By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017. © 2017 Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question and answer document outlining key international standards that should guide reparatory processes for the lasting impact of enslavement and other colonial atrocities,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Trucks at the “Black Mountain,” the concession of Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste, Kabwe, Zambia. © 2023 Trajectory Media/Al Jazeera English (Johannesburg) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human Rights Watch said today. The material derives from waste material at a former mine that has never been cleaned up and has been the source of mass lead poisoning among residents, especially children.Enviro…
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By Tan Nguyen, Casual Research Fellow in Oral Health, Deakin University
Santosh Tadakamadla, Professor and Head of Dentistry and Oral Health, La Trobe University
Does your dental clinic ask you to book a check-up and clean every six months? Let’s look at whether this advice is based on evidence or opinion.
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By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time.
Emergency services have also confirmed that more than 18 people were also injured, five of them seriously, in the tragedy, which occurred at the start of the evening rush hour.
It follows another…
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By Amnesty International
Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary candidates must ensure the promotion and protection of human rights before, during and after elections, Amnesty International said today ahead of the country’s general elections on 16 September. The organization has published a human rights manifesto ahead of the elections, setting out what it considers to be eight key human rights priorities […] The post Malawi: Elections offer an opportunity to end human rights violations appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Wednesday, September 3rd 2025
Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.
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By Kevin Olsen, UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Mhairi Reid, DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core, potentially resolving a longstanding mystery.
The findings, which are published in Nature, have important implications for our understanding of how Mars evolved. Billions of years ago, the planet may have had a thicker atmosphere that…
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By Maria O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
The Albanese government’s proposed FOI reforms attempt to update decades-old laws. Some of it is needed, but other parts severely threaten government transparency.
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By Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine policies.
A few days prior, on Sept. 1, 2025, President Donald Trump demanded pharmaceutical companies to prove that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work, saying that the CDC was “being ripped…
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By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
Gregory Peoples, Senior Lecturer - Physiology, University of Wollongong
A freediver recently set a new world record for a breath hold. His physical and mental training allowed him to delay a basic human survival response: breathing.
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