By Amnesty International
Abu Suleiman is the Head of the Local Council from Zanuta, a village in the South Hebron Hills in the southern occupied West Bank. He, along with all 250 Zanuta residents, has been forcibly displaced from the village for three years as a result of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities […] The post “Zanuta Never leaves my thoughts”: Abu Suleiman’s story of displacement and struggle appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Sarah Hellewell, Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
Transverse myelitis is a neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. Here’s how it affects those with the condition.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Governor-General Sam Mostyn has appealed to Australians to “learn or relearn to exercise our muscle of decency” in the wake of Monday’s horrific attack on Helen Haines.
Mostyn appeared late Wednesday at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital with Haines’ husband Phil, at his invitation. He revealed that earlier in the day, Haines’ second leg had been amputated.
Haines remains in a critical but stable condition, after Brendan Nugent allegedly drove his Toyota Landcruiser at her when she was standing by the boot of her car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. She was pinned…
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By Raya Muttarak, Professor of Demography, Bocconi University
Federica Querin, Assistant Professor, Demography and Social Policy, Università di Bologna
Sophia Noel, PhD Candidate, Sociology, Sciences Po
Fewer babies are born nine to ten months after hot spells in France and Italy, and some missing births may never be made up, two new studies find.
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By Karl Matikonis, Assistant Professor in Taxation, University College Dublin
Hafez Abdo, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Nottingham
The UK government has just approved the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, clearing the way for production to begin as early as this winter.
Jackdaw, around 150 miles east of Aberdeen, could account for roughly 6.5% of UK North Sea gas…
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By Wesley Malcorps, Research Fellow, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Richard Newton, Lecturer in Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Umair Choksy, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Stirling
Small fish such as sardinella are an affordable source of protein and essential nutrients for millions of people across West Africa.
Some of these fish are increasingly exported or processed into fishmeal and fish oil for aquaculture feeds used in high-income…
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By Zoe Thurtle, PhD Student in Cognitive Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University
Look closely at a face in a painting and you might think you know what emotion the person is experiencing. A smile suggests happiness. A furrowed brow might signal anger. Widened eyes could mean fear or surprise. But what happens when you ask lots of people the same question? Do they see the same emotion, or something more complicated?
In our recent research, we tested how consistently people interpret faces and their emotions depicted in paintings.
Emotions are central to how we experience and navigate…
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By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
European museums have become more willing to discuss the colonial histories of their collections. But acknowledging how an object entered a museum is not the same as questioning who should control it – or who gets to produce knowledge about the past.
Few antiquities are more recognisable or such enduring symbols of dispute over cultural heritage than the Parthenon marbles (447 BC to 432 BC) in London.
The marbles made their way to Britain…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Lina Atallah, editor-in-chief of independent outlet Mada Masr, has been summoned to appear before Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) today for investigation in a new criminal case against her, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Regional Impact, Yasmine Ahmed, said: “It is utterly disgraceful that the Egyptian authorities are once […] The post Egypt: End judicial harassment of Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Atallah appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a weekend speech, Cormann delivered a sharp message about surging populism – one both sides of politics would do well to take to heart.
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