By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Buddhist monks mark the Songkran celebrations at Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand, April 13, 2025. © 2025 Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via AP Photo Ethnic Malay Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand shot dead Pongkorn Chumapan, 16, and wounded Pokanit Morasin, 12, on Tuesday when they attacked a pickup truck taking Buddhist monks and novices from Wat Kura temple to collect alms in Songkhla province’s Sabayoi district.Children have frequently been victims of the separatist conflict in Thailand’s southern border provinces, which has claimed more than 7,000 lives—mostly…
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
The proposal seeks to amend several key legal codes, including the Turkish Penal Code and the Law on the Establishment and Broadcasting Services of Radio and Televisions.
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By Forus
Frank Mugisha and Rosanna Flamer-Caldera are LGBTQ+ activists from Uganda and Sri Lanka respectively. Despite violence and social reprisal, they continue to fight against their countries' anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
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By Nurbek Bekmurzaev
Turkmen riders covered 4,300 kilometers on Akhal-Teke horses in 84 days, including a 360-kilometer crossing of the Karakum desert without water and food for three days.
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By Amnesty International
Dozens of men on death row in Saudi Arabia for drug -related crimes are terrified for their lives amid a dramatic surge in executions for drug offences in the country over recent months, Amnesty International said today, based on information from family members of detainees on death row. Between January and April 2025, the Saudi […] The post Saudi Arabia: Families fear imminent execution of loved ones amid surge in drug-related executions appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Sonja Dümpelmann, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
It’s that time of year when Philadelphia row home owners with a green thumb fastidiously attend to their window boxes – selecting new plants to design an artful blend of colors, shapes and textures.
Sonja Dümpelmann is a historian of landscapes and the built environment who lived in Philly from 2019 to 2023. During this time, she researched how female reformers and activists in Philadelphia in the 19th and 20th centuries…
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By Brett Watson, Assistant Professor of Applied and Natural Resource Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaska produces a lot of crude oil, but many of the state’s utilities, businesses and homes run on natural gas, which is in dwindling supply near population centers.
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By K. Dara Hill, Professor of Reading and Language Arts, University of Michigan-Dearborn
US schools are going all in on phonics, but research shows that approach won’t work for every child. A blended literacy strategy can get more students reading.
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By Todd L. Ely, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver
Donor-imposed restrictions keep colleges and universities from freely determining how and when to spend a large share of their endowment funds.
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By Monica Y. Bartlett, Professor of Psychology, Gonzaga University
Some people are more inclined toward gratitude than others, but there are specific ways that everyone can cultivate more of it.
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