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
International Observances
December 2, 2024 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3, 2024 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
News Briefs
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)
December 3, 2024
South Korea: Martial law must not be used to restrict human rights (Amnesty International)
December 4, 2024
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)
December 5, 2024
US: Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch)
November 6, 2024
Russia’s LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say (AP News)
Colombia: The tortuous path of women searching for the victims of enforced disappearance (Amnesty International)
December 7, 2024
December 8, 2024
Massacre in Haiti’s Capital Leaves Nearly 200 Dead, U.N. Says (The New York Times)
