By Amnesty International
Reacting to the re-arrest of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha just hours after they had been granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “Imaan and Hadi’s re-arrest dispels any pretence that the charges against them are anything other than […] The post Pakistan: Re-arrest of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is a terrible injustice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will be in New York City for the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly from September 22 to 26 and available for interviews. She will be meeting with senior UN figures and focusing her visit on the following issues: “The United Nations is at one of its most […] The post Global: Amid mounting threats, the UN’s next Secretary-General must be a staunch defender of international law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Asbel Bohigues, Profesor de Ciencia Política, Universitat de València
The crisis in Ceuta has put Pedro Sánchez’s government on the defensive, just as Spain’s political actors return from the summer break. Weeks after the crisis began, the situation remains unresolved. Of the estimated 80,000 migrants who entered Ceuta in late July, 5,482 remain.
Fierce debate has raged over the government’s handling of the crisis, with protests across the country, a deepening…
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By Karen Stollznow, Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England
Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
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By Leo S. Lo, Dean, University of Virginia
One Google response asked for my medical history. Another answered a personal health question without asking who I was. Both replies came across as authoritative advice.
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By Ann Sheehan, Assistant Dean for Practice, Innovation, and Professional Education and Associate Professor of Nursing, Michigan State University
Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.
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By Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Associate Professor of Social Epidemiology, The Ohio State University
Detroit had 20,370 eviction cases filed in 2025. But evictions that do not go through the formal court process are not included in the city’s official eviction data.
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By Jeremiah Favara, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Gonzaga University
Half of the officers who have been fired or blocked from promotion are women or Black. A scholar who studies the US military explains why that’s dangerous.
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By J. Toby Reiner, Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested roughly 50,000 immigrants in July and August 2026; almost 80% of those migrants did not have a criminal record. Until the end of the Biden administration, federal authorities did not expect migrants to leave the country while their visa renewal was pending. The Trump administration has changed that policy.
ICE has…
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By Reuven Kimelman, Professor of Classical Judaica, Brandeis University, Brandeis University
A central theme of the High Holidays – and Judaism itself – is that to do right by God, people must first do right by each other.
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