By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Royal Court, in Riyadh, May 13, 2025. © 2025 Win McNamee/Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The United States government, including Congress, should address Saudi human rights abuses during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s expected visit to Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025, said 11 organizations, including Human Rights Watch, in a joint statement today.The Trump administration is expected to welcome the crown prince on his first visit to the United States since…
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By Amnesty International
Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exoneration. The anniversary coincides with the start of the UN climate talks (COP 30) in Brazil. The Ogoni […] The post Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Somali authorities and the international community have repeatedly failed to protect thousands of people from drought-affected communities in southern Somalia, exposing them to violations of their rights to food, water, family, health and life, Amnesty International said in a new report. ‘No rain, no food, no animals: The human rights impact of drought and displacement […] The post Somalia: Thousands of climate-displaced individuals being failed by authorities and the international community – new report appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Liam Byrne, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
The Democrats won recent elections with a laser focus on cost of living. Now comes the hard part: getting the left and centre to agree on a vision for America’s future.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan is one of the few remaining working journalists who witnesses The Dismissal first hand. She shares her memories of that tumultuous day.
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By Thomas H. Ford, Senior Lecturer in English, La Trobe University
“Girly, there’s something rotten in your keep cup,” Evelyn Araluen writes in Girl Work!, a poem in her new collection, The Rot.
We are trailing after a young female Hamlet figure, a contemporary up-and-coming princess or “girlboss” off to work in some creative-industries office job, who is studiously ignoring the spectres summoning her to political action.
The poem reminds us that Mao Zedong once said “imperialism is ferocious”. But “who has leisure time for revolution these days?” Who even “has time to…
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By Bruce Mountain, Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
Everyone loves a free lunch. But the Australia’s government’s sudden announcement of hours of free power will make rooftop solar much less attractive.
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By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come from? And why now?
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By Tom Coupe, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Canterbury
Stories about automation eliminating jobs and reducing wages were once common. But a comprehensive analysis of its actual impact paints a less ominous picture.
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By Jacob L. Bongers, Tom Austen Brown Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
Charles Stanish, Exec. Director, Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment; Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
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