By Amnesty International
Reacting to Angolan authorities’ continued detention of Serrote Oliviera, also known as General Nila, the leader of the National Union for Total Revolution of Angola (UNTRA), Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa’s regional office Tigere Chagutah said;. “250 days since General Nila’s shooting and subsequent arrest and detention, Angolan authorities have failed […] The post Angola: Authorities must release arbitrarily detained activist General Nila appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Last year, the European Commission launched a drive to simplify existing EU laws on artificial intelligence (AI) and data protection, arguing that this would “boost competitiveness” and “cut red tape”. In November 2025, it unveiled proposals for sweeping changes to major laws like the AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At stake are the rules that protect us on and offline. Corporations work hard to give regulation […] The post How EU proposals to “simplify” tech laws will roll back our rights in order to feed AI appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Iranian authorities are trampling upon children’s rights and committing a grave violation of international humanitarian law amounting to a war crime by recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Amnesty International said today. On 26 March 2026, a deputy of the IRGC Mohammad Rasoul Allah Corps of Greater Tehran, Rahim Nadali, announced that a recruitment […] The post Iran: Recruitment of child soldiers as young as 12 amounts to a war crime appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Guest Contributor
“Transgender,” “Lesbian” and “Twink” are some of Pornhub’s most watched categories. What happens when you can create these types of porn with artificial intelligence?
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By David B. Moore, Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
Proposed constitutional changes could pave the way for further changes that help the ruling party realise its dream of permanent rule.
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By Richard Gater, Research Assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research, Cardiff University
Pressure on mental health services across the UK is leaving many men without timely support when they need it most.
Men in the UK die by suicide at more than three times the rate of women. There’s a link between poor mental health and suicide, which means men’s wellbeing needs urgent…
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By Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
In December 2025, the statue of Barbara Rose Johns replaced that of Robert E. Lee as one of the two Virginians displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Here’s why.
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By Marcia Zug, Professor of Family Law, University of South Carolina
The first parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a mass school shooting committed by their child were Jennifer and James Crumbley. The Crumbleys were convicted in 2024, after their 15-year-old son Ethan killed four students at Oxford High School in Michigan in 2021.
In March…
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By Eve Bohnett, Assistant Research Scholar, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, University of Florida
The Big Cypress fox squirrel is losing its habitat to urban and suburban development. But a few design changes could help to save this and other species.
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By Christine Keiner, Chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to cut a new channel along a route that would avoid Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz.
Gingrich’s March 15, 2026, post linked to an article that labeled…
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