By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A police anti-riot unit in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 30, 2024. © 2024 Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via AP Photo (New York) – The Sri Lankan government’s Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill, submitted to parliament on October 20, 2026, risks enabling arbitrary detention, torture, and other rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed law, alongside the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill submitted on October 6, reproduces abusive provisions in existing counterterrorism laws that would allow continuing abuses that the government had pledged…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters demand the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the resignation of India’s top election official, in Hyderabad, India, on October 24, 2026. © 2026 Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto via AP Photo The Indian authorities’ removal of over 130 million names from the country’s electoral rolls was arbitrary and deeply flawed.Indian authorities first stripped millions of citizens of their right to vote and are now beating and jailing them for peacefully protesting these rights violations.The authorities should immediately scrap the…
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By John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
A fifth interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia next week is now seen as likely by financial markets.
Whether the rate rise happens then, or at a future meeting, most of the media focus will be on the higher cost of mortgages.
But that’s just one of the ways higher rates dampen demand across the economy and help…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters demand the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the resignation of India’s top election official, in Hyderabad, India, on October 24, 2026. © 2026 Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto via AP Photo The Indian authorities’ removal of over 130 million names from the country’s electoral rolls was arbitrary and deeply flawed.Indian authorities first stripped millions of citizens of their right to vote and are now beating and jailing them for peacefully protesting these rights violations.The authorities should immediately scrap the…
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By Dov Waxman, Presidential Chair in Modern Jewish Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
With no clear majority for the ruling coalition or main opposition bloc, working out who will form the next government could take months.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, former correspondent for Radio France Internationale, February 12, 2007. © 2007 Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Niger’s authorities should urgently disclose the whereabouts of the prominent journalist Moussa Kaka, who was forcibly disappeared two months ago, Human Rights Watch said today. They should ensure his safety and release him unless he has been charged with a valid criminal offense.On August 31, 2026, Kaka, the director-general of Radio Télévision Saraounia and a former correspondent for Radio France Internationale…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Constitutional Court of Indonesia, in Jakarta, October 2023. © 2023 Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images (London) – The Indonesian Constitutional Court’s ruling requiring reform of the military justice system so that military personnel accused of ordinary crimes can be tried in civilian courts is a major step for justice in Indonesia, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should immediately revise the 1997 Military Justice Law, which has long prevented civilian prosecutions of members of the armed forces for crimes under the Indonesian criminal code,…
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By Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of New England
Local government has experienced massive upheaval over the past years, but the big financial and infrastructural challenges remain. A new blueprint is needed.
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By Bartholomew Stanford, Senior Lecturer of Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University
Victoria has made significant progress in advancing Indigenous rights. However, those achievements sit precariously as the state heads to an election on November 28.
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By Robbie Moore, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania
The Boy Who Loved Dolls looks back to French surrealism and post-war European cinema, and the way they responded to the horrors of fascism and war.
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