By Amnesty International
Chinese authorities must stop blocking access to medical treatment for a land rights activist, Amnesty International said, as the annual ‘Two Sessions’ meetings of China’s government opened in Beijing. The family of woman human rights defender Yang Li, who recently spent 15 months in detention for her advocacy on land rights, say that her condition […] The post China: Authorities block life-saving kidney treatment for woman activist ahead of major government meetings appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Angola's President João Lourenço, December 4, 2024. © 2024 Ben Curtis/AP Photo Angolan President João Lourenço has signed into law new legislation that regulates the operation of nongovernmental organizations and other groups in the country. Civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have warned about the serious risks the law poses to civic space in Angola.Published on March 2, the law grants the government broad powers to authorize, monitor, suspend, and financially restrict civil society organizations under vague notions of “security…
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By Nima Shokri, Professor, Applied Engineering, United Nations University
Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran.
Markets have reacted to the global impact of closing this incredibly busy shipping channel, focusing on the risk to oil and gas flows, the prospect…
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By Mehmet Ozalp, Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
Ali Khamenei’s son is known less for speeches or religious authority than for his influence and the networks he’s built behind the scenes.
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By Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth
Fomenting a revolution when you have little ability to control how events play out on the ground can lead to unfavourable outcomes.
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By Steven David Pickering, Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London
Martin Ejnar Hansen, Reader in Political Science, Brunel University of London
Yosuke Sunahara, Professor in Public Administration, Kobe University
In both the UK and Japan, people who trusted the government were more willing to pay extra for organic food.
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By Francois Vreÿ, Research Coordinator, Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Stellenbosch University
Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system.
Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and predictable flows of goods by sea, the armed attacks on Iran and their maritime spillovers sharply underlined the vulnerability of global maritime trade and its value, which is embedded in safe and predictable deliveries…
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By Eric Sunu Doe, Senior lecturer, University of Ghana
The news of the passing of Ghanaian highlife star Ebo Taylor on 7 February 2026 felt less like the loss of a public musical figure and more like the closing of a living chapter of Ghanaian musical knowledge. To many, he was a legendary guitarist, composer, arranger, and ambassador of Ghanaian highlife music.
Highlife music is a homegrown Ghanaian popular dance-music, believed…
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By Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti, Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History, Rice University
In Zimbabwe, hunhu is a cultural belief system that instructs us to embrace our neighbours, honour our elders and respect each other’s rights. Also known as ubuntu, it’s a way of being that resonates with southern Africa’s interconnected but diverse communities, where generational wisdom and values are passed from elders to the young.
Hunhu is a central idea in the latest solo show by prominent young…
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
A majority of Americans are against the war, according to a new poll. This has implications for the mid-term elections in November.
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