December 29, 2025-January 4, 2026: Week in Review

January 5, 2026

Explore Our Latest Publications

The Algorithm Babysitter: AI-Generated Content and the Emerging Human Rights Crisis in Early Childhood Development by Olivia Weninger

Critical Gaps in Artificial Intelligence in the East and Horn of Africa: A Call to Action to Safeguard Human Rights by Ronald Nsubuga, MS

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HRRC News Briefs

With second stage of peace deal on the horizon, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is increasingly fragile by Erina Bazán López

New report details alarming rise in detentions, assaults on journalists in U.S. by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 29, 2025

US slashes UN humanitarian aid to $2bn, huge cut as Trump demands reforms (Al Jazeera)

Takeaways from AP’s report on banned Uyghur songs (AP News)

Many farmers are going into 2026 on the brink (NPR)

Coups, elections and protests - a difficult year for democracy in Africa (BBC News)

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December 30, 2025

List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending (AP News)

Situation in Gaza is 'catastrophic’, foreign ministers from 10 countries warn (France24)

US government audits cases of Somali US citizens for potential denaturalization (Reuters)

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December 31, 2025

He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First. (The New York Times)

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers as ceasefire holds (Al Jazeera)

French lawmakers to debate social media ban for children under 15 (France24)

Uganda detains prominent rights campaigner and government critic ahead of polls (Reuters)

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January 1, 2026

Rideshare union rights, social media limits and other state laws taking effect Jan. 1 (NPR)

At least seven dead, dozens missing as migrant boat capsizes off The Gambia (Al Jazeera)

Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare (BBC News)

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January 2, 2026

Rohingya caught in the middle of Myanmar's civil war (Deutsche Welle)

Nigerian women challenge land discrimination (Deutsche Welle)

China taxes condoms, contraceptive drugs in bid to spur birth rate (Reuters)

Elon Musk's Grok AI says images of 'minors in minimal clothing' caused by safeguard lapses (CBC News)

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January 3, 2026

U.S. strikes in Venezuela trigger regional and global alarm (NPR)

Sudan sources say South Sudanese among captured RSF members as war rages (Al Jazeera)

Iran's Khamenei says 'rioters should be put in their place' (CBC News)

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January 4, 2026

America First is putting human rights last (The Hill)

New clashes in Iran as protests enter second week, rights groups say (The New Arab)

Legal concerns surround US capture of Venezuela's Maduro (Deutsche Welle)

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