By Amnesty International
Over the past two weeks, the Tunisian government has launched an unprecedented repressive clampdown against migrants, refugees, and human rights defenders working to protect their rights, as well as journalists, said Amnesty International today. This comes less than two weeks after a high-level coordination meeting with the Italian Ministry of Interior about migration management. Tunisian […] The post Tunisia: Repressive crackdown on civil society organizations following months of escalating violence against migrants and refugees appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
Turkey, is muling to adopt its own version of the foreign agent law, which has been proposed within the scope of the 9th Judicial Package.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A Coalition government would drastically slash migration as its main way of freeing up more than 100,000 homes over five years, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has promised in his budget reply.
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By Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Psychiatrist Karandeep Sonu Gaind speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast on why he’s a vocal opponent of Canada’s expansion of its medically assisted dying laws to people with solely mental illness.
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By Charles Fernyhough, Professor of Psychology, Durham University
Video games are big business. The value of the global market is pushing the US$200 billion mark (£158 billion): bigger than the music industry and Hollywood combined. But the gaming industry has also been facing challenges. The market is shrinking from its peak at the height of the pandemic, and there has been a rash of layoffs and studio closures.
In this uncertain environment, game developers…
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By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Many of the party’s more ambitious proposals – like free cancer treatment and dental care for pensioners – were abandoned after the 2019 election, and have not resurfaced.
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By Sanjay Sisodiya, Professor of Neurology, UCL
Mark Maslin, Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions worse, our new review has found. Conditions that can worsen as temperature and humidity rise include stroke, migraines, meningitis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s.
Our brains are responsible for managing the environmental challenges we face, especially higher temperatures and humidity, for example by triggering sweating and telling us to move out of the sun and…
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, will make her first regional visit to South Asia from 16 to 24 May 2024. On 18 May, she will be joining the thousands of war-affected Tamils who will be commemorating all those lost to the internal armed conflict in Sri Lanka at an event in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka. On […] The post Head of Amnesty International to make first regional visit to South Asia appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Bridget Haire, Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare.
PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis – the preventative use of antiretroviral medication in people who don’t have HIV, but who are at risk of it.
Antiretroviral medications are the drugs used to treat HIV, but if used before exposure, can prevent someone…
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Sarah Polkinghorne, Research Fellow, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
More than 40,000 people petitioned to reverse Cumberland City Council’s book ban, showing the power of collective action against censorship.
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