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Shorts July 30, 2026 What a 'fish' asked AI—and got LinkedIn users talking July 30, 2026 Read more → July 30, 2026 July 14, 2026 India’s leading rights activist seeks to connect with advocates experienced in cases handling female perpetrators of legal abuse July 14, 2026 Read more → July 14, 2026 July 10, 2026 French lawyer’s AI tool aims to simplify International Criminal Court case research July 10, 2026 Read more → July 10, 2026 June 30, 2026 Indian company Rapido’s reply to fraud complaint fails to quell customer backlash on LinkedIn June 30, 2026 Read more → June 30, 2026 June 7, 2026 Hebron University professor’s abduction by Israeli forces draws protest June 7, 2026 Read more → June 7, 2026 May 20, 2026 Warning over EU–US data framework, Aura Salla urges European data sovereignty May 20, 2026 Read more → May 20, 2026 May 13, 2026 Reform UK’s Glenn Gibbins’ Facebook remarks against Nigerians prompt online petition May 13, 2026 Read more → May 13, 2026 April 24, 2026 In March, a virtual memorial came up for Palestinian researchers killed by Israeli attacks April 24, 2026 Read more → April 24, 2026 April 22, 2026 Mumbai-based advocates: Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj seeks support for man trapped in ‘bogus rape case’ April 22, 2026 Read more → April 22, 2026 April 9, 2026 An independent tracker has begun documenting Trump administration actions on federal information access April 9, 2026 Read more → April 9, 2026 March 30, 2026 Mozilla Foundation launches petition to retain Instagram encryption March 30, 2026 Read more → March 30, 2026 March 11, 2026 World Bank economist launches online repository of publications on Haiti March 11, 2026 Read more → March 11, 2026 March 4, 2026 Images surface of female pupil allegedly beaten at Lagos-based Command Secondary School March 4, 2026 Read more → March 4, 2026 February 12, 2026 Links from AI Impact Summit 2026 website are showing gibberish February 12, 2026 Read more → February 12, 2026 February 5, 2026 Nigeria-based Critical Thinking Education Initiative’s inauguration is on March 5, 2026 February 5, 2026 Read more → February 5, 2026 January 29, 2026 Calls grow for information regarding Iranian littérateur Ali Asadollahi’s whereabouts and his release January 29, 2026 Read more → January 29, 2026 January 22, 2026 Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy Co-Director claims her LinkedIn account was hacked, abused January 22, 2026 Read more → January 22, 2026 January 20, 2026 Greenland isn’t in the EU—but its people are, explained by an international affairs expert January 20, 2026 Read more → January 20, 2026 January 16, 2026 Texas A&M cancelled his graduate ‘Ethics’ course on flimsy DEI grounds, claims instructor January 16, 2026 Read more → January 16, 2026 December 12, 2025 Citing Israel’s Technion, Delft University of Technology’s doctoral candidate quits aerospace engineering programme December 12, 2025 Read more → December 12, 2025 November 28, 2025 Amnesty International: Israel’s genocide of Palestinians has continued since the October 2025 ceasefire November 28, 2025 Read more → November 28, 2025 November 8, 2025 Nigerians can earn while learning to code via gaming, claims website November 8, 2025 Read more → November 8, 2025 November 1, 2025 Claude enables American academic to turn Auden’s 1941 syllabus into a fully resourced webpage November 1, 2025 Read more → November 1, 2025 October 25, 2025 New Delhi: Medical practitioner warns of theft scam targeting clinics October 25, 2025 Read more → October 25, 2025 October 15, 2025 India’s Ekam Nyaay Foundation announces poster competition to mark International Men’s Day October 15, 2025 Read more → October 15, 2025 October 8, 2025 PIPD launches ‘Communicating Palestine’ portal October 8, 2025 Read more → October 8, 2025 October 2, 2025 India video captures men using SUV-style Bolero to attack bull October 2, 2025 Read more → October 2, 2025 September 29, 2025 MakeMyTrip refund win on LinkedIn sparks more customer complaints September 29, 2025 Read more → September 29, 2025 September 12, 2025 Pre-eminent Nigerian rationalist’s Facebook account remains inaccessible more than 20 days since its 2nd disablement September 12, 2025 Read more → September 12, 2025 September 3, 2025 Citing anti-Palestine bias, some authors withdraw from Emerald’s volume on decolonising management and organisation studies September 3, 2025 Read more → September 3, 2025 Older posts 2026 19 2025 35 2024 10 2023 4 Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/30/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/30/26 What a 'fish' asked AI—and got LinkedIn users talking Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/10/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/10/26 French lawyer’s AI tool aims to simplify International Criminal Court case research Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/20/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/20/26 Warning over EU–US data framework, Aura Salla urges European data sovereignty Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/13/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/13/26 Reform UK’s Glenn Gibbins’ Facebook remarks against Nigerians prompt online petition Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/20/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/20/26 Greenland isn’t in the EU—but its people are, explained by an international affairs expert Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 12/12/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 12/12/25 Citing Israel’s Technion, Delft University of Technology’s doctoral candidate quits aerospace engineering programme Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/28/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/28/25 Amnesty International: Israel’s genocide of Palestinians has continued since the October 2025 ceasefire Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 9/3/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 9/3/25 Citing anti-Palestine bias, some authors withdraw from Emerald’s volume on decolonising management and organisation studies Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 8/21/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 8/21/25 EU parliamentarian Dr. Salla rallies against the Danish version of the ‘Chat Control’ proposal Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/21/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/21/25 Nature moves toward full transparency in peer review Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/9/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/9/25 Amnesty International’s Agnès Callamard condemns Israel's interception of Gaza-bound humanitarian boat Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 2/25/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 2/25/25 1X Technologies reveals NEO Gamma in push for consumer-grade humanoid robots; the teaser is filmed inside a plush villa Read More Burning Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/12/25 Burning Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/12/25 OCCRP, Amsterdam-based investigative journalism organization, grants 'Lifetime Non-Achievement Award' to Equatorial Guinea's Obiang; Assad, Ruto, Widodo, Tinubu, Hasina, Adani get other distinctions Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/17/24 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/17/24 UK’s Labour Party began the process to replace Corbyn within two days of his anti-Israel speech Read More Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/10/23 Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/10/23 Warsaw-based research centre has a pessimistic prognosis for Israel’s strategy against Hamas in the Gaza Strip Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/30/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/30/26 What a 'fish' asked AI—and got LinkedIn users talking Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/10/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 7/10/26 French lawyer’s AI tool aims to simplify International Criminal Court case research Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/20/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/20/26 Warning over EU–US data framework, Aura Salla urges European data sovereignty Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/13/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/13/26 Reform UK’s Glenn Gibbins’ Facebook remarks against Nigerians prompt online petition Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/20/26 Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/20/26 Greenland isn’t in the EU—but its people are, explained by an international affairs expert Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 12/12/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 12/12/25 Citing Israel’s Technion, Delft University of Technology’s doctoral candidate quits aerospace engineering programme Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/28/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/28/25 Amnesty International: Israel’s genocide of Palestinians has continued since the October 2025 ceasefire Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 9/3/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 9/3/25 Citing anti-Palestine bias, some authors withdraw from Emerald’s volume on decolonising management and organisation studies Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 8/21/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 8/21/25 EU parliamentarian Dr. Salla rallies against the Danish version of the ‘Chat Control’ proposal Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/21/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/21/25 Nature moves toward full transparency in peer review Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/9/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 6/9/25 Amnesty International’s Agnès Callamard condemns Israel's interception of Gaza-bound humanitarian boat Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 2/25/25 Dr. Piyush Mathur 2/25/25 1X Technologies reveals NEO Gamma in push for consumer-grade humanoid robots; the teaser is filmed inside a plush villa Read More
Burning Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/12/25 Burning Dr. Piyush Mathur 1/12/25 OCCRP, Amsterdam-based investigative journalism organization, grants 'Lifetime Non-Achievement Award' to Equatorial Guinea's Obiang; Assad, Ruto, Widodo, Tinubu, Hasina, Adani get other distinctions Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/17/24 Dr. Piyush Mathur 5/17/24 UK’s Labour Party began the process to replace Corbyn within two days of his anti-Israel speech Read More
Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/10/23 Dr. Piyush Mathur 11/10/23 Warsaw-based research centre has a pessimistic prognosis for Israel’s strategy against Hamas in the Gaza Strip Read More