By Emma Ryan, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
The police officer avoided jail time for the manslaughter of 95 year-old Clare Nowland. The case shows what the community thinks about how much is too much force.
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By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
People are being asked to check the use-by dates of bagged salad products they’ve purchased recently after a number of Australian supermarkets issued recalls due to potential bacterial contamination.
Recalls issued over the past week have affected bagged and pre-packaged salad products sold at supermarkets around the country including Coles,…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Climate Change has taken the back seat while both parties sell their energy policies as better to reduce prices. And why has Dutton already forgone the lodge?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at the International Criminal Court. Photos courtesy of Radio Dabanga www.dabangasudan.org. ©Private, June 16, 2020 Two decades after the United Nations Security Council referred crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), impunity for crimes in Sudan continues to embolden rights abusers to commit further grave crimes during the current hostilities without fear of prosecution.The…
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By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
Peter Dutton says co-hosting the 2026 UN climate summit is ‘madness’. But Australia would be mad to miss out on the benefits, including investment in renewables.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A demonstrator throws colored papers shaped like butterflies during a protest demanding a law to protect the rights of the transgender community outside of the Congress building in Mexico City, March 31, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Fernando Llano March 31 marks the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a moment to celebrate the achievements and resilience of trans people around the world, while acknowledging the ongoing challenges they face in enjoying the full range of their human rights.Today, Human Rights Watch is publishing a map that tracks some of these gains…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, April 2, 2021. © 2021 Reihane Taravati/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi to prison to serve the remainder of her unjust sentence as a means to pressure her to cease her rights advocacy, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately end their ongoing harassment and unconditionally release her and everyone else arbitrarily detained for…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Uzbek blogger Valijon Kalonov at a psychiatric hospital in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, where he has been forcibly detained since 2021 for criticizing the president. © Aleksey Garshin 2022 (Berlin, March 31, 2025) – The Uzbekistan government should immediately release and compensate the blogger and activist Valijon Kalonov who has been forcibly detained in a psychiatric hospital since December 2021, the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch said today. On February 28, 2025, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued an opinion…
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By Amnesty International
Protecting human rights and safeguarding civil society in Central Asian countries must be at the heart of the first ever EU-Central Asia Summit, scheduled to take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on 3-4 April, Amnesty International said today. “Central Asia stands at a pivotal moment as the European Union seeks to deepen its political and economic […] The post EU/Central Asia: Authorities must safeguard civil society space for genuine progress appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this amazing space telescope.
Gaia has been the most successful ESA space mission ever, so why did they turn Gaia off? What did Gaia achieve?…
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