August 25-31, 2025: Week in Review

September 1, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Exploring Global Gender Bias Through the Lens of Education by Autumn Price

Federal Immigration Policy in the United States: Historical Legacies and Modern Trends by Yair Guijosa-Torres

Consent and Data in Social Media: Looking Behind Privacy by Rodrigo Pina, LLM

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HRRC News Briefs

Taxi Industry Wars Lead to Brutal Murder in South Africa by Sibusio Gugushe

Protestors in UK Clash Over Use of Hotels for Housing Asylum Seekers by Vera Rousseff

Ethiopia urged to drop proposed restrictions on Civil Society Organizations by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

The Case to End the Criminalisation of Sex Work in South Africa by Peter Clarkin, MA

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

August 25, 2025

Namibia celebrates independence heroes, but glosses over a painful history (The Conversation)

Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967 (The Conversation)

Congresswoman Summer Lee and Human Rights First Advocate Yannick Gill Denied Entry to ICE Detention Center During Oversight Visit (Human Rights First)

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August 26, 2025

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (Human Rights Watch)

UN chief calls on Egypt to end arbitrary detentions under ‘rotation’ system (Jurist)

Iran’s Potent Political Weapon: The Death Penalty (StratNews Global)

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August 27, 2025

Rights group expresses concerns about imprisoned Vietnam activist’s health (Jurist)

Netherlands dispatch: US sanctions on International Criminal Court staff sharpen debate over sovereignty and judicial reach (Jurist)

EU deal fuelling Mauritania's abuse of migrants - rights group (BBC News)

Thailand grants some Myanmar refugees right to legal work (Reuters)

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August 28, 2025

Eighteen Civilians Killed in Renewed Russian Attacks on Kyiv – UN Human Rights Office says (UN News)

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates (Reuters)

Opinion: Rethinking Human Rights Protection: From Crisis Response to Sustainable Systems (Freedom House)

China: Still No Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang, Three Years After Major UN Report (Amnesty International USA)

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August 29, 2025

Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago (AP News)

RFK Human Rights: This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights (RFK Human Rights)

U.K. Court Overturns Ruling on Hotel at Center of Asylum Seeker Debate (The New York Times)

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August 30, 2025

India expelling Rohingya to Bangladesh without rights protections: HRW (The Daily Star)

Kenya Human Rights Commission Criticises IG Douglas Kanja Over Harassment of Activist Otsieno Namwaya (Kenyans.co.ke)

‘Right to know’: Advocates renew calls for justice for Syria’s disappeared (Al Jazeera)

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August 31, 2025

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows (AP News)

Malian refugee women recount repeated rapes by Russian mercenaries (Le Monde)

Judge blocks flights sending hundreds of children back to Guatemala (Politico)

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