Digital Surveillance: An Interview with the Cyberspace Law and Policy Community’s David Vaile
Big data is watching you. And you might want to get used to it, because its reach is getting wider. These days, it’s common knowledge that governments, security agencies and even social media companies are monitoring people’s behaviour on the...
Former Police For Cannabis Legalisation: An Interview with Weeded Warrior’s Damon Adams
Growing concerns over the opium trade were central to the League of Nations establishing the 1925 Geneva Convention, which imposed global restrictions on the production and use of opium and coca. Cannabis was added to the agenda at the last...
Ending Execution: An Interview with Reprieve Australia’s Julian McMahon
In the early hours of the morning on April 29 2015, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were executed by firing squad by Indonesian authorities. The two men were part of the Bali Nine: a group of Australians convicted of drug...
Is Trump Tweeting Us Into War with North Korea?
It seems that in the age of Trump, tweeting threats of war has become part and parcel of US foreign diplomacy. On Friday, the US president wrote on the social media platform that “Military solutions are now in place, locked...
Police Caught Planting Evidence
Two different groups of Baltimore police officers have been accused of planting evidence at supposed crime scenes, after incriminatory body camera footage came to light. The videos have forced Baltimore prosecutors to drop dozens of cases involving one of the...
Text Message Killer Sentenced
As previously reported, the case of an American woman who sent several text messages urging her boyfriend to commit suicide made legal history in the US, after she was found guilty of manslaughter. Michelle Carter now 20, was 17 when...
Shooting Blanks: Sperm Counts Halve Over Past Forty Years
New research suggests the future of the human race may be at risk, with male sperm counts declining at an alarming rate. Sperm counts amongst men in Western countries have more than halved in the last 40 years, although the...
Global Calls to Stop “Normalisation” Surgery on Intersex Children
US-based organisations Human Rights Watch and interACT released a report on Tuesday, calling for the end to the practice of performing medically unnecessary “normalisation” surgeries on intersex children in the United States. Intersex people are born with physical sex characteristics that are more...
The Ongoing China-India Border Stand-off Is Escalating
Tensions are mounting over the China-India border stand-off in the Himalayas, as Chinese troops have begun conducting live-fire drills in the contested area. The almost six-week long dispute is occurring in the tri-junction border point between China, Bhutan, and the Indian region...
Turkey’s Relentless Attack on Human Rights Defenders
At around 10 am on July 5, Turkish police raided a routine professional workshop for human rights defenders at a hotel in Büyükada, one of the Princes Islands near Istanbul. The activists were arrested and are now detained and investigated...
