December 2 - December 8, 2024: Week in Review

December 9, 2024

Read our latest publications

Intersex Bodies, Surgery, and the Pursuit of “Normality” by Valentine Hallard, MA & MSc

The Impact of Civil War on Children in Libya by Zeinab Abulhul, PhD

How Sinicization is Silencing Minority Languages in China by Claire Ellison

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International Observances

December 2, 2024 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

December 3, 2024 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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News Briefs

Protests Continue as Georgia's Prime Minister Rejects New Elections

Protesters Awaiting Trial for "Insulting" Turkey President Erdoğan

Failed Martial Law in South Korea Leads to Impeachment Talks

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 2, 2024

Beatriz v El Salvador: the abortion case that could set a precedent across Latin America (The Guardian)

Sex Workers in Belgium Now Get Sick Days, Maternity Pay, and More Labor Rights in Historic First (Them)

Ethiopia: Authorities Suspend Three Rights Groups (Human Rights Watch)

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December 3, 2024

South Korea: Martial law must not be used to restrict human rights (Amnesty International)

Lebanese refugees return home from Iraq as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds (Reuters)

A dozen Moscow clubgoers found guilty after anti-LGBTQ 'propaganda' raids (NBC News)

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December 4, 2024

UN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters (The Guardian)

Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release human rights defender Rufat Safarov (Amnesty International)

“Die First, and I'll Pay You Later” Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses (Human Rights Watch)

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December 5, 2024

Afghanistan: Ban on women medical training must be repealed (OHCHR)

‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief (UN News)

US: Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch)

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November 6, 2024

Russia’s LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say (AP News)

Labor Department investigating HelloFresh for allegedly employing migrant children (ABC Audio)

Colombia: The tortuous path of women searching for the victims of enforced disappearance (Amnesty International)

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December 7, 2024

Analysis: What Syria’s reignited civil war means for the Middle East (Reuters)

Trump’s ‘migrant crime’ idea is vicious and legal immigrants could suffer (The Guardian)

Germany, France and Poland condemn use of force against protesters in Georgia (AP News)

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December 8, 2024

Massacre in Haiti’s Capital Leaves Nearly 200 Dead, U.N. Says (The New York Times)

Great Nicobar Project: India's Hong Kong-like port may wipe out ancient tribe (BBC News)

Inside one island's struggle to cope with migrant deaths, disappearances (Reuters)

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India (AP News)

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