By Amnesty International
Ahead of the presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s report on Iran on 16 October 2025 and the combined briefings of the UN Special Rapporteur and the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on 30 October 2025, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and […] The post Iran: UN member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after horrifying increase appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
We’ve all seen the alarming images. Smoke belching from the thick forests of the Amazon. Spanish firefighters battling flames across farmland. Blackened celebrity homes in Los…
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By Matthew Hole, Professor, Mathematical Sciences Institute and School of Computing, Australian National University
Fusion companies claim they can deliver power in a decade or less – but the reality may be more difficult.
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By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
This week, the United States non-profit Consumer Reports released its investigation testing 23 protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes from popular brands to see if they contained heavy metals.
More than two-thirds…
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By Fareed Khan
For decades, Balochistan’s news coverage has centered on security concerns. Showcasing events like the Kech Cultural Festival, celebrating unity and peace, helps counter misconceptions and presents a more accurate perspective.
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By Amnesty International
Bangladesh authorities must urgently address their failure to uphold the rights of sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, vulnerabilities that are only deepening amid a global climate crisis driven largely by fossil fuel combustion, Amnesty International said in a new report. ‘Left Behind in the Storm: Dalit Women Sanitation […] The post Bangladesh: Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ivorian authorities must respect and protect the right to protest and allow peaceful rallies to take place, Amnesty International said today, after security forces dispersed a peaceful protest in Abidjan, and arrested 255 people, ahead of the 25 October presidential election. On 2 October 2025, the National Security Council announced that all ‘necessary measures’ would […] The post Côte d’Ivoire: The authorities must stop stifling peaceful protests ahead of presidential election appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
The rate of unemployment in Australia is on the rise again. Official labour force data released on Thursday shows that in the month to September, Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped from 4.3% to 4.5%.
That’s the highest rate since November 2021. The surprise jump strengthens the case for…
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By Ligin Joseph, PhD Candidate, Oceanography, University of Southampton
Across India, torrential rains over the past few months have swallowed an entire village in the Himalayas, flooded Punjab’s farmlands and brought Kolkata to a standstill. This all happened in a monsoon season in which total rainfall was technically only 8% above normal.
Climate change is not simply making India’s monsoon wetter. It’s making it wilder – with longer dry spells and more extreme downpours.
The Indian summer monsoon, which delivers about 80% of the country’s annual rainfall, usually…
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Bangladesh has begun legal proceedings against security officials accused of sanctioning enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government – a move UN human rights chief Volker Türk called “an important step towards accountability.”
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