UN Describes Worsening Afghanistan Rights Crisis

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman at the site of a suicide attack on an education center claimed by a group affiliated with the Islamic State, in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 1, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo The latest report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, is comprehensive and devastating. The special rapporteur catalogues widespread, serious abuses, noting that the Taliban authorities have “normalized” the systematic violation of the rights of women and girls. He also suggests that their “discriminatory denial of women and girls’ fundamental…

Read complete article

~	A tax on sugary drinks can make us healthier. It’s time for Australia to introduce one

~	Australian churches collectively raise billions of dollars a year – why aren’t they taxed?

~	What Australia can learn from Latin America when it comes to tackling violence against women

~	Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action

~	Real comedy, real trauma: how Baby Reindeer and Feel Good are forging a new television genre

~	As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurposing old or empty spaces should be on the drawing board

~	Houston area’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate

~	Fractured futures: Upward mobility for immigrants is a myth as their health declines

~	The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

~	Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students