Thursday, March 20, 2025
Respect for human rights is not only a moral obligation but a necessity for economic stability, the UN’s top human rights official said on Thursday, during a visit to the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the European Council’s conclusions of 20 March 2025 on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Eve Geddie, the Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office said: “After 17 months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the fact that the EU refuses to name Israel, condemn air strikes wiping out entire families […] The post Europe: EU leaders’ ‘shameful’ attempt at justifying Israel’s genocide and war crimes against Palestinians appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
In response to a U.S. jury in North Dakota ordering Greenpeace to pay at least $660m to the fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, having found the organization responsible for defamation and the actions of protesters opposed to the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “This devastating verdict […] The post USA: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent for protection and promotion of human rights and climate justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Minkwan Kim, Associate Professor of Astronautics, University of Southampton
Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
The world’s first artificial satellite, the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957. Just three months later, it fell out of orbit. As Sputnik hit the upper atmosphere at incredible speed, the friction would have caused it to heat up and almost entirely burn off. Some small remnants of the satellite would have remained in the upper atmosphere, like smoke and ash after a fire: humankind’s first space debris.
Seven decades on, scientists like us are only just beginning to piece together how this space debris might be damaging the ozone layer, the climate and even human…
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By Karen Attar, Research Fellow in Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Books as a backdrop in a portrait or an interview lend gravitas. They stand for literacy, for education, for a way to open the mind, develop the imagination and get on in life. But not all books are considered to convey such benefits.
Opinions about which books are worthy and which are not have dogged fiction. Which are frivolous nonsense, sure to pollute the mind, and which are worthy intellectual pursuits? Also, are there books which are just too dangerous to read?
Is Toni Morrison’s The…
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By Alexandra Schnell, Research Fellow in Comparative Psychology, University of Cambridge
In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival — those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing some animals form surprising partnerships, reshaping scientists’ ideas about how intelligence evolves in the animal kingdom.
Take Octavia and Finn, a striking duo hunting along a coral reef. I observed this pair while exploring a research site…
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By Adrian York, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Performance, University of Westminster
The festival sold out in 35 minutes this year even before the artists had been announced, begging the question: has Glastonbury become a victim of its own success?
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Around half of UK adults currently take a food supplement – but vitamins and minerals are usually only needed in small amounts and too much of a good thing can be bad for you.
Here’s what you need to know about the benefits and risks of some of the most common vitamins and minerals.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A aids the immune system in fighting off infections,…
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By Massimo D'Angelo, Research Associate in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs, Loughborough University
The Turkish judiciary has finally succeeded in sidelining Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, at the fourth attempt. On the morning of March 19, the 53-year-old posted a video on social media announcing that police had arrived at his home to arrest him on charges of corruption, aiding a terrorist organisation and organised crime.
“Hundreds of police are at my door”, he said in a voice message. “This immoral and tyrannical approach will undoubtedly be overturned by the will and resilience of…
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By Mark Boylan, Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
The report proposes sticking with the curriculum approach brought in through reforms over the last decade or so, but focusing on inclusion.
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