By Amnesty International
Liliane Umubyeyi on the importance of reparatory justice Politics has always been a part of my life. As a young child in Rwanda, I remember there being a violent political climate preceding the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. By the time I was 10, we were forced to flee following the genocide. We travelled […] The post “Racial violence is accelerating and we must resist” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Following years of advocacy by civil society organisations, journalists and activists, Lebanon has passed a new media law that introduces important human rights-based reforms, but falls short of bringing all the changes needed to ensure that the right to freedom of expression is respected, protected and fulfilled in the country, Amnesty International said today. The Lebanese Parliament adopted a long-awaited Media Law on 11 August 2026 replacing outdated legislation from 1962 and 1994. The law published in the official […] The post Lebanon: New media law makes progress but leaves serious…
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By Amnesty International
My name is Mandi Mudarikwa and I’m a human rights strategic litigator at Amnesty International. My legal career has been about using law and the courts as instruments of justice, accountability, and the advancement and enjoyment of human rights. Human rights are a promise and a commitment. The promise of equality, freedom of speech, privacy […] The post Durban Conference 25 years on. Mandi Mudarikwa: “It’s up to us all to build the kind of world we want to live in” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The environment minister has fought back against criticisms that very few world leaders will attend the pre-COP meeting in the Pacific.
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By Julia Almazán Catalán, Investigadora predoctoral en nutrición y salud metabólica, Universidad CEU San Pablo
Carmen Morais Moreno, Investigadora y profesora de Nutrición especializada en salud metabólica, Universidad CEU San Pablo
Has your phone ever died very quickly, despite you barely using it? Sometimes, the explanation is simple: dozens of apps running in the background constantly drain the battery. Something similar happens within our bodies, as almost all of us live with an app installed by default that never closes: noise.
This invisible aggressor is not just a physical phenomenon that can be measured in decibels – it is a subjective, cultural experience. As philosopher Byung-Chul Han points…
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By Chris Wallace, Professor, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Blanche d'Alpuget had a long and successful career as a writers, but it was her stunning biography of Bob Hawke that brought her fame – and influence.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Liberal frontbencher and leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie has launched an extraordinary attack on One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, calling them “lying cowards”.
Hastie said Hanson and Joyce “are trashing my service record, they called me a traitor to my own country”.
One of Hanson’s Please Explain animated cartoons, from July and titled “Don’t be Hastie”, is at the centre of Hastie’s latest attack on One Nation, which has been targeting him and his seat of Canning in Western Australia. One Nation recently won a state seat, Secret Harbour, that is largely…
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By Björn Lundberg, Researcher in History, Lund University
For decades, Sweden has fostered a self-image as something of a world record-holder for peace, celebrating more than two centuries since it was last at war. But this record involves some creative accounting. The narrative, for example, excludes Sweden’s participation in modern-day military operations in Afghanistan and Libya.
Nor has Swedish “peacefulness” been entirely pacifist. The country operated one of the world’s largest…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Israelis look at the border with Lebanon from a position in the northern village of Metula on March 5, 2026, after Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel during the ongoing conflict. © March 2026 Amir Levy/Getty Images (Beirut, September 9, 2026) – Hezbollah unlawfully fired widely banned cluster munitions into a town in northern Israel on March 4, 2026, and again on March 15, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks, neither of which caused civilian casualties, took place during a major escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah beginning…
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By Justin Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Newcastle
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has examined anti-LGBTQIA+ attacks facilitated online and through dating apps. Here’s what can be done to keep people safe.
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