By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Police officers stand outside a courthouse on January 21, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2025 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images (Berlin, June 10, 2026) – Azerbaijani authorities are prosecuting critics in exile, often based on social media posts and online commentary, Human Rights Watch said today. Those targeted, often convicted in absentia with long sentences, are at risk of extradition, detention during travel, and other forms of cross-border pressure.“These trials of government critics abroad lack all credibility and due process, and are simply intended to silence…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Bhutanese former political prisoners Chatur Man Tamang, left, and Hasta Bahadur Rai, after their release. June 5, 2026. © Private (Sydney) – The government of Bhutan’s release of 2 political prisoners on June 1, 2026, is a positive step, but at least 28 more should be urgently freed, Human Rights Watch said today.The two men, Chatur Man Tamang, 42, and Hasta Bahadur Rai, 44, whose detention was under scrutiny from United Nations human rights experts, were arrested in 2008, severely tortured, and sentenced to life in prison for treason at a trial without defense…
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By Mong Palatino
"This initiative represents a bold and timely step forward, recognising that our oceans do not end at national boundaries, and that our stewardship responsibilities must therefore extend across them."
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By Berto Pandolfo, Associate Professor, Product Design, University of Technology Sydney
Angelique Milojevic, Design Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
Dan Etheridge, Director, The Living Lab Northern Rivers, Office of Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Education Impact), Southern Cross University
Following the devastating Northern Rivers floods in New South Wales in 2022, roughly 14,000 truckloads of water-damaged materials were sent to landfill.
The flood exposed many things, including our unimaginative approach to managing waste. As immediate recovery moved into reconstruction,…
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By Angela Conquet, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
From Belfast’s streets to the end of the world, Oona Doherty and Florentina Holzinger delivered some of the most arresting dance works in this year’s program.
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By Molly Saunders, Research Associate, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
Sophie Yates, Senior Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Women are already less likely to access the NDIS for their disabilities than men and more likely to be carers.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A fighter loyal to the army patrols a market area in Khartoum on March 24, 2025. © 2025 Photo by AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) should ensure that Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanders who have defected to the Sudanese army, including two since April 2026, are held to account for their role in serious crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. This includes cooperating with ongoing independent regional and international investigations into serious international crimes in Darfur and other parts of Sudan.“Those responsible for serious international…
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By Hannah Frances Roux, Sessional Academic, University of Sydney
For Tolkien, any place can become “Mordor”, when the desire to benefit others turns into the will to dominate them.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An M23 fighter stands guard as people board a truck during an enrollment of civilians, police officers, and former Congolese army soldiers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 23, 2025. © 2025 MICHEL LUNANGA/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group carried out a campaign of forced recruitment and abusive detention of thousands of captured combatants and civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 78-page report, “‘Death Was Everywhere’: Arbitrary Detention,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Polish border guard stands near a barbed wire fence at the Polish-Belarusian border in Polowce, Poland, July 21, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski (Brussels) – The new European Union Migration and Asylum Pact ushers in sweeping changes that undermine the right to asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released a question-and-answer document that explains the key changes to EU asylum laws and procedures and the risks for people’s rights. The Pact, adopted in 2024, comes into full effect on June 12, 2026.“The new EU asylum pact, despite the…
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