By Amnesty International
On 2 May a joint NGO Global Day of Action is mobilizing a global coalition of human rights and humanitarian organizations, arms experts, activists, journalists, academics, legal professionals, and students to call on all states to stop the transfer of weapons, parts and ammunitions being used to fuel violations of international law in the occupied […] The post Israel/OPT: Global Day of Action to demand states #StopSendingArms fuelling violations of international law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The authorities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) must end their assault on the right to freedom of expression and press freedom, including the arbitrary detention, beating and grossly unfair trials of journalists, Amnesty International said today ahead of World Press Freedom Day. The harassment, intimidation and attacks against journalists have had a chilling […] The post Iraq: Authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq must immediately end their assault on press freedom appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
The Australian government will test tools to shield kids from inappropriate material online. Even though there’s no one easy fix, these checks could help.
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By Christian Brakenridge, Postdoctoral research fellow at Swinburne University, Centre for Urban Transitions, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
A new study has calculated how long you should be sleeping, standing and moving each day for optimal health. And you might be doing more physical activity than you thought.
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By Enrico Gennari, Research Associate at the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science and Shark Scientist and Founder Oceans Research Institute, Rhodes University
Neil Hammerschlag, Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Department, University of Oregon
Sara Andreotti, Postdoctoral Researcher in management and conservation of white sharks, Stellenbosch University
The majestic white shark that once drew many tourists to South Africa’s Western and Southern Cape regions has all but disappeared - and the only explanation can be a sharp decline in the population.
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By Priestley Habru, PhD candidate, public diplomacy, University of Adelaide
Claudina Habru, Research associate, University of Adelaide
Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament.
The result is a mixed bag for former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party. The party won just 15 of 50 seats in last month’s election. But even though Sogavare declined to stand for PM this week, his party still had the upper hand in the vote…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of the graves of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war at a cemetery in Kharkiv. © 2024 David Young/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Kyiv, May 2, 2024) – Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes. “Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its forces have committed many heinous war crimes,” said…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A family uses a boat after fleeing floodwaters that wreaked havoc in the Githurai area of Nairobi, Kenya, April 24, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi, File (Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities have not responded adequately to flash floods resulting from heavy rains, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods have left at least 170 people dead; displaced more than 200,000; destroyed property, infrastructure, and livelihoods across the country; and exacerbated socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Kenya’s government has a human rights obligation to prevent foreseeable harm from climate…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg welcomes participants to the international “Humanity at the Crossroads” conference on autonomous weapons systems, in Vienna on April 29-30, 2024 © 2024 Michael Gruber/ BMEIA (Washington, DC, May 02, 2024) – Governments concerned about autonomous weapons systems – so-called killer robots – should urgently act to start negotiations on a new international treaty to ban and regulate them, Human Rights Watch said today. Such weapons would select and use force against targets based on sensor processing rather than human inputs.…
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By Amnesty International
An expansive range of highly invasive spyware and surveillance products are being imported and deployed in Indonesia, Amnesty International’s Security Lab said today as it released a new briefing in collaboration with media partners – Haaretz, Inside Story, Tempo, WAV research collective and Woz. Through open-source intelligence, including commercial trade databases and spyware infrastructure mapping, […] The post Global: A Web of Surveillance – Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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