Richard Ratcliffe: The UK Government needs to look long and hard at its hostage policy

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in detention in Iran after more than five years, caught in a game of oneupmanship between the British and Iranian governments. Her husband has been on hunger strike outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London to draw attention to her plight and call for more action. Index's Mark Frary visits him to find out what he hopes to achieve and what others can do to help.

Respect for tradition: Australia's selective listening on environment issues

Illustration: Manyallaluk hunters in Australia's Northern Territory. Photo: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur / Alamy

First Nations voices are often ignored. Now Yvonne Weldon is hoping to change that as she bids to become the first Aboriginal Lord Mayor of Sydney. Read our report from writer Emily Brown.

Indigenous people have been silenced on the climate crisis

At the COP26 summit in Glasgow, we seem to have heard from every stakeholder, every country and even many companies. Who we’ve heard very little from however are the people on the frontline of this crisis. Of the indigenous peoples whose lands and livelihoods are at threat from floods or famine. People who have been silenced by their governments, for decades, as they attempted to raise the impacts of pollution and climate change to their communities, writes our CEO Ruth Smeeth.