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Myanmar’s authorities have sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for covering the violence against the Rohingya minority. It’s yet another backward step for a country that not long ago looked set on a slow but steady path to democracy. And as Andrew Fagan writes, this case is yet another stain on Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation.
Germany has returned the remains of people who were slaughtered in Namibia between 1904 and 1908, in what is known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Reinhart Kössler and Henning Melber write about the friction that’s accompanied the return process; the former colonial power still refuses to unequivocally acknowledge the genocide, apologise, and commit to a process of redress.
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Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted out of the Insein township court in Yangon.
EPA/Lynn Bo Bo
Andrew Fagan, University of Essex
From press freedom to ethnic cleansing, Myanmar seems to be slipping backwards faster than ever.
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Politics + Society
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Reinhart Kössler, Freiburg University ; Henning Melber, University of Pretoria
The third repatriation of human remains in August this year was another missed opportunity for reconciliation between Germany and Namibia.
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Charlotte-Rose Millar, The University of Queensland; Daniel Midena, The University of Queensland; Miranda Forsyth, Australian National University
It is estimated that thousands of people are killed in witchcraft-related violence around the world each year. How can we tackle this problem today?
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Tom Harper, University of Surrey
In the footsteps of US foriegn policy blunders, China is making friends and influencing people in Latin America.
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Chaula Rininta Anindya, Nanyang Technological University
Arresting JAD members and banning the group is unlikely to completely neutralise JAD's influence because its weakness is not in the organisation’s structure, but in its ideology.
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Arts + Culture
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Tresa LeClerc, RMIT University
Writing based on observation and empathy is one thing; but interviewing the people whose experiences you aim to depict - and showing them your work - is quite another.
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Environment + Energy
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Joel Coats, Iowa State University
Bug sprays with DEET feel oily and smell gross. That's why scientists are developing new mosquito repellents based on natural plant oils. But translating these into commercial products isn't easy.
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Health + Medicine
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Liza Barbour, Monash University; Julia McCartan, Monash University
Two of the world's problems – obesity and waste – can be reduced together.
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Science + Technology
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Peter Styles, Keele University; Jamie Pringle, Keele University
And here's what to do once a future sinkhole has been identified.
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Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
As Google turns 20, a look at how the company has grown – and what the next two decades might bring for the company.
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