By Laura
Since 2012, Mali has been in security turmoil with the emergence and expansion of several radical non-State armed groups. This situation disproportionately affects the civilian population, especially women and girls.
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard will attend the Munich Security Conference from 13 to 15 February, where she will be available for interview and will call on world leaders and senior officials to collectively resist the predatory attacks on international law that are severely undermining global security. “It’s already clear that 2026 will be […] The post Munich Security Conference: Amnesty chief warns attacks on international law are undermining global security appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to a Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of US-based pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok under the city’s Article 23 law, Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Joey Siu said: “This conviction is the first time a family member of a ‘wanted’ pro-democracy activist living abroad has been convicted under Hong Kong’s national security […] The post Hong Kong: Conviction of ‘wanted’ activist’s father a ‘disturbing escalation’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image New South Wales police confront demonstrators in Sydney protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, February 9, 2026. © 2026 Andrew Quilty (Sydney) New South Wales police used apparent excessive force against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, Human Rights Watch said today.Video footage verified by Human Rights Watch from a rally in Sydney on February 9, 2026, shows police punching protesters lying on the ground, violently dispersing people kneeling in prayer, and charging at and pepper spraying protesters. The…
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By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Jayashree Kamble, Professor of English, City University of New York
More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?
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By Bill Swannie, Senior Lecturer, Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
More than 540,000 people live in public housing in Australia. Recent court cases show how tenants can challenge relocation when laws aren’t properly followed.
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By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
Charlotte Setijadi, Lecturer in Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
Ling Li, PhD Candidate in Technology Facilitated Modern Slavery, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thousands of people from Indonesia, China and Africa are waiting for help to return home, but the process has been slow and many are increasingly desperate.
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By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
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By Thomas Byers, PhD Candidate & Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering & IT, The University of Melbourne
Bjorn Nansen, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
If you buy a video game today, you may have no way of knowing whether generative AI was used to make it.
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By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Heathcliff sneeringly rejected the idea he was ‘a hero of romance’ – though the new film claims Wuthering Heights as the greatest love story of all time. Is it?
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