By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Top row: Lok Bahadur Ghaley; Rinzin Wangdi; Chandra Raj Rai; Kumar Gautam. Bottom row: San Man Gurung; Birkha Bdr Chhetri; Omnath Adhikari; Chaturman Tamang. © Private The recent death of Sha Bahadur Gurung, one of Bhutan’s longest serving political prisoners, is a tragic reminder of the injustice and needless suffering endured by alleged government critics in Bhutan’s grim prisons. Gurung, 65, was arrested in 1990 while he was a member of the Royal Bhutan Army and accused of attending protests demanding rights for his minority Nepali-speaking community.…
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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 (Bangkok) – The Sri Lanka government’s proposed counterterrorism legislation includes numerous provisions similar to the current abusive law and risks facilitating the same kind of repression, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill does not meet benchmarks set out by the United Nations counterterrorism expert or comply with human rights obligations and commitments that Sri Lanka made to the European Union to benefit from trade arrangements under…
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By Caitlin Nicholls, PhD Candidate, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
Guido J. Parra, Associate Professor, Research Leader of the Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, Flinders University
Luciana Möller, Associate Professor in Marine Biology, Flinders University
Dolphins, whales and seals are highly social animals. Many live in groups, form long-term relationships, and repeatedly interact with the same individuals over years or even decades. Some dolphins have preferred companions, while others move between groups in fluid, ever-changing social networks.
These social lives bring many benefits, from cooperative foraging to protection against predators. However, our new research, published in the journal…
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By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The US depends on imports of over 40 critical minerals and Donald Trump is looking for trade deals on his terms.
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By Craig Billingham, Lecturer, Creative Writing, UNSW Sydney
Each of these poetry collections brings imagination to bear on material objects and places, on works of art, documents and archives.
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By Alex Burchmore, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University
Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People at the National Museum of Australia brings together contemporary art, personal reflections and archival photographs
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
We continue to hear your views on beach flags. Also in this edited selection of your letters: First Nations climate knowledge and drivers as revenue sources.
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By Paola Alexandria Pinto de Magalhães, Investigador - Facultad de Enfermería - Desarrollo Positivo de Niños y Adolescentes, Universidad de Navarra
Maider Belintxon Martín, Profesora de la Facultad de Enfermería. Directora del Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria y Materno Infantil. Área de conocimiento: materno-infantil, Universidad de Navarra
Pablo Tabuenca Agramonte, Doctorando. Atención de enfermería en la infancia y adolescencia, Universidad de Navarra
January can feel exhausting. With the magic of Christmas and New Year fading fast, returning to routine brings with it an undeniable emotional slump. But is it really the saddest month?
The idea of “Blue Monday” caught on in 2005, when British psychologist Cliff Arnall announced that he had identified the saddest day of the year using a mathematical formula that factored in climate, post-holiday debt, and dwindling motivation in keeping up with New Year’s resolutions.
The scientific community quickly…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
The aftermath of the Bondi terror attacks has brought about a shift in polling for the Albanese government, which has been riding high since its thumping win in the 2025 federal election.
In the latest polls, Labor leads in Newspoll by 55–45 but only by 52–48 in Resolve. In Newspoll, Labor has 32% of the primary vote, One Nation 22% and the Coalition just 21%, but Resolve has the Coalition ten points ahead of One Nation.
A national Newspoll,…
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By Samuel Garrett, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of leaders who try to bypass Congress.
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