By Mahfoud Amara, Associate Professor in Sport Policy & Management, Qatar University
Al Ahly, based in Cairo, and Esperance, in Tunis, are among the most successful clubs in the history of the main club cup competition in Africa, the CAF Champions League.
Al Ahly has reached the finals multiple times and boasts 11 titles, making it the most successful club in…
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By Amnesty International
Speaking at a commemoration marking the 15th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s internal armed conflict on 18 May 2009, which culminated in the brutal Mullivaikkal offensive where countless civilian lives were lost, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International, said: “Today’s anniversary is a grim reminder of the collective failure of the Sri […] The post Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Louise Du Toit, Lecturer in Law, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton
Brewsters Caiphas Soyapi, Associate Professor: Environmental Change, Faculty of Law, North-West University
Louis Kotzé, Researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center, Potsdam and Research Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University
When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country’s courts.
In two separate cases, the communities…
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By Polly Rippon, University Teacher in Journalism, University of Sheffield
Given the forthcoming retrial, anyone reporting or publishing must take care not to breach the law on contempt of court.
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By Joshua Fagan, PhD Candidate in 19th Century British Literature, University of Washington
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
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Friday, May 17, 2024
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances over the years and to hold those responsible accountable.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Damage to Babiker Nahar Pediatric Hospital in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur following an airstrike, May 11, 2024. © 2024 Ayin Network Hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk of again becoming victims of atrocities, this time in the North Darfur city of El Fasher, amid fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), as well as allied militias. Fighting began in April, and the last week has seen fierce clashes in and around the city, including deliberate attacks on civilians, burning of residential neighborhoods, and indiscriminate…
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By Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education, King's College London
A couple of years ago, I was chatting to a friend about our recent television consumption. She was extolling the virtues of the US crime drama Breaking Bad. Not having seen it at the time, I didn’t have a great deal to say. “I’m loving Bridgerton at the moment,” I ventured. “Bridgerton is just fluff,” she replied. “Breaking Bad is art.”
No…
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By Elisabetta Versace, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Queen Mary University of London
For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy.
If I say “cube”, you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery).
You may not realise it, but you’re probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images. Imagine being in total darkness and holding a cube-shaped object. There’s a good chance you…
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By Neven S. Fučkar, Senior Researcher, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Since April 2024, wide areas of south and south-east Asia, from Pakistan to the Philippines, have experienced prolonged extreme heat. Covering some of the most densely populated regions in the world, the series of heatwaves has affected everything from human health and wellbeing to the economy and education.
Many pupils in India, Bangladesh, and Philippines have been told to stay…
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