By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A girl on a swing looks at an apartment building in the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaged by a Russian drone attack that killed 7 people (including children) and injured 23, on August 18, 2025. © 2025 Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (Kyiv, February 4, 2026) – Civilians in Ukraine experienced serious conflict-related violations over the past year, with more targeted and indiscriminate Russian attacks driving up civilian deaths, injuries, and destruction, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Millions of Ukrainians remain…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Venezuelan migrant allegedly linked to criminal organizations sits inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. © 2025 Salvadoran Government via Getty Images (Mexico City) – Some Latin American and Caribbean governments are violating rights of noncitizens at the Trump administration’s behest, while others are using Trump’s policies and rhetoric as cover for abuses against their own citizens, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. In the 529-page World Report 2026, its 36th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Angola's Rapid Intervention Force faces demonstrators during a protest against the rise in fuel prices and transport costs in Luanda on July 12, 2025. © 2025 JULIO PACHECO NTELA/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Southern African countries committed serious human rights violations throughout 2025, creating vicious cycles of abuse and impunity, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Security forces in Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe used excessive and at times lethal force, and arbitrarily arrested and detained…
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By Amnesty International
North Koreans caught watching South Korean television shows face public humiliation, years in labour camps or even execution – with the harshest punishments for those too poor to pay bribes, according to testimonies given to Amnesty International. North Koreans who fled the country have told Amnesty of an arbitrary and corrupt system where secret consumption […] The post North Korea: People ‘executed for watching South Korean TV’, bribery to escape punishment widespread appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
David Lindenmayer, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
There’s a new plan to manage Victoria’s forests. But if it uses machines to ‘thin’ trees this could affect wildlife and increase bushfire risk.
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By Wellett Potter, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – an AI-generated voice, video avatar or text-based chatbot trained on the data of a deceased person – proliferate…
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By Rohann Irving, Research Fellow, Flinders University
David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Anthony Albanese states he’s taken more action on problem gambling than any government since Federation. How does this claim stack up?
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By Meg Elkins, Associate Professor in Economics, RMIT University
The RBA will be hoping Australians respond to this rate rise in three ways: spending less, saving more and not asking for big wage rises.
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By Meaghan O'Donnell, Professor and Head, Research, Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
Tracey Varker, Senior Research Fellow, Phoenix Australia, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
People who work in emergency services, such as firefighters, are more likely than others to develop symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.
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By Michael Slipenkyj, Postdoctoral Fellow, Math Lab, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Heather P. Douglas, Adjunct professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Jo-Anne LeFevre, Distinguished Research Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
Rebecca Merkley, Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University
Educators in a research partnership have found that early math screening is a helpful teaching tool that helps educators target instruction to support children’s math learning.
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