Nobel laureates and human rights abuses | Brief letters

Abiy Ahmed | AI job losses | Deer ruminations | Harry Belafonte | Stephen Yaxley‑LennonIn reference to your report about 112 Nobel laureates calling on Iran to release the gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi )(12 May), I write to note the irony that AbiyAhmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, has had under his leadership several activists imprisoned for protesting against human rights violations and a profound undemocratic social order since he was awarded the Nobel prize for peace in 2019. Perhaps the global community of Nobel laureates will nextchastiseone of their own.Sehin TeferraAddis Ababa, Ethiopia• It will not only be the students feeling restless (Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds, 19 May). Many parents have spent time and money encouraging their children through university, with the prospect of a good job afterwards. Now they find their offspring are back at home, owing to the lack of decent entry-level jobs, which makes renting and commuting unaffordable.Catherine MowatLondon Continue reading...

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WIRE — Abiy Ahmed | AI job losses | Deer ruminations | Harry Belafonte | Stephen Yaxley‑LennonIn reference to your report about 112 Nobel laureates calling on Iran to release the gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi )(12 May), I write to note the irony that AbiyAhmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, has had under his leadership several activists imprisoned for protesting against human rights violations and a profound undemocratic social order since he was awarded the Nobel prize for peace in 2019. Perhaps the global community of Nobel laureates will nextchastiseone of their own.Sehin TeferraAddis Ababa, Ethiopia• It will not only be the students feeling restless (Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds, 19 May). Many parents have spent time and money encouraging their children through university, with the prospect of a good job afterwards. Now they find their offspring are back at home, owing to the lack of decent entry-level jobs, which makes renting and commuting unaffordable.Catherine MowatLondon Continue reading...

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