By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. © 2025 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s latest actions on immigration policy appear to be based on punitive hostility toward people of particular nationalities and carry an unmistakable current of racism as well, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration recently suspended immigration processing for…
(Full Story)
|
By Brian Hioe
“All five Central Asian landlocked states were particularly focused on turning the limitations of being “landlocked” into advantages of being “landlinked”; to be an inseparable part of global connectivity networks and beneficiaries of them.”
(Full Story)
|
By Joshua Kastenberg, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico
Allegations are swirling around a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that resulted in 2 civilian deaths. A military law scholar outlines how facts and accountability can be determined.
(Full Story)
|
By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to permit access to abortion on request up until the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy, Turið Maria, Director of Amnesty International Faroe Islands said: “Today’s vote amending the Faroe Islands’ deeply outdated and restrictive abortion law is an important […] The post Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Serena Hotel in Rubavu, Rwanda, on June 25, 2021. © 2021 Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images The accord signed today by Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the White House in Washington, DC, is being heralded as a breakthrough for regional cooperation over confrontation.If implemented with transparency and meaningful participation, it could help stabilize eastern Congo and create the foundations for…
(Full Story)
|
By Jennifer LP Protudjer, Associate Professor and Endowed Research Chair in Allergy, Asthma and the Environment, University of Manitoba
Food allergies or health-related diet restrictions make navigating a holiday treat tray or buffet line risky. But there are steps guests — and party hosts — can take to make everyone safer.
(Full Story)
|
By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne
Many subscription services offer easy sign ups, with a few clicks and your credit card. Proposed new laws could soon make sure it’s just as easy to cancel.
(Full Story)
|
By Mei-fen Kuo, Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Culture and History, Macquarie University
Recently, a new documentary was screened across Australia about the late Taiwanese Australian professor Chwei-Liang Chiou, who dedicated his life to improving relations between Taiwan and Australia.
At the Brisbane premiere, former federal MP Graham Perrett opened with a line often attributed to the Soviet writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: “We know they are lying […] they know we know they are lying […] but they still lie.”
He said the line captured Chiou’s life work. In his classes and…
(Full Story)
|
By Kathleen McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Education (Music), National School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
End-of-year school concerts showcase children’s talents and hard work, often filling performers with pride. But for some, the idea of performing live is terrifying.
Performance anxiety, also known as glossophobia or stage fright – can manifest in ways that range from excitement or mild discomfort, such as tummy butterflies, to severe physical reactions such as racing heart, shaking,…
(Full Story)
|