By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters, including Can Thi Theu and Trinh Ba Tu, display placards as they march towards a courthouse during the trial of the prominent lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and five other activists in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 5, 2018. © 2018 Jenny Vaughan/AFP via Getty Images (Berlin) – A new governmental decree undermines the independence of lawyers in Vietnam and will impede efforts to hold officials accountable, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should repeal the decree.Decree 109/2026, which takes effect May 18, 2026, empowers the police and government officials…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ugandan lawmakers arrive at the parliament, in Kampala, Uganda September 21, 2017. © 2018 Reuters (Nairobi) – A bill before Uganda’s parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could be used to shut down civil society, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill emulates laws adopted in recent years by other rights-abusing governments, which have been deemed to violate international law.On April 15, 2026, Internal Affairs State Minister David Muhoozi introduced the Protection of Sovereignty…
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
Mexican authorities must intensify efforts to end impunity, protect journalists and human rights defenders, and address the country’s “painful” crisis of disappearances, UN human rights chief Volker Türk has said.
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By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW Sydney
110 years ago this week, Anzac Day was held for the first time. It has been observed annually ever since.
Today, Anzac Day has emerged as an unofficial national day. But what do Australians think about the most significant event in the national commemorative calendar?
Anzac Day important, but engagement levels lag behind
Last year, the War Studies Research Group…
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By John Maynard, Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
More than 1,000 Aboriginal Australians served in WWI – but unlike white soldiers, they weren’t feted as heroes. They responded with collective activism.
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By Marg Rogers, Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
Amy Johnson, Senior Lecturer and Military Families Researcher, CQUniversity Australia
Einar Thorsteinsson, Professor and Head of Psychology School, University of New England
Let kids know beforehand what to expect in a service. A quiet warning before a loud noise, like a bugle call, can also help.
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By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
The affair is a cautionary tale of what happens when negative campaigning, misinformation and clumsy politicking collide to kill policy – and political careers.
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By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
Anthropic’s latest model – Mythos – has spooked the world of finance. So it’s a good idea to keep your computer and banking apps updated.
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By Chris Wright, PhD Candidate in Environmental Policy, Macquarie University
For more than a decade, Australia’s emissions reductions have been driven not by the federal government but by the states and territories, often in relative obscurity.
State governments took the lead in driving rapid uptake of renewable energy, driving emissions down even as the federal “climate wars” raged.
But the heavy-lifting era of the states may be coming to an end. Reaching…
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By Stephen Gallagher, Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve Apostles. These towering limestone stacks, rising up to 70 metres above the Southern Ocean, are some of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks.
Yet despite their fame, no-one has ever really understood how they came to be. Until now.
In new research published in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, my colleagues and I finally answer that question – and the story involves…
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