April 14, 2025 - April 20, 2025: Week in Review

April 21, 2025

Read our latest publications

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the Future of Work: Opportunities, Ethical Challenges, and its Association with Human Rights by Darryl Owusu-Ansah

Catalysts of Justice: The Impact of the Tokyo Women’s Tribunal on the Comfort Women Issue by Myfanwy Sequeira, LLM

Electric Vehicles: A Green Revolution or Hidden Crisis? by Emma Nelson

Implications of Plea Bargaining in the Criminal Justice System by Mary D'Alleva, MA/MSc and Sydney Sanders

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HRRC News Briefs

Detention of Meghna Alam Under the Special Powers Act Sparks Human Rights Concerns by Aamnah Fatima Khan

UN Experts Reveal Bhutan's Hidden Dilemma: Illegal Detention of Political Prisoners by Aisha Noor

Concerns grow over Belgium's human rights violations by Peter Clarkin, MA

Zimbabwe signs controversial NGO law, sparking condemnation by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

April 14, 2025

Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings (The Guardian)

No breakthrough in Gaza talks, Egyptian and Palestinian sources say (Reuters)

US attacks on Yemen killed 123 people since mid-March: Health authorities (Al Jazeera)

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April 15, 2025

Court temporarily blocks Trump bid to cancel legal status of 500,000 migrants (The Guardian)

Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels (CNN)

Sudan's civilian infrastructure — hospitals and health centres, 'have almost stopped functioning' (France 24)

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April 16, 2025

Human Rights Violations During Mozambique’s Post-2024 Election Crackdown (Amnesty International)

Rights group publishes report on human rights violations in Mozambique amid post-election crackdown (Jurist News)

Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent (Human Rights Watch)

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April 17, 2025

Haiti in ‘free fall’ as violence escalates, rights group warns (Al Jazeera)

Poland: 'Hajnowka 5' on trial for aiding desperate refugees (DW)

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April 18, 2025

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights (NPR)

Chinese rights lawyer Lu Siwei sentenced to 11 months in prison (Radio Free Asia)

Refugees in Limbo with US Resettlement Uncertainty (NPR)

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April 19, 2025

UN chief urges ‘utmost restraint’ amid escalating violence in Yemen (UN News)

Tunisia: Mass convictions of opposition activists after sham trial marks a dangerous moment (Amnesty International)

Survivors describe executions, arson in attack on Sudan's Zamzam camp (Reuters)

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April 20, 2025

The dangers posed by cuts to U.S. foreign aid (CBS News)

Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur (UN News)

Raid on refugee camp triggers wave of displacement in Sudan (DW)

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