By Asiye Uyghur
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance.
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By Steven Leib, Associate Professor in Aviation, CQUniversity Australia
Guido Carim Junior, Associate Professor in Aviation, CQUniversity Australia
A core tenet of aviation security is keeping threats out of the cockpit. What happens if the danger is one of the pilots?
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By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
Netanyahu was quick to incorporate the plane attack into his campaign by posting videos and images on his social media accounts.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Will the Coalition take a robust agenda on industrial relations to the 2028 election? Jane Hume’s speech did not provide an answer.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
a “Pre-COP” meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu is one of those initiatives that seemed a good idea at the time but for Albanese it will feel more chore than opportunity.
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By Andrei Quintiá Pastrana, Investigador Ramón y Cajal, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
When Maricarmen Abascal, a disabled 87 year-old, was evicted from the Madrid home where she had lived for 71 years, hundreds of people gathered outside in an attempt to prevent it. She was eventually forcibly removed from the building, and taken to hospital on a stretcher.
Her eviction sparked a wave of protests (still ongoing at the time of writing) against a housing crisis that, for many, has endured since the 2008 crash.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district, northwest Tanzania. © 2022 Private An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court: the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania are bringing a case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), an industry body that oversees the London gold market.Another 30 Tanzanians recently joined the case, while a Canadian court dismissed another lawsuit over the killings, saying it did not have jurisdiction. The families are seeking…
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By Alan Pearce, Professor, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who overcame cystic fibrosis to play elite level rugby, has revealed he has also been recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
It follows the recent diagnosis of high profile rugby league player Jai Arrow, who captured national attention with his MND diagnosis, and the recent passing…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov in the defendants' cage on the last day of his trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023. © 2023 Eurasianet (Berlin, October 1, 2026) – Uzbek officials should immediately ensure the safety and well-being of an imprisoned Karakalpak blogger and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, and secure his release, Human Rights Watch said today. Since his conviction and transfer to prison in 2023, prison officials and other prisoners have…
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By Amnesty International
Authorities in Morocco operate an expansive and vast surveillance apparatus that combines digital and analogue tools to track, monitor and ultimately silence journalists, activists and other critical voices, Amnesty International said in a new report. We start with the verdict: Inside Morocco’s surveillance machine reveals how Moroccan authorities use unlawful surveillance to target human rights […] The post Morocco: Whistleblower reveals how authorities used a web of surveillance to silence journalists and activists appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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