Thursday, May 16, 2024
A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled “horrifying’ by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international investigation.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A young man holds up a photo of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, in prison since November 4, 2016, at a demonstration in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, April 4, 2024. © 2024 Sipa via AP Images (Ankara, May 17, 2024) – A Turkish court’s conviction on May 16, 2024, of 24 Kurdish politicians on bogus charges of crimes against the state follows a manifestly political and unjust trial, Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project said today. The court sentenced the 24 to prison terms ranging from 9 to 42 years, while acquitting 12 other politicians…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The logo for the 2026 US, Canada, and Mexico-hosted FIFA Men’s World Cup on a screen outside Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Jae C. Hong/AP Photo (New York) – FIFA should immediately release and commit to implementing the robust Human Rights Framework for the 2026 Men’s Soccer World Cup, which it developed through extensive consultations with civil society stakeholders and public officials from across North America. The framework, which FIFA shared with host cities in March 2024, will govern labor and human rights for all 16 North American…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend Kishida's welcome ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2023. © 2023 Kyodo via AP Images (Tokyo) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should publicly call on Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to respect human rights, Human Right Watch said today. The crown prince’s visit to Tokyo from May 20-23, 2024, is his first visit to Japan as Saudi Arabia’s prime minister.As the Japanese government increases its engagement with Saudi Arabia, spanning…
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By Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, Associate Professor of Education Foundations & Research, University of North Dakota
Andrea Guiden Pittman, Professor of education, American University
Andrene J. Castro, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University
Marvin G. Powell, Associate Professor of Education, George Mason University
As the nation marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools.
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By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute, Grattan Institute
In normal times, a boost in government spending would boost inflation. The budget papers show these are not normal times.
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By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
Without a green energy transition Australia won’t meet its emissions reductions promises. But despite punching above its weight for years, the electricity sector isn’t transforming quickly enough.
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By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
The culture wars have been around forever, but keep taking new forms, and US variants threaten to spill over to Australia – as seen in the recent (overturned) ban on same-sex parenting books in Sydney.
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By Timothy J. Ralph, Associate Professor, Macquarie University
Eman Ghoneim, Professor and Director of Space and Drone Remote Sensing Lab, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Suzanne Onstine, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Memphis
The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the famous Great Pyramid at Giza – lies along a narrow strip of land in the desert several kilometres west of the Nile River.
The Nile was at the heart of ancient Egyptian civilisation, and the location of so many pyramids some distance away from the river has until now not been fully explained.
In a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, we addressed this puzzle. When…
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By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Terry Boyle, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Epidemiology, University of South Australia
That depends on a number of factors, including the cancer you had initially, as well as your genes, environment and lifestyle.
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