By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A damaged Ukrainian railway carriage that was attacked by a Russian drone on January 27, 2026 near Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine killing five people, and injuring two others, on display at the Kyiv central train station on February 23, 2026. © 2026 HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images Russian drone attacks on passenger trains and railway infrastructure in Ukraine have killed and injured civilians, including railway workers, disrupting a transportation network millions of Ukrainians rely on to escape danger and access essential services.Attacks on civilian…
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By Henry H. Prown, Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion, University of Alberta
For communities encountering silencing in the wake of forced famine or mass atrocity, the ongoing battles over Holodomor recognition and remembrance offer insight.
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By Hein Thu, PhD candidate, National University of Singapore
Shahmir Hassan Ali, Assistant Professor of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Myanmar shows how conflict, poverty and power shortages deepen health inequalities, leaving displaced and vulnerable communities at greater risk from extreme heat.
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By Rick Shine, Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Timothy J. Colston, Associate Professor, Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
The international reptile trade has long been viewed as a conservation threat, but recent research suggests that’s not the full story.
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By Catherine Ordway, Visiting Scholar, School of Business, CBR, UNSW
Leila Khanjaninejad, Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School, Monash University
Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Professor in Law and Security, University of Canberra; Stellenbosch University
More than 200 athletes have been killed in Iran since January. This is what global sporting bodies must do to pressure the Iranian regime.
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By Anastasia Powell, Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
Both major parties in the state have pledged to bring in ‘Clare’s Law’ to allow people to ask police about a partner’s history of violence. But will it help?
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By Murray Print, Professor of Education, University of Sydney
Test results from 2024 suggest more than 70% of Year 10 students don’t understand how Australia’s democracy works and our system of government.
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By Audrey Mitchell, PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor/Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about the Theranos founder is like a fun-house mirror maze: the more you see, the less you know what’s going on
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) safety regulator, which will enforce penalties for frontier AI companies that breach their obligations.
The government is also considering criminal law changes to deal with serious misconduct by any of these companies.
The measures are targeted at frontier AI companies – those building the largest, most advanced models.
At a news conference shortly before leaving for the COP climate conference in Turkey, the prime minister outlined AI safety and security protections that will be…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San during an interview in Macao, October 7, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Bertha Wang (London) – A court in Macao, a special administrative region of China, sentenced the former lawmaker and democracy activist Au Kam San to 12.5 years in prison on November 6, 2026, on baseless national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Macao’s Court of First Instance, in the first publicly known case under the city’s national security law, convicted Au on five charges involving “subversion of state power,” “establishing…
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