By Amnesty International
A member of Three Lions Pride explains why they won’t be attending the World Cup this year My first memory of football was Arsenal losing to Liverpool in the FA Cup Final in 2001. I was distraught. The following year, England lost to Brazil in the World Cup, and I still remember Ronaldinho lobbing the […] The post “This World Cup has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
A new decree from the Taliban enabling child marriage is the latest salvo in an ongoing assault on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, Amnesty International said in a new legal analysis. The Decree No. 18 “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses”, published by the Taliban in an official gazette on 14 May […] The post Afghanistan: New code enabling child marriage compounds dismal situation for women’s and girls’ rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Zurab Menteshashvili at a protest in Georgia. © Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media Georgia’s crackdown on dissent reached a dangerous new low last month when a Tbilisi court sentenced activist Zurab Menteshashvili to nine months in prison for participating in a peaceful protest. The case highlights how Georgia’s recent protest-related legislative amendments are being used to turn peaceful acts of dissent into criminal offenses.On May 29, the court convicted Menteshashvili, 61, for standing on a roadway and blocking traffic during a protest outside Georgia’s parliament…
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By Laurent Dubois, Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy, University of Virginia
For the first time since 1974, the Haitian men’s team has qualified for the World Cup. This is their story.
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By Véronique Chance, Course Director, MA Fine Art, Anglia Ruskin University
In 2021, as the UK began to emerge from the third COVID lockdown, I embarked on a slow, long-distance run from the source of the River Thames to the sea.
The run was a live artwork I called Thames Run: Source to Sea, as part of the Estuary 21 Festival Associated Programme.
Following the course of the river as closely as I could…
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By Pierre Wokuri, Junior Professor in Political Science, Sciences Po Rennes
Daniela Soto-Hernandez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Social Anthropology, University of Sussex
Colombia’s outgoing president Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla and the country’s first leftist leader, came to power in 2022. He promised something few leaders of fossil fuel-producing countries have seriously attempted: to reduce his country’s dependence on oil, gas and coal.
Together with his vice-president Francia Márquez, a former environmental activist, Petro put together an ambitious…
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By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.
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By Daryl Van Tongeren, Professor of Psychology, Hope College
Most people think they are open-minded and would like others to perceive them as such. But for the things that matter most – religious beliefs, for example, or the meaning of life – few of us are genuinely willing to consider that we might be wrong, let alone do the hard work of revising beliefs.…
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By Remy Dou, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami
As the National Science Foundation starts giving out fewer grants, people worldwide will potentially lose out from potential research findings that could help improve their lives.
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By Rosemary Trout, Associate Clinical Professor of Culinary Arts & Food Science, Drexel University
Butter and margarine are both made up of long fatty acid chains, but some slight chemical differences mean differences in how they melt.
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