December 8-14, 2025: Week in Review
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December 15, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications
Ensuring Equality & Non-Discrimination: Women as Quazis Under Sri Lanka’s Muslim Marriage & Divorce Act by Mariyam Yumna Azeez, LLM
A Celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Hanh Vu, LLM
When Governance Fails: Child Recruitment, Gendered Violence, and the Rise of Gang Rule in Haiti by Elizabeth Lyons
HRRC News Briefs
Escalating Judicial Harassment of Islamabad Lawyers Sparks Alarm Over Fair Trial and Free Speech Rights in Pakistan by Aamnah Fatima Khan
A year after the end of the Syrian Civil War, the path to transitional justice remains unsteady by Devin Windelspecht, MSc
Delays in coal-fired plant shutdowns are jeopardising public health in Bulgaria by Peter Clarkin, MA
Other Breaking Human Rights News
December 8, 2025
Colombia: Activists defend nature despite repeated threats (Deutsche Welle)
December 9, 2025
December 10, 2025
UK, Denmark want reform of Convention on Human Rights (Deutsche Welle)
December 11, 2025
December 12, 2025
What we know about U.S. proposal to demand 5 years of social media history from certain visitors (CBC News)
December 13, 2025
Thailand, Cambodia accuse each other of targeting civilians (Deutsche Welle)
December 14, 2025
Puerto Rico governor signs bill that critics say will restrict access to public information (AP News)
Belarus releases 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions (Deutsche Welle)
