By Hong Kong Free Press
Lai was found guilty of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and sedition. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and the court will determine the final sentence early next year.
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By Amnesty International
Former Hong Kong prison inmates have told of inhumane and degrading conditions in new research published today by Amnesty International, as the organization called for authorities to urgently investigate the situation in the city’s correctional facilities. Nine former inmates jailed between 2016 and 2023 reported physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, poor sanitary conditions and dangerously […] The post Hong Kong: Prisons rife with violence and inhumane treatment, inmate testimony reveals appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
An independent inquiry would go beyond operational misconduct to examine police culture and assess compliance with New Zealand’s international obligations.
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By James Ley, Deputy Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation
Recent studies have shown declining levels of trust in democratic systems. We asked experts to consider democracy’s strengths and weaknesses.
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By Bec Kavanagh, Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Social media communities on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have encouraged teens to read for fun. Now, Australian teens are banned from them until they turn 16.
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By Cody Lindsay, Lecturer, Exercise and Sport Science, Flinders University
Bowlers in cricket look to challenge batters with swing, seam and spin bowling. Scientists are still learning how bowlers achieve them.
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By Hinze Hogendoorn, Professor, Visual Time Perception, Queensland University of Technology
How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees?
To understand why our perception of time seems to bend and warp, we need to dig into how our brains tell time in the first place.
The term “time perception” is actually a bit of a misnomer, because time itself isn’t “out there” to be perceived.
When we perceive a colour, a sound, a flavour…
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By Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Senior Lecturer, School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our memory.
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By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
Jasmina Joldić, Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
The Dayton Accords were not perfect. But they stopped the Bosnian war, enabled accountability for atrocities, and offered millions the chance to rebuild their lives.
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By Iain Davidson, Emeritus Professor, Department of Archaeology, Classics and History, University of New England
Avelina Tarrago, Barrister-at-Law, Indigenous Knowledge
Isabel Tarrago, Former Director of Cultural Heritage, Queensland, Indigenous Knowledge
Rock art images show Songlines reached from Murujuga beside the Indian Ocean to the eastern Simpson Desert, 2,300 kilometers away.
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