By Maya Low, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University
Canadians are turning to AI mental health chatbots for support. But what if the bot agrees with the beliefs that are keeping you unwell?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ruben Vardanyan, a former senior official in Nagorno-Karabakh de facto administration, attending a court hearing in Baku, Azerbaijan, February 17, 2026. Screen grab taken from a video. © 2026 Reuters TV via Reuters Ruben Vardanyan, a former senior official in Nagorno-Karabakh's de facto administration who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Azerbaijan, says that he and 18 other Armenian prisoners are being denied regular family contact, adequate exercise, medical tests, and other rights provided under Azerbaijani law.In an audio appeal recorded on September…
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By Amnesty International
Since the last time I spoke with you, the situation has gotten worse. I have a lack of funds that is linked to many things [including] because I was beaten in the mine shaft. Because of the bad conditions [at the mine] I can’t work every day. I now work four times a week. I […] The post An artisanal miner on torture and ill treatment by Rwanda Backed M23 fighters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the arbitrary detention of members of former prime minister Imran Khan’s family, including his three sisters, as well as activists from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ahead of the party’s planned protests and march on 27 September , Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The targeting of Imran Khan’s family […] The post Pakistan: Arbitrary detention of Imran Khan’s family and party activists a flagrant violation of human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Putin’s party was always going to win big. But the campaign revealed ambivalence about the war, particularly in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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By Richard Taylor, Lecturer, Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation, Coventry University
Many runners describe the first ten to 15 minutes of a run as the hardest of all. Breathing can feel laboured, the legs can feel heavy and a pace that would normally seem manageable may suddenly feel surprisingly difficult.
It might be easy to assume the reason your run feels so difficult at the start is because you’re not fit enough. But in reality, this sensation is actually caused by a normal feature of human physiology – and one that affects almost everyone, from someone attempting their first 5K to
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By Daniel LaChance, Associate Professor of History, Emory University
Paul Kaplan, Professor of Criminal Justice, San Diego State University
The show presented itself as a crusade to protect children. But its appeal may have had as much to do with the pleasures of being able to play judge, jury and executioner from your living room couch.
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By Sandra Slater, Professor of History, College of Charleston
The United States came out of the Revolutionary War victorious. But building a new nation was very different from fighting a war.
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By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
For American conservatives of the Cold War era, red was the color of communists and the mistrusted American left. Now, it’s the color of the GOP, while Democrats are blue. How did this happen?
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By D. Alex Quistberg, Associate Research Professor, Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University
Philadelphians die in traffic crashes more than people who live in Chicago, Boston, Washington and New York.
In fact, three times more Philly residents than New Yorkers died in traffic crashes in 2024, according to a report from the Philadelphia city controller’s office based on the most recent data available.
I research road traffic safety, and nearly two years ago I wrote about what…
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