By Amnesty International
Prior to the upcoming session of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, and which from 10 to 12 March will assess the progress and challenges faced by Ecuador in preventing, investigating and punishing enforced disappearances, Amnesty International has stated that these crimes remain unpunished and will continue to happen as long as President Daniel Noboa’s security policy remains militarized. […] The post Ecuador under international scrutiny for enforced disappearances appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Robert Frost, Early Career Fellow in History, University of Leicester
The famous images of T.E. Lawrence in Arab robes in the second decade of the 20th century reveal a radical act of solidarity with another culture.
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By Iwan Williams, Senior Lecturer in Sports Communication and Public Relations, Swansea University
When Snoop Dogg swaggered into Swansea wearing a Swansea City hoodie and beanie, it felt surreal. The American rapper took his seat at the Swansea.com Stadium and, for a moment, Welsh football tilted slightly off its axis.
Far from being incidental, it was a calculated public relations strategy – and a smart one. His arrival offers a revealing lesson in sports branding, celebrity capital and the globalisation of lower-league football.
Snoop Dogg’s minority investment in Swansea City,…
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By Saeed Bagheri, Assistant Professor of International Law, University of Reading
Israeli strikes targeted oil facilities near the Iranian capital of Tehran over the weekend. Two oil refineries, both of which had been attacked by Israel in 2025, and two oil storage facilities were hit. According to Iran’s deputy health minister, Ali Jafarian, at least four people were killed by the strikes.
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By Emilie Rutledge, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
At the end of 2025, the Gulf states received high praise for their economic resilience. According to reports by the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, the region was stable, modern and reliable.
Now the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – are watching on nervously. The economic damage done by what has become a regional conflict, bringing an abrupt loss of stability, could be huge.
Aside from Saddam Hussein’s foray…
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By Richard Buka, Haematology Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Samantha Montague, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham
A rare clotting disorder puzzled doctors during the COVID vaccine rollout. New research reveals the unlikely chain of events that causes it.
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By Nana Nwachukwu, PhD Researcher, Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology (Adapt), Trinity College Dublin
The Enclosure Acts allowed fencing of common lands that villagers had used for generations. Something similar has happened in the digital space.
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By Rosamund Oates, Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
In February, Leicester Cathedral hosted a British Sign Language (BSL) service celebrating a deaf marriage that took place in the church 450 years ago, in 1576.
The groom was a deaf blacksmith from Leicester named Thomas Tilsey, who made his wedding vows in sign. It was so unusual that the clerk who witnessed the marriage recorded it in full in the parish records. Although the BBC…
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By Guest Contributor
"What is at stake in Botswana media is not only law reforms but the viability of journalism in a disrupted, underfunded and rapidly changing environment."
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By Mark Maslin, UCL Professor of Earth System Science and UNU Lead for Climate, Health and Security, UCL
Health and climate action can be designed together, supporting and reinforcing each other, instead of being treated as separate priorities.
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