By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Two members of Iran’s security forces stand guard in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 8, 2026. © 2026 Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran’s authorities executed a young man, Mehdi Khanaki, on July 22. He was the 24th known person arbitrarily executed since March 18 in connection with recent protests.The number of executions of real and perceived dissidents on vague national security charges has significantly increased. Over the past four months alone, authorities have executed at least 50 people on such charges, including several 18 and 19-year-old…
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By Human Rights Watch
As the Tour de France wraps up this weekend, all eyes will be on the UAE. The leading team’s principal sponsors are state-owned United Arab Emirates companies.But, while fans watch the race through the French countryside, human rights abuses perpetuated by the United Arab Emirates are unfolding elsewhere, out of public view.Sponsoring elite athletic competition is an attempt to use sportswashing to deflect attention from the UAE’s rampant systemic rights violations. By sponsoring NBA games and F1 races, the UAE’s government deters scrutiny about its treatment of migrant workers, who face widespread…
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Friday, July 24, 2026
As fighting intensifies in the Middle East, the United Nations on Friday warned against further escalation in the US-Iran war and the risks to global shipping amid the fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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By Amnesty International
The Syrian authorities must suspend implementation of and substantially amend Law No. 20 of 2022 on Combating Cybercrime, passed by the former Bashar al-Assad government, to bring it in line with Syria’s obligations under international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. Syria’s Ministry of Justice in June 2026 announced a review of the cybercrime law and introduced some limitations around its use, yet it continues to be used to restrict the right to freedom of […] The post Syria: Suspend use of Assad-era cybercrime law pending reform appeared first on Amnesty International.…
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By Amnesty International
On the evening of 10 June, less than 24 hours after a horrendous knife attack that left the survivor with life-long injuries, the city of Belfast was shut down by masses of hooded people going door to door and street to street terrorizing anyone who didn’t look like them – and blaming racialized communities for the act of an individual. I watched […] The post Transforming shame into solidarity: What the racist riots in Belfast taught me about community appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jude Pierre Louis
Across Haitian social media, testimonies about fraudulent travel agencies appear almost every week. Most of these agencies ask for between 3,500 and 5,000 US dollars for trips that never actually happen.
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By Stacy Olive Jarvis, PhD Candidate in in Musicology, University of Birmingham
Why have public displays of piano playing become so compelling? At railway stations, shopping centres and airports, an instrument usually associated with concert halls bursts into everyday life. In the space of a few moments, shoppers and passengers become an audience – and once a recording of the performance is posted online, this encounter can reach thousands or even millions of people.
TikTok pianists such as @umutpiano (Umut Cetin) skilfully exploit the tension between…
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By Alexandros Psychogios, Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, Loughborough University
Dritjon Gruda, Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Some people love to swear. In the workplace, some of those people might be in charge.
You may have worked with one (or be one) yourself. The team leader who likes to pepper a pep talk with spicy language, or the manager who uses swear words to express themselves in the clearest possible terms.
How colleagues respond to colourful language varies. Some might enjoy it, while others are unbothered. It can also be considered a sign of poor leadership, unprofessional – and simply unnecessary.
Our…
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By Jim McQuaid, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
Hannah Cloke, Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science, University of Reading
Hayley J. Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts, Newcastle University
A chimpanzee digging for water in a dried-up Senegalese riverbed. A colony of 40,000 flamingos scattered by a hurricane. A polar bear hunting on ice that is disappearing beneath its feet. These are not scenes from some distant climate-altered future. They are happening right now. And this year they are coming to Sunday night television.
Extreme weather is often told as a human story. A new ITV documentary series, Force of Nature reminds us that it is an ecological…
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By Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University
Research links repeated head impacts with poorer brain health in some former players, although the evidence cannot yet prove cause and effect.
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