By Amnesty International
The Niger Delta is one of the world’s largest wetlands and also one of its most valuable oil-producing regions. For decades, oil spills, gas flaring, waste dumping and failed clean-ups have devastated communities who depend on its land, rivers and creeks for food, water and livelihoods. Amnesty International’s research has shown that Shell’s record there […] The post Shell, oil spills and human rights in Nigeria: What you need to know appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
India continued to supply arms to Israel despite the substantial risk they could be used in its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said in a new report. Made in India: The Supply of Weapons and Ammunition to Israel documents how the Government of India has forged a close and […] The post India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel could risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new investigation appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
NT Police said in an early Thursday statement the alleged incident took place at a public event on Saturday July 18.
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By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW
The Australian government announced this week it would study whether to build a major oil refinery in Western Australia to help shore up the country’s energy security.
If approved, it would be Australia’s third oil refinery, following the closure of several facilities over the past 25 years.
The US–Iran war and the sharp reduction…
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By Joanne Mutter, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A ‘use it or lose it’ paid parental leave policy like Sweden’s could encourage more new fathers to share the early child-rearing months.
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By Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Associate Professor in Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
How much of what you see on social media comes from sources that repeatedly post falsehoods? And if that content quietly vanished from your feed, would you believe anything different months later?
A new study published today in Science Advances offers the most rigorous answers yet. It comes from a collaboration between Meta and academic researchers who studied the 2020 United States election. It was run from inside the machine – on the live feeds of Facebook and Instagram.
The answers sound reassuring:…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025. © Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately quash the criminal conviction of a prominent commentator on social media and release her, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 29, 2026, a court in Hanoi convicted Hoang Thi Hong Thai and sentenced her to six years in prison. Hanoi police had arrested her on January 7 for comments she made on social media criticizing the Vietnamese government and charged her with anti-state propaganda under article 117 of the penal…
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By Elise Klein, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
New data show just four of the 19 targets are being met or are on track to be so. With such a poor track record, it’s time for a different approach.
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By Tess Hardy, Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
At Labor’s national conference last week, the Albanese government said it would establish a new federal Fair Work Court to provide “simpler, fairer and faster” resolution of workplace disputes.
At this stage, details remain sparse. But the broad idea is this new specialist court will work alongside the Fair Work Commission – the existing employment tribunal – to facilitate speedier resolution of claims brought under the
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By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s excellent book Regime Change reveals the depth and consequences of Donald Trump’s obsession with fame and power.
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