By Amnesty International
This press release contains descriptions of sexual violence and torture. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across the country. The RSF’s atrocities, including rape, gang-rape and sexual slavery, amount to war crimes and possible crimes […] The post Sudan: Rapid Support Forces’ horrific and widespread use of sexual violence leaves lives in tatters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition
Most rivers need some human help to stay clean and healthy and to flow freely. People have to fish out litter, block sewage, look out for invasive species and so on. This is obvious enough. But, as rivers…
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By Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor, Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
Canada must stand in solidarity with the international community to exert collective pressure on the U.S. A co-ordinated global response could compel Trump to reconsider his unilateral trade policies.
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By Rebecca Hamlin, Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
President Donald Trump has claimed victory at the Supreme Court in his campaign to deport Venezuelan migrants accused by the government of being part of a foreign terrorist organization.
“The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself,”…
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By Iveta Silova, Professor of Comparative and International Education, Arizona State University
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
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By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
The election campaign must prioritise climate policy to ensure the next government drives the transition to a clean economy in a world upended by Donald Trump.
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By Frank Rindert Algra-Maschio, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Sciences, Monash University
David Campbell, Senior Researcher, Information and Integrity Hub, RMIT University
Lisa Waller, Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
Another election brings another round of promises from politicians trying to win votes, but how many did the last government keep? It’s likely more than you think.
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By Chris Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Economics (modelling), Australian National University
Bracket creep means the average tax rate will increase by about 4% over the next decade. But a low wage earner on $45,000 will see a jump of almost 7%.
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By Kate Cole, Occupational Hygienist, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, Curtin University
Tim Driscoll, Professor, Epidemiology and Occupational Medicine, University of Sydney
Around 10% of underground tunnel workers in Queensland could develop silicosis, our new study has found.
Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust. You might have heard about it in people who work with engineered…
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By Rob Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology
Dianne Ma, Lecturer in Culinary Arts & Gastronomy, Auckland University of Technology
From Spartan feasts to Sunday brunches, the way we eat has transformed since our hunter-gatherer ancestors first shared meals around the hearth.
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