By Amnesty International
“I was born into a military family. My father was a serviceman, and I always wanted to be like him. After he finished his service, our family settled in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. When Russia started hostilities in our region in 2014, I decided to stay in Luhansk region because my father was ill and needed care. I dreamt of becoming a lawyer. At the age of 38, I started studying law. Later, I volunteered for military service. My husband supported my decision. In 2021, I signed a contract with the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade. I was 40 years old. We did not believe that a […]…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People at a polling station during a parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia, June 20, 2021. © 2021 Sergei Grits/AP Photo Armenia will hold parliamentary elections on June 7 that will determine the country’s next government. Whichever party or parties prevail, what happens after the vote may prove whether Armenia has built foundations strong enough since independence to protect human rights and the rule of law in a contested political moment.The stakes on June 7 are particularly high. The elections are taking place in a polarized environment shaped by security…
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By Irina D. Manta, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, Hofstra University
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Under a proposed policy – a departure from longtime practice that would cause significant disruption – green card applicants would no longer be able to apply for legal status from inside the US.
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By Bryn Williams-Jones, Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal
Data sovereignty is not just a technical issue — it is a collective challenge that all Canadians need to start taking seriously.
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By Hamideh Khaleghi Mohammadi, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Ali Abbasi, Sessional Academic and Researcher in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
The provocative images in the most visible parts of Tehran are intended to be photographed, posted and shared widely on social media.
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By Daswin De Silva, Professor of AI and Analytics, Co-Director of AI Institute, La Trobe University
It’s now a common experience to receive an AI-generated email that’s robotic and hollow, or get a stream of useless chatbot responses when you just need some help from customer service.
Worse yet, some people will dose up entire slide decks and project documentation with AI slop. Then there are the infamous cases of hallucinated references in a report by consulting firm Deloitte and in dozens of papers at a
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By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
For a quarter century, Australia’s environment laws were widely regarded as not fit for purpose. In 2020, a scathing review by Professor Graeme Samuel found the Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act was ineffective and unfit for future environmental challenges.
On the last Parliamentary sitting day of 2025, Labor passed its long-awaited reforms to Australia’s nature laws following a deal with the Greens. According to Environment Minister Murray Watt, these reforms…
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By Mary Tate, Associate Professor in Information Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Haibo Yang, Adjunct Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
For legal reasons, organisations require a human reviewer of generative AI outputs. But this human oversight must be valued and budgeted for in the transition to AI.
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By Navid Teimouri, PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Katherine Cullerton, Senior Lecturer, Global Health and Health Policy, The University of Queensland
Headlines might describe meat as “a significant health risk” or “essential for a healthy and balanced diet”.
So what’s behind these seemingly contradicatory statements?
Our new research suggests one reason is who pays for the science behind the studies we see discussed online or via social media.
We examined whether meat industry involvement is linked to how scientific papers portray the health effects of eating meat.
We found studies with ties to the meat industry were 16 times more…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman is detained by US federal agents after exiting a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, on September 3, 2025. © 2025 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images On May 20, a court in California temporarily suspended a Trump administration policy that stripped key protections from immigrant survivors of domestic violence. The 2025 directive at issue had made many immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking much more vulnerable to arrest, detention or deportation by the Immigration and Customs…
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