By Tirso Sitoe
The word Indigenous today belongs, above all, to history. “Mozambican” is the word that was born of the new sovereignty. But understanding the meaning of this citizenship requires remembering the journey that came before.
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By Amnesty International
Women Human Right Defenders (WHRDs) from around the world will be gathering in Geneva from 21 to 25 September, to learn about the UN Human Rights Council, advocate for their rights and amplify their own stories. The week-long training, known as the Women Human Rights Advocacy Week, is co-organized by nine human rights organizations including […] The post Global: Women Human Rights Defenders take their fight to the UN during week-long advocacy meeting appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will stop the entry of students’ family members, attack “visa hopping”, and drastically cut the numbers of those on long-term working holidays under migration policy changes announced by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
The government will prioritise permanent and temporary visas for workers in key sectors, including health care, construction, education, law enforcement, defence, resources, agriculture, aquaculture and fishing. Changes to the points test will allow the minister to allocate extra points for skills in very high demand.
The long-awaited…
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By Jeremy Day, Research Affiliate in Marine Ecology, University of Newcastle; University of Tokyo
Sea urchins eat kelp – but new research shows their diets and relationships with kelp forests are more complex than commonly thought.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Statement delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer to the UN, at the Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council on upholding international law in situations of armed conflict, 16 September 2026, New York.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People attend the Budapest Pride March in Budapest, Hungary, June 27, 2026. © 2026 Marton Monus/Reuters Hungary’s new government has taken an important step toward dismantling a key discriminatory legacy of the Orbán era—the legal targeting of LGBT people. The job is not finished, however.The government submitted legislation to Parliament on September 14 to remove several provisions of the 2021 so-called “child protection” law that restrict the “portrayal” or “promotion” of sexual and gender diversity in content accessible to children. The proposed changes…
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Activists, lawyers and others who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights continue to face intimidation and reprisals, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by the Secretary-General that calls for greater protection and accountability.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
In Venezuela’s El Rodeo maximum security prison, some of those detained for political reasons are subject to forced intubation – and prolonged confinement in a sealed underground cistern.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
While they wouldn’t normally be caught dead together, Pauline Hanson, Fatima Payman and Dai Le have held a joint press conference to take aim at the prime minister.
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By Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Cheneal Puljević, UQ Amplify Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Luke Cox, Lecturer in Sport Integrity, Swansea University
Samuel Cornell, Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Scroll through social media these days and you’ll likely come across someone injecting themselves with a clear liquid, waxing lyrical about how it’s changed their body for the better, improved their recovery, or maybe their skin.
That magic substance is often (allegedly) a peptide, a short chain of amino acids, the same building blocks that make up proteins, that can be used to send specific instructions to cells in the body.
Some peptides,…
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