By Human Rights Watch
Puerto Asís pier in Putumayo, Colombia, on October 19, 2025. © AFP Photo/Marie Audinet (Washington, DC) – Armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo, have tightened their control over citizens’ daily lives and committed grave abuses against civilians, particularly in Indigenous communities, Human Rights Watch said today.Since 2023, the government has been in peace talks with several armed groups that control parts of Putumayo, which is on the Ecuador border. While some negotiating parties have reached agreements to destroy weapons and replace coca crops with food, armed groups…
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By Jonny Hanson, Environmental Social Scientist, Queen's University Belfast
There are many things people have love-hate relationships with in Britain and Ireland, from Brussels sprouts to cricket or sea swimming. Another item can now be added to this list: the reintroduction of lynx and wolves to the countryside.
Lynx and wolf reintroductions are ecologically feasible in parts of Great Britain and may be in parts of Ireland…
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By Sakkcham Singh Parmaar
Indian courts are adopting AI and emerging technologies to tackle backlogs and bureaucracy, yet success depends on addressing ethical safeguards and effectively training judges and citizens for responsible implementation.
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By Gwen Ansell, Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
Ismail Mohamed-Jan – better known by South African jazz fans as Pops Mohamed – has passed away at the age of 75. His life in music represented a struggle against narrow, oppressive definitions – of race, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.
A few days before his death, a remastered version of his 2006 album Kalamazoo, Vol. 5 (A Dedication to Sipho Gumede) had…
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By Maggie Hall, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
Matt Victor Dalziel, Research assistant, Western Sydney University
We all want to know if a guilty party actually regrets what they’ve done, but how can we tell? Well, we sort of can’t.
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By Gio Dolcecore, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University
Celeste Pang, Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Mount Royal University
Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, though it claims to be rooted in equity and safety, is a discriminatory law that excludes transgender girls and women from sports.
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By Steven Siems, Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University
Zhaoyang Kong, PhD Candidate, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
The Southern Ocean is the engine room of global heat and carbon uptake – and it’s changing faster and more dramatically than we thought.
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By Trevor Ryan, Indigenous Cultural Advisor, Centre for People Place and Planet & School of Education, Edith Cowan University
Clint Bracknell, Professor of Music, The University of Western Australia
Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
Noongar dance can restore connections between those who live in Perth and the sharks who swim in the city’s river.
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By Katie Lee, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland
Most of us know sunscreen is a key way to protect areas of our skin not easily covered by clothes from excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
But it’s been a rough year for sunscreens.
In June, testing by Choice identified 16 products on Australian shelves that don’t provide the SPF protection they claimed.
In July, the Therapeutic Goods Administration…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. © 2025 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s latest actions on immigration policy appear to be based on punitive hostility toward people of particular nationalities and carry an unmistakable current of racism as well, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration recently suspended immigration processing for…
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