By Amnesty International
Ahead of the meeting of the Central Election Commission on 28 August regarding a proposed referendum on introducing judicial caning as a criminal punishment in Taiwan, Amnesty International Taiwan’s Director, E-Ling Chiu, said: “It is both disturbing and disgraceful that the Legislative Yuan has chosen to advance a referendum proposal on judicial caning that clearly breaches […] The post Taiwan: Proposed judicial caning referendum indicates further erosion of human rights protection appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The prime minister will be at the United Nations during leaders’ week in September. That’s an excellent opportunity for a PM with lobbying on his mind.
(Full Story)
|
By Edward Creedy, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Theology, Durham University
Concerns about the effect of social media on young minds mirror fears in ancient times around the way heightened drama affected audiences of public theatre.
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. © 2024 Leonardo Munoz/ AFP via Getty Images The United States Justice Department announced plans earlier this month to deploy at least 1,000 federal officers to polling places during the upcoming midterm elections. While such deployments are not without precedent, federal officers previously deployed during elections have been tasked with enforcing federal statutes that protect the right to vote and prohibit voter intimidation and suppression. This time,…
(Full Story)
|
By Daria Dergacheva
Oksana was the youngest child in the Khunkheev family — a Buryat family. At school, classmates mocked her surname and appearance. Now a successful designer, she still thinks about the trauma.
(Full Story)
|
By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
It’s official: Australia’s data centre boom will not be solely powered by renewables.
At the National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the federal government softened its stance on using coal and gas to power energy-hungry data centres.
Initially, the government said it would require new data centres to rely on renewables, backed up by batteries and gas.…
(Full Story)
|
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Speaking before the National Cabinet meeting ended, the cabinet secretary warned household bills are likely to rise if data centres are powered by coal or gas.
(Full Story)
|
By Tracy Beck Fenwick, Director of the Australian Centre for Federalism and Associate Professor of Politics, Australian National University
Australia was built on the idea that states should compete against each other – but they’re not, and that’s failing us all.
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Uyghur man outside of the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, July 13, 2023. © 2023 Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – The Chinese government’s decade-long severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, amounting to crimes against humanity, deserves a stronger response from the international community, Human Rights Watch said today. Ten years after the Chinese Communist Party sharply escalated abuses against Uyghurs in the far western Xinjiang region, the crackdown on rights remains severe.…
(Full Story)
|
By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
Sarah Mcculloch, PhD Candidate, Marine Science, Griffith University
The discovery challenges a long-held assumption about where and when whales feed – and could help us better protect them.
(Full Story)
|