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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By Kitty Smith, PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney
Once yelled at women seen to be pestering or annoying – or at feminists questioning and threatening the status quo – “harpy” has long been used as a derogatory term targeting women.
But have you ever wondered what a harpy was in the first place?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology.
Who were the harpies?
In Greek and Roman myth, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters on par with other such mythological creatures…
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By Markus Wagner, Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong
The world of liberalised trade that followed the end of the Cold War in 1990 is ending. This could be the United States’ Brexit moment.
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By Dylan Hicks, Lecturer & Movement Scientist / PhD Sports Biomechanics, Flinders University
roland van den Tillaar, Professor in Sports Science, Nord University
Gout Gout is challenging some conventional sprinting paradigms – namely that raw power and muscle mass are the primary determinants of speed.
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