April 22 - April 28, 2024: Week in Review
- Human Rights Research Center
- Apr 29, 2024
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April 29, 2024
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April 22, 2024
China Forces Myanmar Scam Syndicates to Move to Thai Border (Jason Tower and Priscilla A. Clapp, United States Institute of Peace)
State-backed deadly rampage by Israeli settlers underscores urgent need to dismantle apartheid (Amnesty International)
April 23, 2024
The war in Ukraine could reach a decision point by the NATO Summit. Policymakers need to prepare now (Andrew A. Michta, Atlantic Council)
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale, NYU; Columbia cancels in-person classes (Caitlin Ochs and Jonathan Allen, Reuters)
April 24, 2024
Organized crime fuels Mexico’s election violence, plus Europe’s Southern Cone cocaine pipeline (Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman, Council on Foreign Relations)
South Koreans sue government over climate change, saying policy violates human rights (Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct (Cristian González Cabrera, Human Rights Watch)
April 25, 2024
Global: FIFA sponsorship deal with Saudi Aramco covering World Cups raises human rights concerns (Amnesty International)
Poland lays claim to a leadership role in Europe as Russia’s war threatens stability (Anessa Gera and Monika Scoslowska, AP News)
April 26, 2024
in purple on International Women’s Day
April 27, 2024
Global: UN Special Rapporteur is right to raise human rights concerns about carbon markets (Amnesty International)
‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest (Timothy Pratt, The Guardian)
April 28, 2024
Human rights groups and diplomats condemn Iraq’s anti-LGBTQ+ law (AFP News via The Guardian)
World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike (Andre Rhoden-Paul, BBC News
