By Amnesty International
Reacting to the convictions for war crimes of Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi by the Kosovo Specialist Chamber, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, said: These verdicts give hope that the victims and relatives of the missing will finally see justice Esther Major, Amnesty International “These convictions give hope to […] The post Kosovo: War crimes convictions of former president ‘shows senior officials are not above the law’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Hannah Green, PhD Candidate in English Literature and Environmental Humanities, University of Bristol
Every reader, farmers and non-farmers alike, can learn from his broader ethics of care, attention and negotiation with the natural world.
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By Steven R. Smith, Research Impact Fellow, Green Futures Solutions and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Tim Lenton, Professor of Climate Change, University of Exeter
It must be tough being a judge on the world’s most prestigious environmental prize: imagine having to choose between an ingenious machine that removes microplastics from a river in Europe, or a company in East Africa that sells clean cookstoves through affordable weekly instalments.
Over the last six months, we have been working with colleagues at Green Futures Solutions at the University of Exeter to make that job a little easier. We have found a way to distinguish between solutions that carry on working as long as people keep putting money into them, and those with “tipping potential”…
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By Ian Collen, Reader (Education) in Modern Languages Education, Queen's University Belfast
The new proposals shift to a single core modern language, only required at secondary school in the 11-14 age range.
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By Katie Jenkins, British Academy Innovation Fellow, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
Stretching across much of eastern England, the Fens produce a third of the country’s vegetables and support tens of thousands of jobs. Yet around 33% of the region lies below average sea level, while 87% is below the highest spring tides
The landscape only exists due to centuries of engineering – pumps, embankments and drainage channels – that keeps water moving almost constantly. Now climate change is introducing new challenges that this system was never designed to face.
The Fens face several…
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By Amnesty International
Protesters in Iran have been killed, tortured or imprisoned in the thousands for demanding their human rights and political change. The officials responsible for protest-related crimes against humanity are evading justice while survivors and relatives seeking justice are persecuted. In late 2022, Iran was gripped by large-scale protests that became known as the Woman Life […] The post Why is Amnesty International calling for international justice for crimes against humanity in Iran? appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
In a landmark new report marking the fourth anniversary of the start of the Woman Life Freedom uprising, Amnesty International warns that those responsible for crimes against humanity committed to brutally crush nationwide protests in 2022 continue to control Iran’s deadly state machinery of repression today. The report, Architects of Atrocities: State Machinery Orchestrating Crimes Against […] The post Iran: Architects of crimes against humanity to suppress protests must face international justice to deter further massacres appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Josh Sunman, Associate Lecturer in Public Policy, Flinders University
What is acceptable from a minor party of protest may not be what voters want to see from a potential government.
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By Jessica Genauer, Associate Professor in International Relations, UNSW
The move suggests Iran and its allies are settling in for a long war. That could mean pain for the global economy.
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By James Lachlan Dwyer, PhD Researcher in Human-Robot Interaction, Queensland University of Technology
Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company is now open at QAGOMA, Brisbane. It reminds us that puppets are extensions of us.
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