By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Maturin Kombo photographed in Tedoa, Central African Republic in 2014. © 2014 Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch Earlier this week the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR) announced that Maturin Kombo, who was in the court’s custody charged with crimes committed in 2014, died in hospital in Bangui.Twelve years ago, as CAR was in the throes of a civil war, I arrived in the village of Guen, in the southwest of the country, to conduct research. While there, we confirmed that in early February 2014, anti-balaka forces had attacked…
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By Guest Contributor
“Within LGBTQIA+ spaces, gay men are visible. For women, there is no space. Gay men should use their privilege to create space for queer women.’
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By Daria Dergacheva
'Traditional values' in the law include patriotism, service to the fatherland, high morals, a strong family, productive labor, and the priority of the spiritual over the material.
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By Robert Davis, Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
Rat and mouse baits are an everyday product. But these chemicals can persist in the tissues of rodents that eat them for months and poison native animals.
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By Amanda Craft, Lecturer in Accounting and Personal Financial Planning, Western Sydney University
If we want to keep our food supplies secure, understanding what farmers need in diesel supplies now – and in coming months – will be crucial.
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By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
In her Netflix series, Vladimir, Julia May Jonas attempts to tame the slippery characters and weighty themes in her novel. That’s a pity.
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By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Ian Jamie, Senior Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan, Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW Sydney; University of Sydney
Will vitamin C supplements do you any good and help with these conditions? Here’s what the evidence says – and what to look out for.
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By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Gabriel Sherman, author of the latest and shortest Murdoch biography, is an outstanding journalist. But does he have something new to say about the media mogul?
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By Zachary Aman, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia
As the US–Israel war on Iran escalates, so too does the global oil crisis.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas flows, and the targeting of oil production facilities in the Middle East have lifted the oil price by 34%.
The price of Brent crude –…
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By Charlotte Setijadi, Lecturer in Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
Framing returnees as potential criminals is politically convenient but counterproductive. It leads to victims being reluctant to go to authorities to ask for help.
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