By Ekaterina Balabanova, Professor of Politics and Media, University of Liverpool
Gemma Horton, Impact Fellow for Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield
The UK’s immigration and asylum bill has proposed restricting how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted and applied in the UK to make it easier to deport migrants.
For years, critics have argued that the ECHR undermines the UK’s border security by prohibiting deportations on the basis of Article 8, the right to family life,…
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By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol
The fastest serve so far at this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships was struck by the Argentinian Thiago Agustín Tirante on the opening day.
His serve of almost 148mph (238km/h) was still some way under the Wimbledon record of 153mph, set by Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in 2025. And despite Tirante giving his opponent less than a fifth of a second to play each serve, he lost the match in straight sets.
Which means his rocket serves were successfully…
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By Luc Rouban, Directeur de recherches (CNRS) au Cevipof, Sciences Po
Marine Le Pen was found guilty of misusing EU funds, but her eligibility to stand in the presidential election remains intact. Luc Rouban, Emeritus researcher at Sciences Po’s CEVIPOF, weighs in on the verdict.
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By Matthew Daly, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Older homes are colder homes. There’s a huge energy performance gap between newer and older homes – and it costs a lot.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Long-time gambling reform advocate Andrew Wilkie says a reason the government is being timid on the issue is because of close relationships with affected industries.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People rally calling for the release of political detainees and greater freedom of expression in Tunis, Tunisia, on December 6, 2025. © 2025 Yassine Gaidi/Sipa via AP Photo At the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which closed on July 8, UN experts and civil society expressed deep concern about Tunisia’s intensifying human rights crises. But the continued silence from UN member states all but signalled a free pass for Tunisian authorities to continue escalating their crackdown on civic space.Five years after Tunisian President Kais Saied seized…
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By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW Sydney
It has been 50 years since Australia first marked NAIDOC week. Originating in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander political protest and advocacy, the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) describes the celebrations as “an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories”.
But how much do Australians actually know about these histories,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Graffiti on a wooden fence in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany reads "Freedom," on May 19, 2025. © 2025 JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images (Berlin, July 8, 2026) – The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transparency and public participation in a democracy based on the rule of law.On July 2, 2026, the coalition committee of the German government, comprised of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Inmates receiving medical treatment at the clinic of Borg el-Arab prison near Alexandria, Egypt, November 20, 2019. © 2019 Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are denying medical care to a death row prisoner with an apparent brain tumor, following a forced disappearance and an unfair trial, Human Rights Watch said today. The Egyptian authorities detained the prisoner, Ahmed al-Waleed al-Shal, in 2014 shortly after he graduated from medical school at age 24. He was convicted in a mass trial for alleged involvement in a violent…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A demonstration against the deportations of young adults held at Sergels torg in Stockholm on May 10, 2026. © Susanne Bergsten (Stockholm) – Sweden is deporting young women to countries where they could face severe gender-based rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. Media reported that in 2025, at least 92 young adults were set to be deported alone, many of them women who grew up in Sweden and have immediate family there.Sweden has been deporting an increasing number of young adults who spent years on temporary residence permits tied to a family member,…
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