December 22-28, 2025: Week in Review

December 29, 2025

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Opinion: The Russian Cancer in Eastern Europe and the Country That Got Away by Ioana Podarita

Anti-Immigration Sentiment Blows Back on Puerto Ricans on the Mainland by Gabrielle Meyers

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HRRC News Briefs

TotalEnergies faces war crime allegations in the midst of Mozambique's deepening displacement crisis by Erina Bazán López

European Parliament Backs EU Solidarity Fund to Expand Access to Safe Abortion by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 22, 2025

US drops plan to deport Chinese national who exposed Xinjiang abuses, rights activists say (AP News)

UN warns Sudan war entering deadlier phase as fighting spreads in Kordofan (UN News)

Afghan refugees at risk as deportations surge in Pakistan (Deutsche Welle)

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife (Reuters)

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December 23, 2025

Myanmar elections marked by fear as UN warns civilians are coerced from all sides (UN News)

Tanzania: How a dance became an act of high treason (Deutsche Welle)

Thousands fleeing DR Congo violence face 'dire conditions' in Burundi - aid agencies (BBC News)

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December 24, 2025

19 Democratic-led states and DC sue over Trump gender-affirming care crackdown (The Hill)

UN experts condemn United States blockade and aggression against Venezuela (UN OHCHR)

Germany's far-right AfD may seize regional power in 2026 (Deutsche Welle)

Looking Back: The Refugees Trapped in a Corner of Syria, Now Free (NPR)

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December 25, 2025

Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism (Truthout)

US launches strike against ISIS in Nigeria (The Hill)

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December 26, 2025

South Korea plans to end foreign adoptions as UN urges Seoul to address past abuses (PBS News)

Rights Group Warns Israel’s Genocide Isn’t Over in Gaza (Truthout)

Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests (Reuters)

How climate change is threatening human rights (UN News)

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December 27, 2025

Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware (TechCrunch)

Inside the Monumental Effort to Retrieve and Bury Gaza’s Dead (Truthout)

UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy (BBC News)

What’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war as military stages elections? (Al Jazeera)

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December 28, 2025

UK leader criticized for applauding return of man freed from Egyptian prison as old tweets resurface (AP News)

Executions in Iran estimated to have doubled in 2025, report says (BBC News)

Israel kills over 700 relatives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza: Report (Al Jazeera)

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