December 15-21, 2025: Week in Review

December 22, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

10 Lives Lost a Day: Understanding Femicide in Mexico by Mahika Datta

Research Budget Cuts Undermine Our Fundamental Rights and the Public Good by Sylvia He, PhD

Hydropolitics in a Warming World: The GERD & the Future of Nile Basin Governance by Abigail Stofer

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HRRC News Briefs

Jimmy Lai's guilty verdict marks the end of press freedom in Hong Kong by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

Digital violence against women human rights defenders is escalating into the real world by Peter Clarkin, MA

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 15, 2025

Former Congolese warlord sentenced to 30 years in prison for complicity in crimes against humanity (Le Monde)

Women who say they were tricked into servitude for Opus Dei to meet in Argentina (The Guardian)

Cambodia says Thai bombing is hitting deeper into its territory near shelters for displaced (AP News)

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December 16, 2025

NBA Cup faces pressure to terminate its partnership with Emirates over UAE’s alleged role in Sudan crisis (CNN)

Top 10 Human Rights Issues For Business In 2026 (Forbes)

Innovating Ways to Address Poverty in Uganda (NPR)

Sudan's RSF trying to cover up mass killings in el-Fasher, researchers say (BBC News)

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December 17, 2025

No news on whereabouts or health of Iranian Nobel laureate, supporters say (AsiaOne)

A Chinese man who filmed secret footage in Xinjiang risks deportation from the U.S. (NPR)

Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports (Le Monde)

Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts (AP News)

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December 18, 2025

Stigma of Ukraine's forgotten soldiers who 'died the wrong way' (BBC News)

The hidden trauma of Malian refugee women and girls (Deutsche Welle)

Lebanon: Migrant workers exploited under 'kafala' system (Deutsche Welle)

Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters (The Guardian)

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December 19, 2025

U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria (The New York Times)

Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians (NPR)

Judge accused of helping immigrant dodge ICE agents found guilty of obstruction (The Guardian)

Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted but Palestinians there still face starvation, experts say (AP News)

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December 20, 2025

Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final ‘dirty trick’ by officials (Toronto Star)

Apple, Google tell workers on visas to avoid leaving the U.S. amid Trump immigration crackdown (NPR)

Kenya: A ‘house of hope’ for women at risk of FGM (Deutsche Welle)

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December 21, 2025

Sixty years ago, the world tried to stop racial discrimination and failed (Al Jazeera)

In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians face devastating air strikes and a sham election (BBC News)

India's deportations split families after Kashmir attack (Deutsche Welle)

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