By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in downtown Minneapolis, January 25, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Adam Gray (Washington, DC) – Federal immigration enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota this weekend, marking the second killing by immigration enforcement agents in the city this month. Federal officials reportedly blocked state officials from accessing the scene, raising concerns that the federal government is not acting in good faith to ensure an independent and comprehensive investigation, Human Rights Watch said…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the withdrawal of the United States of America from the Paris Climate Agreement, Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s Programme Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability, said: “The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement sets a disturbing precedent that seeks to instigate a race to the bottom, and, along with its withdrawal from other […] The post Global: US withdrawal from landmark Paris Climate Agreement threatens “a race to the bottom” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Thousands of people who recently escaped or were released from scamming compounds in Cambodia where they were subjected to grave abuses including rape and torture are now stranded and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, Amnesty International said after gathering harrowing testimony from survivors. Interviews with recently enslaved people – almost all foreign nationals – […] The post Cambodia: Growing humanitarian crisis as escaped scamming compound survivors tell of murder, rape and torture appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University
Nicholas Farrelly, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania
Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile.
Since then, the economy has spluttered and foreign investors have headed for the exit. The only growth industries – mostly scam…
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By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
Klaus Lunau, Professor, Institute of Sensory Ecology, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Birds and bees see the world in different ways – and some flowers have evolved to take advantage of the gap in their perspectives.
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By Andrea Katz, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis
A US district judge is weighing whether the surge of ICE agents in the state violates the US Constitution or falls within the executive’s power to enforce federal law.
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By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong
Miss Kate Cocks, the real-life first policewoman in South Australia, is the star of Lainie Anderson’s historical crime novels – with a Phryne-Fisher-like offsider.
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By Jonathan Barrett, Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As Australia reforms laws that can inadvertently trap financial abuse victims, New Zealand must ask what protections – and risks – exist here.
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By Steven Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University
Groundhogs predict spring with the same accuracy as flipping a coin. But they’re vital to their ecosystems, feasting through summer to store enough fat to last through their winter hibernation.
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
There is talk of US ‘security guarantees’ to enforce a ceasefire in Ukraine. But there’s no sign the US president will get tough with his Russian counterpart.
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