By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Musician and opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine during a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, October 1, 2019. © 2019 Sipa via AP Images (Nairobi) – Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party since presidential elections took place on January 15, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today.Authorities have conducted mass arrests of National Unity Platform supporters and forcibly disappeared two senior leaders, who remain missing. Since January 15, the military has laid siege to the home of the party president,…
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By Jordan Foster, Assistant Professor, Sociology, MacEwan University
From viral skincare videos to hyper-muscular influencer bodies online, men are facing increasing societal pressure to look good — just have women have for generations.
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By Christophe Premat, Professor, Canadian and Cultural Studies, Stockholm University
As global tensions rise, Canada and Sweden are shifting from defence procurement to long-term strategic alignment across security, industry and Arctic governance.
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By Florian Neukart, Assistant professor of Physics, Leiden University
Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and we die, in exactly that order. We plan our lives around time, measure it obsessively and experience it as an unbroken flow from past to future. It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.
And yet, for more than a century, physics has…
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By Kate Bayliss, Research Associate, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London
Frances Cleaver, Emeritus Professor, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Government plans published earlier this month around the water sector in England and Wales were heralded as a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to transform the system. However, despite the confidence of UK environment secretary Emma Reynolds, the long-awaited plans raise significant concerns. This is a reform agenda for water as a business – but not a vision for managing a vital public and environmental resource.
The fully privatised water system in England and Wales has been facing two (self-inflicted) crises…
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By Cora Lingling Xu, Associate Professor in Sociology of Education, Durham University
In November 2012, during my first year as a PhD student, a 23-year-old medical student knocked on my door. Earlier that day, we had been discussing our ages in our shared kitchen. At 30, I had stayed silent, feeling a sharp sting of embarrassment next to my 20-something housemates.
But this student was determined to get an answer from me. He shoved his passport in my face and demanded to see mine. When I admitted my age, he laughed and said: “Wow, you’re so old.”
In that moment, I felt a deep sense of shame…
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By Anthony Ince, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Cardiff University
As winter set in across the UK, the flags strung up during 2025’s controversial Operation Raise the Colours were becoming tatty and grey. Yet, they continue to send an important message: despite increasingly digitally connected lives, neighbourhoods still matter when it comes to political views.
The strength of feeling among those putting up flags since summer 2025 and those who objected to them is proof that people filter big political issues through the places where they live and work. People measure their lives through local heritage, memories and a sense of home. So these areas…
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By Ignazio Cabras, Professor of Regional Economic Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
English pubs will receive a 15% discount on their business rates from April this year. The government deal, which also applies to music venues, follows a backlash from landlords who were facing a steep increase in their tax bills.
Some industry campaigners have said the support package – worth around £1,600 per pub – will allow landlords to breathe a sigh of relief. Some opposition politicians think it doesn’t go far enough.
Either way, it’s been a tough few years. High energy costs, inflation…
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By Brittany Johnson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
Alexandra Manson, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
Rebecca Golley, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University
A new study looks at what parents want in school lunch programs. And how much they would be willing to pay to support them.
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By Lakshini Gunasekera, PhD Candidate in Neurology, Monash University
Elspeth Hutton, Head, Headache Service Alfred Health & Monash Neuroscience Headache Group, Monash University
For some people, changes in routine and diet – along with heat, glare and dehydration – may make migraine flare. Knowing your triggers can help you prepare.
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