By Amnesty International
Responding to reports and Cambodian government announcements that a crackdown on scamming compounds in the country is under way, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said: “A coordinated government response to Cambodia’s scamming crisis is long overdue. However, it is vital that authorities respect the human rights of individuals found in these locations, where […] The post Cambodia: Scamming crisis survivors must be protected amid police crackdown appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
The measure enables broad tax cuts that disproportionately favor wealthy households while forcing its costs on the most economically vulnerable Americans.
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By Rachael Eastham, Lecturer in Young People's Health Inequalities, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
Christopher Baguma, Postgraduate Researcher in Public Health, Lancaster University
My phone wouldn’t stop ringing – nurses, social workers, young mothers – all begging for help. ‘I’ve lost my job,’ ‘I have no food,’ ‘What do we do now?’ I felt helpless.
These are the words of Rogers Omollo, founder and CEO of Activate Action – a youth-led non-profit organisation that supports young people with HIV and disabilities in Homa Bay, a town in west Kenya on the shores of Lake Victoria.
As specialists in youth and sexual and reproductive health, we were on a field trip to…
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By Sarah Parkhouse, British Academy Research Fellow, Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Manchester
Cynthia Erivo, the award-winning actor and star of Wicked, will play Jesus Christ at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles between August 1 and 3 2025.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, the casting of the Wicked star as the son of God in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s provocative rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar has caused upset…
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By Natalie Hanley-Smith, Teaching fellow in early modern history, University of Warwick
Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs of passion, guilt and desire.
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By Giray Gozgor, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford
Kamran Mahroof, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford
Historically, UK spending on defence has often been pitted against welfare, education and local government. But at a time when the government has pledged to meet Nato’s target for defence spending – 5% of GDP in the next decade, up from around 2.3% – it appears to be offering a different fiscal…
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By David Bartlett, Senior Lecturer of Exercise Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey
CLL can mean fatigue, fear and years of waiting but new research shows that staying active helps people feel better – and live better.
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By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
A case that first appeared in a medical journal several years ago has recently resurfaced in the media, highlighting an unexpected risk of hormone therapies: a baby girl in Sweden developed unusually large genitals after lying on her father’s bare chest, accidentally exposed to his testosterone gel.
The incident is a reminder that hormone treatments, while safe when used correctly,…
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By David Gisselsson Nord, Professor, Division of Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
Alberto Rinaldi, Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund University
When a foreign power floods your media with false health alerts designed to create panic, isn’t that as threatening as a military blockade?
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By Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham
Is China’s supreme leader under pressure to give up some power to influential party leaders? Our writer looks at why he might be.
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