By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay, a Kazakhstan citizen detained in China, outside their house in Uzynagash village, located outside Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 4, 2025. © 2025 Chris Rickleton (London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. The activists, from the Nagyz Atajurt Volunteers group, face up to 10 years in prison for exercising their freedom of expression. Thirteen are…
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By Graham H. Pyke, Honorary Professor in School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Amy-Marie Gilpin, Lecturer in Invertebrate Ecology, Western Sydney University
Kit Prendergast, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pollination Ecology, University of Southern Queensland; Curtin University
If the governments of Australia can invest millions into the honeybee industry, they surely have the resources to support native pollinators.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Activists attend a procession to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 25, 2025. © 2025 MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via AP Photo On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But ahead of the elections, attacks on women, girls, and religious minorities are on the rise, exposing the interim government’s failure to protect fundamental human rights. Police data shows that gender-based violence increased between…
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By Gisèle Yasmeen, JW McConnell Professor of Practice, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University
Julian Tayarah, Master's Student, Public Policy, McGill University
Umme Salma, Master's Student, Public Policy, McGill University
Across the world, urbanization affects how food is grown, distributed and consumed, and cities are primary drivers changing food systems.
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By Heba Ghazal, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Kingston University
Urology departments in England and Wales have seen an increase in users admitted for bladder inflammation caused by ketamine use.
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By Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
The ceasefire in Gaza is on shaky ground as Donald Trump looks to progress his peace plan on to its second phase.
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By Marion Vannier, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Manchester; Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they engage with staff and other prisoners.
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By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
Christelle Langley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Sadly, there is no cure for Huntington’s disease. But a couple new research papers suggests this may be about to change.
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By Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
UK inflation may be easing, but many households still find their weekly shop getting more expensive. One key reason is something not captured in headline prices: shrinkflation, where manufacturers reduce pack sizes without reducing the price.
Shrinkflation has become more common thanks to the steep increase in the cost of living in recent years. A 2025…
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By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
I would be surprised if anything else at the cinema in 2026 can match the bizarre spectacle of The Bone Temple’s best sequence.
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