By Amnesty International
Tunisian authorities must immediately launch prompt, impartial, and independent investigations into the alarming spike in deaths in detention during the severe heatwaves of the summer and address life-threatening prison conditions across the country to ensure this does not occur again, Amnesty International said today. The Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LTDH) confirmed […] The post Tunisia: Authorities must urgently investigate surge in detainees’ deaths in prisons appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will visit the Philippines for the first time since 2017 this week, following the lifting of a Duterte-era immigration ban that prevented her from entering the country. During her visit from 19 to 22 November, Ms Callamard will meet with victims of human rights violations committed during former president […] The post Amnesty’s Secretary General returns to the Philippines after lifting of immigration ban appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A government in trouble is like an aircraft in a dangerous plunge. Will Albanese be able to pull it back on course in time?
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By Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University
Since 2022, astronomers have been puzzling over a new kind of cosmic object called long-period radio transients.
These are objects that emit bright flashes of radio waves into space every few minutes to every few hours.
Some have been traced back to binary systems of a small, dim cool star called a red dwarf in orbit with a star remnant called a white dwarf.
In new…
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By Sandra Tuombouh
Students in Cameroon’s North West Region are managing school gardens and growing food using regenerative practices such as minimal tillage, composting, organic manure and fruit-tree grafting.
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By Amnesty International
South Sudanese authorities not only failed to protect residents of Abiemnom town from being massacred despite prior knowledge of a likely attack, but they have also failed to investigate and ensure accountability for those responsible, and justice and redress for victims and their families, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The organization also […] The post South Sudan: Authorities, UN must investigate failure to protect victims of Abiemnom massacre appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2022 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Geneva, November 12, 2026) – The failure of states to take decisive action on autonomous weapons next week at the Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) would leave civilians dangerously exposed to rapidly advancing military technologies, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Stop Killer Robots said today. The CCW is an international treaty prohibiting or restricting the use of weapons considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. Governments should use the…
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By Monica Attard, Co-Director, Centre For Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
Alena Radina, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
Since the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, and during Israel’s now three-year-long retaliation against Gaza, journalism’s traditional commitment to objectivity has been on trial.
Reporting on the Israel–Gaza war has been characterised, on social media as much as in the conservative media, as biased one way or the other.
Headlines have been parsed and corrected by social media warriors while a war of words between new journalism players and traditional media has been loud and often angry. This clash has emphasised the tension between the objective reporting claimed…
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By Paul Giles, Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Sabr has been carefully designed to avoid pointing fingers, though the cracks under the surface are easy enough to detect.
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By Grace Jennings-Edquist, Executive Producer, Podcasts, The Conversation
Miki Perkins, Environment & Energy Editor, The Conversation
After 30 years of global climate talks, there has been more progress than you might think. A climate diplomacy expert explains why there’s still reason for hope.
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