By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Zhanar Sekerbayeva, feminist activist from Kazakhstan. © Private (Berlin, April 6, 2026) – Kazakhstan’s prosecuting authorities have filed criminal charges for battery against a feminist activist who was aggressively accosted at a café in Astana, the capital, while meeting with feminist and queer colleagues and friends, Human Rights Watch said today.The charges, brought on March 26, 2026, follow an investigation into Zhanar Sekerbayeva, which appears to have been in retaliation for her activism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. The first…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Human rights activist Jolovan Wham arrives at the State Court in Singapore, February 21, 2019. © 2019 REUTERS/Edgar Su (London) – The Singaporean government should immediately drop all charges against a human rights activist, Jolovan Wham, for organizing and participating in peaceful gatherings, Human Rights Watch, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Amnesty International, and CIVICUS said today.Wham is scheduled to stand trial at Singapore’s State Court on April 6, 2026, facing three charges under the Public Order Act for his alleged participation…
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By Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Bronwen Dalton, Professor, Head of Department of Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Carmel Foley, Professor of Business Events, University of Technology Sydney
Rachel Wilson, Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney
As employers rethink wellbeing in a post-pandemic workplace, the key question is whether policies for pets at work are lawful, evidence-based and inclusive.
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By Jim Radford, Associate Professor, Ecology and Environment, La Trobe University
Grace Sutton, Research Fellow in Eco-Remote Sensing Science, La Trobe University
Liz Heagney, Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, Southern Cross University
Nature and agriculture are often at odds. But an Australian study suggests farmers who plant more trees are better off – financially and environmentally.
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By Miles Park, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
The sound of the PB/5 pedestrian crossing button shapes our cities. It is now part of the National Film Sound Archive of Australia’s 2026 Sounds of Australia.
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By Alyssa Milton, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Emily Eglitis, Researcher at the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity, Adelaide University
Kate Harrison Brennan, Director, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney
Look out for programs that give kids a choice, include at least some outdoor time and have a mix of different activities.
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By Paris Hadfield, Research Fellow, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
Council staff said human resources and time are essential, with one noting: ‘We have to go through a fair amount of information to explain how solar works.’
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By Meru Sheel, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Sydney
Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
There has already been a lot of flu this year but the flu season is unlikely to peak until late winter.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
If you’re feeling fed up with the way things are in the world, then, no matter your politics, you are experiencing an emotion people have felt for millennia.
Perhaps you feel helpless. Maybe you feel like the character in the Roman dramatist Terence’s play The Brothers (160 BCE), who exclaims:
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By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
By resurrecting statues toppled in protests during his first term, Donald Trump wants to reverse attempts to ‘erase history’. But history is never that simple.
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