April 21, 2025 - April 27, 2025: Week in Review

April 28, 2025

Read our latest publications

The Exploitation of Migrant Workers Around the World by Natalie Bello, PhD

The Unethical History of Human Rights in Human Subjects Research (And Why We Need it So Badly Now) by Nathalie Gullo

A Damaged Democracy: Sheikh Hasina’s Authoritarian Rule in Bangladesh by HRRC Contributor

Pharmacoequity: An Introduction by Jasmyn J. Tang, MPH

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HRRC News Briefs

Tunisian courts sentenced high-profile opposition to prison, sparking global outcry by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Nicaragua’s Government Strips Opponents of Their Nationality by Peter Clarkin, MA

Gedeb Drone Strike Kills Over 100, Escalating Ethiopian Conflict and Human Rights Crisis by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

April 21, 2025

Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’ (UN News)

U.S. Airstrike Hits Yemen Capital, Killing 12, Local Health Officials Say (The New York Times)

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April 22, 2025

Why The State Department Needs To Maintain The Scope Of Its Human Rights Reports (Forbes)

Dominican Republic detains pregnant Haitian women in hospital swoop (BBC News)

Colombia: UN mission chief stresses need to advance implementation of peace deal (UN News)

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April 23, 2025

Meta Oversight Board Urges Company To Assess ‘Human Rights Impact’ Of Hateful Conduct Policy (Forbes)

Environmental groups say Trump administration violated their free-speech rights (NPR)

‘Act of war’: What happened in Kashmir attack that killed 26 tourists? (Al Jazeera)

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April 24, 2025

Human Rights Watch: Israel Used US Weapon in Likely War Crime in Lebanon (Truthout)

Maldives: Judiciary’s Independence Threatened (Human Rights Watch)

Civil rights groups sue to restore jobs at Homeland Security oversight offices that were gutted (AP News)

Robots and Human Rights: A Matter of Coherence? (European Journal of International Law)

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April 25, 2025

Sudanese eating charcoal and leaves to survive, aid agency warns (BBC News)

Venezuelans in ‘state of uncertainty’ over US temporary protected status (Al Jazeera)

Trump admin considers exempting Christians from its push to deport some Afghan refugees (Politico)

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April 26, 2025

Trans women should be barred from women’s public toilets, new guidance reveals (The Telegraph UK)

Trump administration blocked plan to retrieve Abrego Garcia from El Salvador: Report (The Independent)

Trump's attacks on media test US press freedom rules (Deutsche Welle)

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April 27, 2025

Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks (NPR)

Pakistani troops kill 54 militants attempting to sneak into Pakistan from Afghanistan (AP News)

Eighty years after Mussolini's execution, nostalgia for fascism persists (France24)

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