By Amnesty International
“I made my first visit to prisoners when I was 12, as a Catholic boy scout. It was a very formative experience for the young boy I was. I couldn’t understand how people could be put in those terrible conditions, no matter what they had done. So, when I started playing music as a teenager, […] The post “Until the day I die, I will fight for freedom of expression”: Meet Kajeem, the Ivorian reggae-man who celebrates human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared by state security forces two years ago, and release him immediately, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Observatoire Kisal, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World […] The post Burkina Faso: Prominent Journalist Serge Oulon Forcibly Disappeared 2 Years On appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Nicole Froio
With a personable approach to politics and a pastoral tone to her speeches, Michelle Bolsonaro juggles splits between her roles as her imprisoned husband’s caretaker and a political figure wannabe
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By Cindy Lee, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Mark Giancaspro, Senior Lecturer in Law, Adelaide University
Two experts explain what the new Virgin rules mean, the options for chasing a refund – and how to make it simpler for consumers in future.
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By Muhammad Rayhan Sudrajat, PhD Researcher, The University of Melbourne
What if Indonesia’s electronic music scene wasn’t born in clubs, but actually forged out of arranger keyboards, DIY sound systems, and the raw social energy of village life?
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By Nicholas Westcott, Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
The rest of the world has had to learn how to manage the US president’s mercurial temperament and unique style.
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By Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC) – A proposed bill to address lobbying that is before Argentina’s Congress would place unreasonable burdens on independent human rights organizations and other civil society groups that wish to influence government policy, Human Rights Watch said today.The bill seeks to advance important government interests around transparency and integrity, but would impose new administrative burdens and legal risks so severe that they would effectively prevent many civil society groups from participating in the policymaking process.“The government is right to want to regulate and ensure…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Serge Oulon signing his books at the Norbert Zongo press center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 2023. © 2023 Private (Nairobi) – Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared by state security forces two years ago, and release him immediately, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Observatoire Kisal, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains)…
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By Cassandra Atherton, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Paul Hetherington, Emeritus Professor of Writing, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Prose poetry had a slow start in Australia. Long after 19th-century French poets, such as Aloysius Bertrand, Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, wrote groundbreaking works of prose poetry, including Gaspard de la nuit (1842), Le…
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By Peter Londey, Honorary Lecturer in History, Australian National University
The Theban Sacred Band – made up of ‘lovers and their loves’ came to be known for their strength, discipline, and ferocity.
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