August 26 - September 1, 2024: Week in Review
- Human Rights Research Center
- Sep 2, 2024
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September 2, 2024
Read our latest publications:
Bridging Narratives: A Tool for Tackling Conflict and Polarization by Tom Shacklock, MSc
An Overview of Human Rights Issues in Canadian Correctional Facilities by Lauren Salim, MA
The Eichmannian Ethics: Part One by Ashley Albritton, MA
International Observances
August 26 - Women's Equality Day (United States)
News Briefs
August 29, 2024 - Taliban Introduces Further Repressive Measures Against Women and Girls in Afghanistan
Other Breaking Human Rights News
August 26, 2024
Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured (Human Rights Watch)
August 27, 2024
The UN Cybercrime Convention: Analyzing the Risks to Human Rights and Global Privacy (Just Security)
August 28, 2024
Israel launches major operation in West Bank; Palestinian medics say 10 killed (The Washington Post)
August 29, 2024
Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions (Human Rights Watch)
Americas: States must guarantee women’s right to search for missing and forcibly disappeared people without fear (Amnesty International)
‘Not a soul is left in my village’: the displaced Lebanese caught in crossfire on Israel border (The Guardian)
Court Orders South Korea to Take Stronger Action on Climate Change (The New York Times)
August 30, 2024
Denials of racism do not exempt the Dominican government from its human rights responsibilities (Amnesty International)
August 31, 2024
Child hunger reaches unprecedented levels in Gaza (Ghazal Golshiri, Le Monde)
Gabon marks year since 'coup of liberation' with celebrations, reform pledges (Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, Reuters)
September 1, 2024
North Korean Olympian Selfies Spotlight Rights Crisis (Linda Yoon, Human Rights Watch)
Mass polio vaccine drive begins in Gaza with aim of reaching about 640,000 children (Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, AP News via PBS News)
