By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People gather for the Pride March in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2025. © 2025 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more than a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.This year’s Pride faced unprecedented legal and political obstacles. In March, Hungary’s parliament amended…
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Monday, June 30, 2025
Civilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have significantly escalated in recent months, including a sharp rise in often deadly drone attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Monday.
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By Katherine Kinzler, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.
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By Alessandro Silvano, NERC Independent Research Fellow in Oceanography, University of Southampton
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland. That ice hasn’t returned, marking the largest global environmental change during the past decade.
This finding caught us off guard – melting ice typically makes the ocean fresher. But new satellite data shows the opposite is happening, and that’s a big problem. Saltier water at the ocean surface behaves differently…
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By Karmvir K. Padda, Researcher and PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Waterloo
Two years have passed since a 24-year-old former student walked into a gender studies classroom at the University of Waterloo and stabbed the professor and two students.
The attack left the campus shaken and sparked national outrage. Many saw the attack as a shocking but…
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By Robert Dover, Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull
The ongoing debate over whether Iranian nuclear sites were “obliterated”, as the US president and his team insist, or merely “damaged”, as much of the intelligence suggest, should make us pause and think about the nature and purpose of intelligence.
As Donald Rumsfeld…
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By Jonathan Beloff, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 under the auspices of the US.
The agreement aims to foster long-term peace, and increased economic trade and security. The DRC is one of Africa’s largest nations, with over 110 million people. Rwanda has a population of 14…
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By Lauren Graham, Professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
Ariane De Lannoy, Senior Researcher: Poverty and Inequality Initiative, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
More than a third of young South Africans are not in employment, education or training. This cohort of 3.4 million (37.1% of those aged 15–24) risks long-term joblessness. Discouragement – giving up looking for work – is also a risk, as the latest data show.
This has serious social and economic implications. Social and economic exclusion can lead to declining mental health, social drift, long-term dependence on grants and lost economic potential.
To help break this cycle,…
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By Ogechi Adeola, Full Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Administration and Human Resources, University of Kigali
Innocent Ngare, Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Sciences & Education, Kenyatta University
Olaniyi Evans, Senior Lecturer, Pan Atlantic University
There’s a long list of green skills that women across Africa need so that they can get jobs and start businesses that help the world adapt to climate change.
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By Craig Gwynne, Senior Lecturer in Podiatry, Cardiff Metropolitan University
When Novak Djokovic limped out of the 2024 French Open with a torn meniscus in his knee, all eyes turned to whether he’d be fit for Wimbledon. And when Nick Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon for the third year running earlier this month due to a knee injury, fans were disappointed, but medical experts may not have been surprised.
These weren’t freak accidents. They…
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