By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former Niger President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 16, 2023. © 2023 Michel Euler/AP Photo (Nairobi) – Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two years after he was ousted in a military coup, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 26, 2023, Nigerien army officers of the self-proclaimed National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (Conseil National pour la sauveguarde de la patrie, CNSP), led by Brig. Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, overthrew Bazoum’s government and…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman consoles her 6-year-old daughter, who is malnourished, at a shelter in central Gaza City, on May 11, 2025. © 2025 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP Photo Last summer, my son, then two months old, got sick while visiting family in California. Before our eyes, he rapidly lost weight, falling below his birth weight, until his body went into shock. Doctors later told us he almost died.I will never forget what it felt like to see his bones protruding, hearing him cry and being unable to soothe him, and watching him go days without smiling.This is the reality parents…
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By Amnesty International
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes. Exactly two months since the Israeli government-controlled scheme, the […] The post As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Tania Chatterjee, Joint PhD Candidate at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, The University of Queensland
Agam Gupta, Associate Professor, Technology and Society, The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Pradip Ninan Thomas, Associate Professor in Communication & Media, The University of Queensland
Big tech platforms often present content moderation as a seamless, tech‑driven system. But human labour, often outsourced to countries such as India and the Philippines, plays a pivotal role in…
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By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
The debt changes will deliver major benefits to recent graduates, but much less to current students and nothing to future students.
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By Megan Willis, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
When a family member or friend cuts off all communication, it can feel like grief. Here’s how to cope with this surprisingly common type of ghosting.
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By Alex Veen, Senior Lecturer and University of Sydney Business School Emerging Scholar Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Hannah Kunst, Lecturer in Leadership, University of Sydney
Nate Zettna, Lecturer in Leadership, University of Sydney
If you have COVID or the flu, you’ll want to stay home and recover. But what about if your symptoms are mild? Here’s what to consider.
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By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
Japan’s ruling coalition suffered the widely expected loss of its majority in the July 20 election, as young voters shifted to the populist right. As a result, Shigeru Ishiba’s prime ministership now hangs in the balance.
The election was for half of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured 39 seats, and its minor coalition partner, the Komeito Party, just eight. This left it three seats short of the 50 required to maintain its majority, as populist opposition parties made dramatic…
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By Matthew Taft, Course Coordinator in English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne
Our cultural touchstone series looks at works that have had a lasting influence.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go was published 20 years ago. Since then, the Japanese-born English writer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 and knighted for services to literature…
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By Metamorphosis Foundation
The environmental activists guarding Kožuv Mountain, near the border between North Macedonia and Greece, are trying to prevent the construction of two hydroelectric power plants.
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