their aftermath.
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By Hamideh Khaleghi Mohammadi, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Ali Abbasi, Sessional Academic and Researcher in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
With food inflation over 128%, ordinary households are seeing – and documenting – the impact of sanctions at the checkout.
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By Sally Coggins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Diseases and Treatment of Cats), University of Sydney
As a veterinarian who studies infectious diseases in cats, I’ve been repeatedly asked whether Australia’s outbreak of the H5 bird flu poses a risk to pets. The short answer is yes.
As this lethal virus continues to infect more mammals, poultry farmers and backyard…
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By Marg Rogers, Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
Michelle Gossner, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
Moving away from familiar friends, neighbours, sports clubs and schools can be hard. But children can also develop positive ways to cope with change.
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By Nina Hillenberg, Senior Lecturer, Design, Torrens University Australia
Sweden’s election is on September 13. In Brisbane, Adelaide, Auckland and Hyderabad, citizens voted inside the furniture giant’s blue-and-yellow stores.
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By Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
Carney D. Matheson, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
Fakhri, Researcher, Centre for Archaeometry, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
Melandri Vlok, Lecturer, School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Roger Papke, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Florida
Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.
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By Bill Collins, Adjunct Professor, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Some 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different to what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere was dominated by an enormous, single continent known as Gondwana.
This continent was first recognised by Austrian geologist Eduard Seuss in 1885 based on the presence of a unique plant fossil that was first discovered in the Gondwana Province of India. The fossils were then found in Australia, Africa, Antarctica and South America, demonstrating these land masses were once connected.
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