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Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate...

Former Chinese Justice Minister Sentenced to Life for $20 Million Bribery Scheme

Court finds Tang Yijun abused high office...

The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence

To what extent can an artificial system...

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Creating bespoke programming languages for efficient visual AI systems | MIT News

A single photograph offers glimpses into the creator’s world — their interests and feelings about a subject or space. But what about creators behind...

Exploring frontiers of mechanical engineering | MIT News

From cutting-edge robotics, design, and bioengineering to sustainable energy solutions, ocean engineering, nanotechnology, and innovative materials science, MechE students and their advisors are doing...

Nepal’s Opportunity to Protect Children in New Budget

When Nepal’s Finance Minister Barshaman Pun presents the budget on May 28, he has an opportunity to extend the country’s Child Grant program. Doing...

Tajikistan: Forcibly Disappeared Opponent Allegedly Tortured

(Berlin, May 3, 2024) – Tajik authorities should immediately confirm the detention and whereabouts of and release the opposition activist Sukhrob Zafar, Human Rights...

Mandan Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime by a Convicted Felon

BISMARCK – United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on May 3, 2024, Kyle William Johnson, age 35, from Mandan, North Dakota, appeared before U.S....

Recognizing Journalists Living in Exile

Around the world, journalists who have been forced to flee their countries have continued to report on their homelands, exposing ongoing human rights violations...

Asia: 2024 Human Rights Press Awards

(Taipei) – Today, marking World Press Freedom Day, the Human Rights Press Awards in Asia announced the 2024 winners and runners-up. The seven categories of awards are administered by Human Rights...

Human Rights Watch Launches Podcast

(New York) – Human Rights Watch will present a podcast twice a month starting May 6, 2024, that will explore human rights hotspots around...

France: Macron Should Stand Firm on Rights in China

(Paris) – French President Emmanuel Macron should lay out consequences for the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity and deepening repression during Chinese President Xi...

Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras | Human Rights Watch

For many Afghans, the country’s armed conflict has never ended. The armed group Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) attracted worldwide attention in March when...

Nigerian Military Should Provide Details of Investigation into Deadly Airstrike

The Nigerian military authorities said this week they had completed investigations into an erroneous Army airstrike in Tundun Biri Community, Kaduna state, which killed...

Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, and robotics | MIT News

Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly useful for programming and robotics tasks, but for more complicated reasoning problems, the gap between these systems...

Indonesia Court Ruling a Boon for Free Expression

“Historic,” said the activist Haris Azhar, describing Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruling in March to revoke three false news and defamation clauses from the country’s...

Resounding Support for a ‘Killer Robots’ Treaty

(Washington, DC, May 02, 2024) – Governments concerned about autonomous weapons systems – so-called killer robots – should urgently act to start negotiations on...

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