By Amnesty International
By Joshua Franco is a Senior Research Advisor at Amnesty Tech For years, the EU has taken a leading role in creating standards that protect our rights online. But the winds have now shifted, and under the guise of “simplification” a corporate-backed wave of weakening digital rules is underway that threatens all of our rights […] The post EU Simplification: Throwing human rights under the Omnibus appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Olivia Losbar
From citizen initiatives and artistic engagement to public policies, Guadeloupe is reinventing itself, turning waste into a resource — but there is still an urgent need to improve waste recovery channels.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Governments as of late have been vexed about what to do about neo-Nazi’s. While a response is justified, the solution may impact political freedoms.
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By Lilac Nachum, Visiting professor, Strathmore University
Africa is the world’s most endowed continent in agricultural potential, yet it remains a marginal player in global agribusiness. This paradox lies at the heart of Africa’s development challenge.
Africa’s land accounts for nearly half of the global total. Most of it can be used for growing crops. It is also largely unprotected, and not forested, with low population density. The continent’s climate supports the growth of 80% of the foods consumed…
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By Eliza Northrop, Director UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, UNSW Sydney
Australia still has an opportunity to build its credibility on climate action. But it will also need to elevate Pacific-led perspectives and priorities.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Session of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, during Egypt’s review in October 2025. © 2025 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, 22 organizations said today. The commission has found Egypt in breach of numerous articles of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights but has not adopted a resolution on Egypt since 2015, despite the severe…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Women carry children as Israeli forces forcibly displace them from Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank, with Israeli soldiers looking on, one with his weapon raised, on February 10, 2025. © 2025 Wahaj Bani Moufleh The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.The Geneva Conventions prohibit displacement of civilians from occupied territory except temporarily for imperative military reasons or the population’s security. Displaced…
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Statement delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer and Head of the ICRC Delegation to the United Nations, at the UN Security Council high-level open debate on conflict-related food insecurity.
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By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25.
Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
GSP is the state and territory equivalent of gross domestic product (GDP), the most commonly used measure of the size of the national economy.
Across…
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday.
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