By Fernanda Canofre
In 2024, Brazil had 1,492 victims of femicide, the highest number registered since the femicide law came into effect. This represents four women killed every day for reasons linked to their gender.
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By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by Benin’s military to seize power.
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By Salah Ben Hammou, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University
Guinea-Bissau has had nine attempted coups and five successful ones since its independence in September 1973. Salah Ben Hammou, a researcher with a focus on the politics of military coups, explains that the coup on 26 November 2025 appears to have followed earlier patterns of military intervention. It undermines Guinea-Bissau’s already fragile efforts to stabilise democratic…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a move that will enable her to avoid detailed media questioning about her use of entitlements, embattled minister Anika Wells has referred herself to the authority that oversees parliamentarians’ expenses.
Wells, the Minister for Communications, who is also the Minister for Sport, said in a statement late Tuesday, “I remain confident all my travel and expenses is within the framework but for the avoidance of doubt I have self-referred my expenditure to IPEA (Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority) for an audit”.
Wells needs to be out in the media on Wednesday,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Left to right: Ahmed Nejib Chebbi © Private; Chaima Issa © Private; Ayachi Hammami © Private. (Beirut) – Tunisian authorities have arrested three prominent activists in recent weeks after their unjust convictions in a sham trial on charges of conspiracy and terrorism, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately overturn their unjust convictions and release all those detained. On November 27, 2025, a Tunis Appeal Court sentenced 34 defendants in the politically motivated “Conspiracy Case,” including political opponents, activists,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A combination image shows two screen captures from a footage posted on the X account of The White House on September 15, 2025, of what US President Donald Trump said was a military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel, the second such strike carried out against an alleged drug boat in recent weeks. © 2025 The White House/Handout via Reuters Governments should publicly object to the Trump administration’s unlawful strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats.The rules-based international order depends on countries speaking out against violations, even when they’re…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Members of Alianza Ceibo, belonging to the Siekopai, A’i Cofán, Siona, and Waorani Indigenous communities, attend a virtual hearing where a decision was made to unfreeze their organization’s funds. © Michelle Gachet/Amazon Frontlines (Washington DC) – Authorities in Ecuador have used secret intelligence reports to freeze the bank accounts of Ecuadorian Indigenous and environmental groups, Human Rights Watch said today.Since September 19, 2025, the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit, the government agency responsible for preventing financial crimes, has ordered…
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By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has ended the year with a steady hand, keeping the cash rate at 3.6% at its final meeting of 2025. The decision was widely expected, but the real story is in the statement by the monetary policy board and what it reveals about the RBA’s thinking for next year.
The RBA acknowledged inflation has become more complicated. While price pressures have eased significantly since the 2022 peak, the bank noted inflation “has…
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By Amnesty International
AI Lifecycle AI systems rely on a common set of processes, such as model conceptualization (defining the task the model aims to address), data collection, data processing, model design, model implementation, and model evaluation. These different components also commonly constitute the sequential stages when developing an AI system and are called the “AI lifecycle”. Algorithm […] The post Algorithmic Accountability Toolkit appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Burkina Faso's president, Capt. Ibrahim Traore (center), in an armored vehicle in Ouagadougou, October 2, 2022. © 2022 Vincent Bado/Reuters The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African country abolished the heinous practice. The last known judicial execution in Burkina Faso took place in 1988.On December 4, the junta’s council of ministers approved a bill amending the penal code and reintroducing capital punishment for crimes including “high treason, terrorism and acts of espionage.” Justice…
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