Mauritania: Activist Charged for Decrying Racism

Expand Relatives of detained activist Abdallahi Yali gather at their home in Nouakchott, Mauritania, September 2018. © 2018 Eric Goldstein/Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – A Mauritanian criminal court has charged an activist with incitement to violence and racial hatred for social media messages decrying racial discrimination in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should drop all charges against the activist, Abdallahi Salem Ould Yali, relating to his purely peaceful speech on behalf of his marginalized community, and ensure he has speedy access to all the evidence against…

Read complete article

~	Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change

~	What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?

~	Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think

~	We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far

~	Getting to know Alexandra Philbin: A Q&A with an Irish language activist

~	Trump trial reveals details about how the former president thinks about, and exploits, the media

~	Why the potential for another Donald Trump presidency is making Iran very nervous

~	Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls

~	We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago

~	What do we lose when our old suburbs disappear?