Rights groups in Tunisia mobilize against a bill to legalize impunity for security forces · Global Voices

As activists mobilized against the bill, police targeted them A police officer kicks a protester during a demonstration against the police protection bill on October 6. Image credit: Nawaat, used with permission. As the Tunisian parliament considers a controversial police protection bill, protests erupted in the city of Bardo toContinue Reading

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Coronavirus culture: the questions social scientists are asking about our new day-to-day life

Shutterstock Scientific analysis of COVID-19 is dominated by medical and pharmaceutical questions of vaccines and risk minimisation. But meanwhile, social scientists must track the emerging social orders where new conventions and senses of self and kinship are forming. They are finding that a brand new coronavirus culture is emerging, andContinue Reading

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New evidence indicates Hong Kong police helped China arrest 12 activists fleeing for Taiwan · Global Voices

The 12 activists are now detained in Shenzen Activists protested outside Government Flying Service’s headquarters on October 8. Photo posted by Joshua Wong on his Facebook profile. Flight records and newly leaked documents belonging to Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) suggest that the Hong Kong police tailed 12 fleeingContinue Reading

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Curious Kids: How can we tell when a volcano is going to erupt?

Mount Etna erupting. Tomarchio Francesco/Shutterstock How can we tell when a volcano is going to erupt? – Lena, aged eight, Frankfurt, Germany Predicting when a volcano might erupt is very difficult. Some volcanoes erupt almost constantly, such as Kīlauea on Hawaii, but others may have gaps of hundreds of thousandsContinue Reading

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