By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2020 TIHR Turkmenistan’s authorities refuse to renew the passports of Turkmen citizens abroad via diplomatic missions, pressuring them to return to Turkmenistan.This policy is one of several ways Turkmenistan’s government interferes with their citizens’ freedom of movement and seeks to assert control over their citizens extraterritorially. Without a valid passport, Turkmen migrants are undocumented and face numerous social and economic hardships.Turkmenistan should issue passports to Turkmen nationals via its consular and diplomatic missions worldwide. Türkiye and…
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By Amnesty International
FIFA should halt the process to select Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before a vote of FIFA members next month, Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) said today. The organizations are also calling on FIFA to make the awarding […] The post Global: FIFA should halt process for 2034 World Cup bid and demand credible human rights strategy for 2030 appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jeanine Leane, Associate Professor In Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Smyth, Research associate, James Cook University
Jamie Oliver’s novel has been withdrawn due to its ‘damaging and disrespectful’ portrayal of First Nations people. Here is how non-Indigenous writers need to approach it: First Nations people first.
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By Brett Biles, Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement and Research; Senior Scientia Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Aryati Yashadhana, Senior Research Associate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Michelle Jean O'Leary, Cultural knowledge holder, UNSW Sydney
Nina Serova, Research Officer & PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UNSW Sydney
Ted Fields, Cultural knowledge holder, UNSW Sydney
Warren Foster, Cultural knowledge holder, UNSW Sydney
Despite decades of policy interventions, the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is declining against defined targets. And yet, health and wellbeing continue to be measured against deficit-focused “gaps” between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians in health research and policy.
Our new research, published in The…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People displaced from Gezira state by the Rapid Support Forces seek shade in New Halfa, Kassala state, Sudan, November 3, 2024. © 2024 REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig (Nairobi) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) armed group has killed, injured, and unlawfully detained scores of civilians and raped women and girls during attacks across Sudan’s Al Gezira state, Human Rights Watch said today. Given the scale and severity of the threat to civilians, it is critical for the United Kingdom to use its November United Nations Security Council presidency to push for UN action to…
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By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
Daniel Hooper, Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, American Museum of Natural History
New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing process.
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By Adriana Vargas Saenz, Lead Researcher at Atlassian & Honorary Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
Intimate partner violence is a global scourge. One in four Australian women have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner. The perpetrators are overwhelmingly heterosexual men.
Many factors contribute to this form of violence. Persistent gender inequality is a fundamental systemic cause, but researchers have identified additional risk factors. These include alcohol and drug use, past experience of family violence, financial…
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By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania
The chemistry of laundry detergents is fundamental to their performance. Knowing more about these ingredients will help inform your choices.
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By Rolf Schlagloth, Koala Ecologist, CQUniversity Australia
Charley Geddes, Research technician, CSIRO
Douglas Kerlin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University
Flavia Santamaria, Lecturer in Biology, CQUniversity Australia
Central Queensland has become a koala refuge. But heavy traffic on one highway is threatening a vital population of these threatened marsupials
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By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Proposed changes to gun laws aimed at reducing compliance costs for clubs and shooting ranges won’t necessarily drive up memberships – which is key to improving public safety.
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