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- 1Fifty-Year-Old Collection of Diverse Organisms Still Thrives at UT●Now 50 Years Old, One of the World’s Most Diverse Collection of Organisms Lives On at UT
One of the world's most diverse collections of living organisms marks its 50th anniversary at the University of Texas, where it continues to be maintained for research and teaching. The milestone highlights the scientific value of keeping such biological resources alive across generations of researchers.
- 2Rights group urges Morocco to act on UN rulings over Gdeim Izik detainees●Morocco/Western Sahara: The necessity of implementing the decisions and opinions of United Nations mechanisms regarding the Gdeim Izik Group
The International Federation for Human Rights is calling on Morocco to implement United Nations decisions and opinions concerning the Gdeim Izik group, Sahrawi activists arrested after the 2010 protest camp in Western Sahara and later sentenced in mass trials. The organisation says UN human rights mechanisms' conclusions on the group have yet to be enforced, renewing attention to long-running disputes over the detainees' convictions and conditions.