By Amnesty International
The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of the death penalty to quash dissent, Amnesty International said. The organization fears that at least 60 others, including three arrested as children, remain at risk of execution after being sentenced to death, while many others are facing prosecution on capital charges in relation to the protests. In the first half of […] The post Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against…
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By Amnesty International
In response to the decision by the administrative tribunal in Algiers to dissolve the National Autonomous Union of Education and Training Workers (CNAPESTE), Sar Hashash Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “Today’s decision to dissolve the CNAPESTE is a serious assault on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly and a devastating […] The post Algeria: Authorities must immediately rescind ruling to dissolve independent teachers’ union appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […]…
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By Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance, London Business School
On July 15 2026, England were just five tantalising minutes away from their first men’s World Cup final since 1966. But that was before Argentina scored two goals to claim victory in stoppage time.
The next morning, the professional reputation of England’s head coach Thomas Tuchel had taken quite a hit. So too had the London stock market, which dipped by 0.5% shortly after opening.
Could the two events be connected? Can the stock market really be affected by something as irrelevant as…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
As the 2026 line-up is announced, the biomechanics behind Strictly’s routines reveal why injury is so common, and so hard to prevent.
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By Marzia Sesini, Research Team Leader - Molecules&Materials, European University Institute
Three researchers take stock of different Union-wide policy approaches to removing and storing carbon emissions in the heavy industry sector.
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By Fabrizio Floris, Phd professor sociology of development, Université catholique de Milan
Bulldozers and construction crews are reshaping parts of Nairobi’s best-known informal settlement, Kibera. In a video shared by President William Ruto, new apartment blocks rise alongside existing corrugated-iron structures, while new roads cut through the settlement. The message is clear: Kenya’s affordable…
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By Laszlo Sarkany, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Western University
Here’s why Canada is in a tricky spot when it comes to saying more to counter the many inaccurate claims made about the ICC by the United States.
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By Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
Julii Brainard, Senior Research Associate, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
A large trial found no evidence that Hepa air filters reduce respiratory infections in care homes, challenging assumptions about their role in infection control.
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By Remy Veness, Lecturer in Glaciology, Sheffield Hallam University
Built from stones weighing between 2 and 25 tonnes, the structure of Stonehenge demonstrates a scale of construction hard to imagine before the invention of the wheel. The mystery deepens when you consider that the stones are not from the local bedrock. So why these stones, and how did they get there?
Recent work I carried out with geochemist Anthony Clarke from the University of Curtin, Australia, might have an answer to these two questions for the most far travelled stone of Stonehenge – the Altar Stone.
The…
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