By Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
Christina Watts, Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Sydney
Letting a global tobacco giant give evidence to a parliamentary committee behind closed doors is one of many lobbying tactics Australia has allowed.
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By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Research shows where those cost-of-living stresses are greatest. It’s not the vast bulk of middle income Australia, but working age welfare recipients.
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By Shoeb A
Coordinated false copyright claims targeted Bangladeshi archivists, journalists, and activists, exploiting Meta’s reporting system to remove evidence of abuses, disrupt documentation efforts, and undermine accountability linked to July 2024 uprising.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The UN human rights office on Wednesday called on Israel to immediately release two members of the Global Sumud Flotilla detained in international waters, warning that solidarity with Palestinians and attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza “is not a crime.”
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
At least 70 civilians have been killed and more than 500 injured across Ukraine since the start of May, UN human rights monitors said on Wednesday, as waves of attacks hit cities across the country and humanitarian workers struggled to reach communities near the frontline.
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By Stuart Phillips, Professor, Kinesiology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health, McMaster University
Health Canada recently warned Canadians not to buy or inject unauthorized peptide drugs sold online, naming products that include BPC-157, CJC-1295, ipamorelin, TB-500 and retatrutide.
The advisory notes these products are being marketed online and on social media for anti-aging, weight loss, injury recovery, sleep, mental focus and general “wellness,” and that Health Canada has already seized several of them.
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By Daniel Sims, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies; Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Northern British Columbia
Indigenous communities have long fought to control their own education. A scholar traces that history and examines what a new Inuit-led university could mean for Inuit self-determination.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image News studio of TV5Monde in Paris, April 9, 2015. © 2015 Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The military authorities in Burkina Faso are tightening their grip on what people can see, hear, and know.On May 5, Burkina Faso’s media regulator ordered the suspension of French broadcaster TV5Monde, accusing it of “disinformation” and “apology of terrorism” in its reporting on Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso and neighboring Mali. The action is the latest targeting the channel that was previously suspended twice in 2024 and remains off the…
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By Amnesty International
Amnistía Internacional ha designado como presos de conciencia a Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán, ex representantes de los 48 cantones de Totonicapán, que llevan más de un año encarcelados injustamente solamente por haber hecho uso de su derecho de protesta pacífica y libertad de expresión. “Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán nunca debieron ser encarcelados. Su detención y procesamiento constituyen un castigo arbitrario por haber participado en protestas pacíficas y por representar a su comunidad. […] The post Guatemala: Immediate and unconditional release of prisoners of conscience Luis Pacheco…
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By Joel Busher, Professor of Political Sociology, Coventry University
Tufyal Choudhury, Associate Professor, Durham Law School
Following recent antisemitic violence and aggression, calls from some quarters for a temporary ban on pro-Palestine marches have gained traction. Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has firmly supported a ban, while Keir Starmer, the prime minister, has suggested that some protests may need to be stopped. The government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has called for a moratorium…
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