December 8-14, 2025: Week in Review

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

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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

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 8, 2025

Colombia: Activists defend nature despite repeated threats (Deutsche Welle)

Women protest gender-based violence across Brazil following a series of shocking cases (Le Monde)

Syria marks a year since Assad fled, but struggles to heal (NPR)

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December 9, 2025

Slovakia’s parliament approves plan to dismantle whistleblower protection office (AP News)

Tanzania tightens security, outlaws protests over disputed election (Al Jazeera)

ICC sentences Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for Darfur atrocities (CBC News)

More than 9,000 children in Gaza treated for acute malnutrition in October, UN says (The Guardian)

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December 10, 2025

Remembering Political Prisoners Across China On Human Rights Day (Forbes)

UK, Denmark want reform of Convention on Human Rights (Deutsche Welle)

UN rights office in ‘survival mode’ amid deep funding cuts (Al Jazeera)

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December 11, 2025

Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations (AP News)

Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China's schools for 'rebellious' teens (BBC News)

Over 400 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo as US peace deal falters (Al Jazeera)

Greenlandic women claim victory in legal fight with Denmark over forced IUD scandal (The Guardian)

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December 12, 2025

What we know about U.S. proposal to demand 5 years of social media history from certain visitors (CBC News)

The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data (NPR)

Life sentence sought for DRC former rebel leader at French trial (Le Monde)

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December 13, 2025

Thailand, Cambodia accuse each other of targeting civilians (Deutsche Welle)

UN chief condemns ‘horrific’ drone attack in Sudan as 6 peacekeepers killed (Al Jazeera)

2 killed and 9 injured in Brown University shooting, person of interest now in custody (NPR)

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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)

Ghanaian students at UK universities face deportation amid funding crisis (The Guardian)

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