By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A detainee in an outdoor solitary confinement cell talks with a military police officer at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2004. © 2004 John Moore/AP Photo A federal jury in the US state of Virginia found defense contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. legally responsible for conspiring to torture and otherwise ill-treat three Iraqi men during their detention at Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. The case, Al Shimari et al. v. CACI, was the first time a US jury heard claims brought by survivors of post-9/11 torture committed…
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By Global Voices Brazil
Less than two years after Brazil was rocked by a coup attempt, a one-man terrorist attack is reigniting the conversation about potential amnesty for the insurrectionists and consequences for the attackers.
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By Cathryn Charnell-White, Reader in the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University
The northern lights have been interpreted in many ways down the centuries - from portents of political upheaval to signs of religious revival.
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By Vinood B. Patel, Professor in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Westminster
The weight-loss jab Wegovy made its debut on June 4 2021. It was the first new weight-loss drug to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration since 2014.
There has been a lot of excitement since the launch. Not only is the drug extremely effective (people lose about 15% of their body weight in…
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By Chiara Longoni, Associate Professor, Marketing and Social Science, Bocconi University
Ellie Kyung, Associate Professor, Marketing Division, Babson College
Luca Cian, Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who gets into college, who lands a job, who receives medical treatment and who qualifies for government assistance.
As AI takes on these roles, there is a growing risk of unfair decisions – or the perception of them by those people affected. For example, in college admissions or…
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By Annabel M. Yates, PhD Candidate in School of Creative and Cultural Industries, Kingston University
The generation that found comfort in the Girls in Love series as teens are likely to find the same comfort as adults in the fifth instalment.
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By Sam Hampton, Researcher, Environmental Geography, University of Oxford
Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut the UK’s emissions by 81% by 2035 is undoubtedly ambitious. However, his assertion at the Cop29 climate conference that it can be achieved without “telling people how to live their lives” is probably not true – at least, not according to what scientists who study this problem have found.
We are two such researchers. Our work concerns the lifestyle and behaviour changes needed to…
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By Bethan Jones, Research Associate in Theatre, FIlm, Television and Interactive edia, University of York
Jude Brereton, Professor of Audio and Music Technologies, University of York
The creative industries are of vital importance to the UK economy, accounting for £115.9 billion in 2019. It’s estimated that film and high-end television production alone – one of the UK’s fastest growing industries…
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By Caroline Bennett, Lecturer in Social Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex
Alanna Cant, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Reading
A collection of skulls and shrunken heads has been removed from a leading auction site, but the trade in human remains is unregulated and ongoing.
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By Christopher Featherstone, Associate Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
Of 44 people who served in Donald Tump’s cabinet during his first administration, only four endorsed him for the presidency in 2024. As he told influential podcaster Joe Rogan days before the election, his biggest mistake was to appoint “disloyal people”.
The 47th president-elect clearly doesn’t intend to make the same mistake this time round, from what we know of…
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