December 16 - December 22, 2024: Week in Review

December 23, 2024

Read our latest publications

Towards Climate-Neutrality. A Reflection On The Ban Of Fossil Fuel Ads In European Cities by Àlex Peralta Martínez, LLM

Democratic rights under threat: the impact of Trump’s re-election by Louis Mignot Bonnefous, MA

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International Observances

December 18, 2024 - International Migrants Day

December 20, 2024 - International Human Solidarity Day

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News Briefs

Award Winning Cambodian Journalist Mech Dara Arrested

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 16, 2024

Inside Norway's TV station run by people with disabilities (Deutsche Welle)

Israel Carries Out Heavy Strikes on Syria’s Coast, Monitor Says (The New York Times)

Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists (Amnesty International)

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December 17, 2024

Egypt: Asylum Bill Threatens Refugee Rights (Human Rights Watch)

‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diaspora (UN News)

Russian general indicted by Ukraine killed in Moscow explosion (CNN)

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December 18, 2024

Syria: UN envoy concludes talks in Damascus, citing hope for democratic future (UN News)

Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says (Reuters)

The Take: Why are Mozambique’s youth protesting? (Al Jazeera)

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December 19, 2024

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza (Human Rights Watch)

Promoting Human Rights in Climate Action: Report from the Baku Climate Conference COP29 (Center for International Environmental Law)

Advocates train immigrants to ‘prepare to stay’ in the US under Trump (AP News)

UK sanctions Georgian officials over protest crackdown (BBC News)

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December 20, 2024

Sahel juntas make life more difficult for human rights NGOs (Deutsche Welle)

Italy public security bill violates free speech and protest rights: COE human rights commissioner (Jurist News)

Venezuela attorney general says 200 more election protesters to be freed (Reuters)

Sudan's biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it's being shelled (NPR)

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December 21, 2024

Historic Ruling: Inter-American Court Condemns El Salvador for Violating Beatriz’s Human Rights (CEJIL)

Warning (Graphic Content): Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC (The Guardian)

Myanmar rebels claim control over major western military headquarters (The Guardian)

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December 22, 2024

China imposes retaliatory sanctions on Canada human rights groups (Jurist News)

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down (The New York Times)

Guatemalan authorities rescue 160 children from Jewish Lev Tahor sect (Reuters)

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