By Perdian Tumanan, PhD Candidate in Ethics and Religion, Villanova School of Law
Indonesia and the US differ greatly in policing systems, yet they share one troubling trait: revealing arbitrary violence by those entrusted to protect the people.
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By Fred H. Lawson, Professor of Government Emeritus, Northeastern University
US attempts to intervene in long-running spat between Ethiopia and Egypt has yielded little progress – and may have put US credibility on the line.
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By Prachatai
"We need all the spaces, all the communities, we need a whole society to heal and to promote racial tolerance, peace, solidarity and harmony."
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By Amnesty International
Can you tell me about your role at Amnesty and what led you to it? I lead Amnesty International’s work on gender, racial justice and refugee rights. My journey into this role was shaped by my experience growing up in Argentina during the dictatorship and being an activist during my law school years, advocating for […] The post Protecting the right to abortion: An interview with Fernanda Doz Costa appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Pamela Ephraim
"Because I decided to speak up, I am jobless. I was ostracized and frustrated to accept the norm. To remain silent is to be complicit..."
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By Christopher Justin Einolf, Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University
There are growing signs that American civil society is becoming more vulnerable to the president’s preferences and dictates – something that happens in authoritarian countries.
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By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
This triple bill from William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins and Stephanie Lake is quite unlike anything the Australian Ballet has done before.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Trinh Ba Phuong. © Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong and drop all charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today. The People’s Court of Da Nang is scheduled to hear his case on September 27, 2025. If convicted, Trinh Ba Phuong, who is already in prison, faces an additional sentence of up to 12 years.In April, the authorities in Quang Nam province charged Trinh Ba Phuong with anti-state propaganda under article 117 of the Vietnamese penal code. He was already…
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By Thiago Rodrigues, Professor de Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
The Brazilian president said that ‘it is worrying to equate crime with terrorism,’ in direct reference to Donald Trump’s attempt to equate Latin American organized crime groups with terrorist organizations.
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By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
A proposed law change would criminalise protests near private residences. But laws against disruptive or violent protest already exist, so what’s the point?
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