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Russia: Sentences handed to Aleksei Navalny’s lawyers highlight crackdown on legal defence
Reacting to the sentencing of the lawyers of the late Russian prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The ...
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Civil war survivors in Sri Lanka come to the rescue of Rohingya asylum seekers
Residents of Mullivaikkal, a coastal village in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, rescued 112 Rohingya refugees, including 25 children, from a sinking boat, and welcomed them. Despite this, the ...
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Families of Hongkongers trapped in Myanmar ‘scam farms’ ask for diplomatic intervention
Families of human trafficking victims ask for Beijing's diplomatic assistance to rescue their loved ones who are held captive in "scam farms" in Myanmar.
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Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it
Codie Condos Distratis, PhD Candidate, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland The Los Angeles wildfires are causing the devastating loss of people’s homes.
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From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world
Conservation groups can now share and compare climate adaptation tactics to support threatened species and ecosystems through a new online tool called AdaptLog.
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MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the term ‘beloved community’ and gave it his own meaning. But the still-cited phrase was coined decades before.
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Ontario’s high-stakes bet on iGaming: Province profiting from online betting but at what cost to problem gambling?
Since launching online gambling, the Ontario government, which gains significant tax revenue from gambling, has announced no funding for independent research to monitor the impact on problem gambling.
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Catch-22: the great antiwar novel whose barbs still strike home, even in times of peace
‘Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts,’ Joseph Heller once said – ‘and the question is: What does a sane man do in an insane society?’ ...
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Australia: Reversals in Respect for Children’s Rights
The Australian government increasingly violated the rights of children in the criminal justice system in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. Authorities in Queensland and ...
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UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Syria on Thursday, acknowledging the traumas both nations have endured over decades.
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How the UK’s plans for AI could derail net zero – the numbers explained
Can renewable energy supply meet it – and still have enough left over to electrify sectors like heating and transport, which must be fully decarbonised by 2050? First, let’s discuss why AI is so ...
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Student unions: Warnings of toxic problems fuelling disillusionment need to be dealt with
Reforms to ensure student unions preserve their autonomy, while maintaining high standards of democracy, can happen by amending legislation governing non-profits.