By Amnesty International
“When I arrived in Vindoulou, I quickly realized the danger we were in. The air was unbreathable! Black dust and fumes were spreading and invading our homes. Sometimes, when we went out, we couldn’t even see our nearest neighbour. The plant staff discharged oil and wastewater in front of our houses. Metal debris from the […] The post “The most important thing is people’s health. I fight to save lives” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia will see the biggest gun buyback since the 1990s, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national scheme on Friday.
Under the plan, similar to the 1996 one introduced by John Howard after the Port Arthur massacre, the states and territories will be responsible for collecting, processing and paying individuals for the firearms surrendered. The Australian Federal Police will be responsible for their destruction.
The cost of the scheme will be shared on a 50-50 basis.
Speaking after cabinet’s national security committee had met for the sixth…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
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Volodymyr Zelensky says there will almost certainly be no ceasefire in Ukraine before Christmas. This means the war is more than likely to stretch on into a fifth year to the dismay of everyone – barring, perhaps Vladimir Putin, for whom the war seems to be a means to a number…
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By Paul Onanuga, Lecturer, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
Nigerian pop stars are often accused of singing about love and money and ignoring social issues. Falz isn’t one of them.
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By Guest Contributor
Non-compliance with Technical Minimum Power, causing a greater injection of fossil-fuel-generated energy into the grid, violates Dominican legislation and hinders climate commitments, especially when renewable energy companies’ production remains restricted.
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By Amnesty International
Content warning: The following text contains descriptions and images depicting violence, death, police brutality, and police killings. Reader discretion is advised. Tanzanian security forces used unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal force, to suppress election protests between 29 October and 3 November 2025, showing a shocking disregard for the right to life and for freedom […] The post Tanzania: Security forces used unlawful lethal force in election protest crackdown and ‘took away’ dead bodies appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Statement delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, at the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20)
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By Amnesty International
How does systemic racism influence migration policies, asylum systems and border enforcement? Borders are not simply lines on a map or physical barriers separating one place from another. They are a complex infrastructure of control, social ordering and exclusion shaped by racial hierarchies rooted in histories of colonialism, slavery and other forms of oppression such as patriarchy. Experts talk about “racial borders”, referring to the ways migration policies, asylum systems, and […] The post Why systemic racism has a lot to do with migration and asylum systems appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Vitomir Kovanovic, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, University of South Australia
Over the past three years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on society. AI’s impact on human writing, in particular, has been enormous.
The large language models that power AI tools such as ChatGPT are trained on a wide variety of textual data, and they can now produce complex and high-quality texts of their own.
Most importantly, the widespread use of AI tools has resulted in hyperproduction of so-called…
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By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Chris Wallace-Crabbe, who died at the age of 91 on Tuesday, was one of Australia’s best-known and best-loved poets. He was one of the few Australian poets of his generation, or any other, to have a significant international reputation.
His literary career stretches back over 60 years, to his debut collection, The Music of Division, published by Angus & Robertson in 1959. My copy of the book, only slightly foxed, is signed and dated by its author in May 1960, and then again, dedicated to me, in December 1997.
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