By Guest Contributor
On Trinidad's first Emancipation Day in 1834, Africans were no longer slaves, but they were not yet free. Their quiet self-restraint may have thwarted a plot to postpone their liberation.
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By Karuna kumari Kandregula
While Assam’s government urged residents to utilize the Citizenship Amendment Act, widespread fears of undermining existing legal claims and forced migrant status led many families to avoid the process entirely.
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By Catherine Maia, Professeure de droit international à l’Université Lusófona (Portugal) et professeure invitée à Sciences Po Paris (France), Sciences Po
Rui Garrido, Ph.D Candidate in Political Theory, International Relations and Human Rights, University of Évora
Every year on August 2, the Congolese community around the world observes a day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide perpetrated against the people of eastern DRC for economic gain.
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Adjunct Professor, IE University; California State University San Marcos
The US-Saudi nuclear deal was announced in the midst of what has, as of 2026, become America’s Third Gulf War. The news broke just as Saudi Arabia and the US launched air raids against Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, in retaliation for alleged drone attacks directed Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
The future details of a deal – which would allow for exports of US…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Angkhana Neelapaijit reports online attacks against her at Bang Yi Reua police station in Bangkok, Thailand, July 31, 2026. © 2026 Private (Bangkok) – The Thai authorities should immediately take effective measures to protect the prominent members of parliament Angkhana Neelapaijit and Romadon Panjor and the human rights defender Anchana Heemmina, all of whom have been facing online death threats and attacks, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 31, 2026, Angkhana, a senator and former member of Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission, filed a complaint…
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By Deniz Torcu, Adjunct Professor of Globalization, Business and Media, IE University
It is estimated that more than 50,000 migrants crossed entered the small Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the course of a single day after the border effectively collapsed. Ceuta, an autonomous city, sits on Morocco’s northern coast. The Spanish government has said almost all of the migrants have since returned to Morocco, and at least 57 have died.
Faced with doubts as to how and why this was able to happen, the public was left with only footage and photographs: people swimming…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palestinians collect their belongings from their evacuated homes after the Israeli army issued a number of short-term access permits for residents of the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, June 17, 2026. © 2026 Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israeli military on July 28 to take control of another Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank without identifying which one. He has said the operation should follow the “Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Jenin model.”Those words indicate more expulsion of Palestinians from their…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the crossing of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the reported deaths of 43 people, Esteban Beltrán, Director of Amnesty International Spain, said: “We are monitoring this situation very closely. Spanish and Moroccan authorities must put their human rights obligations at the centre of […] The post Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Westminster
Pushing every set until you cannot do another rep may not improve strength or muscle growth, and can make recovery harder.
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By Oli Buckley, Professor in Cyber Security, Loughborough Cyber Institute, Loughborough University
Headlines about AI systems going rogue and “escaping” test environments undeniably capture the imagination. For years, we have been primed by films, TV and books to expect our AI to finally throw off its shackles and take charge.
The images of machines becoming self-aware, plotting their own objectives and breaking free from human control is a compelling narrative, but that isn’t really what happened.
If we think about this in simple terms, OpenAI placed highly capable models…
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