February 26 - March 3, 2024: Week in Review
- Human Rights Watch
- Mar 4, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 8, 2024
March 3, 2024
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HRRC News Briefs
Other Breaking Human Rights News
February 26, 2024
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case (Human Rights Watch)
Survivors and families of 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy call for justice a year on (Giada Zampano & Valeria Ferraro, AP News)
February 27, 2024
Philippines’ Marcos Addresses Australian Parliament Amid Abuses (Daniela Gavshon, Human Rights Warch)
Dry Taps in Mexico City and A Far Right Rally in Sao Paulo (Carrie Kahn & Christine Arrasmith, NPR News)
February 28. 2024
UK's Northern Ireland amnesty law in breach of human rights, court rules (Amanda Ferguson, Reuters)
Indonesia’s likely next president made 4-star general despite links to alleged human rights abuses (Edna Tarigan & Achmad Ibrahim, AP News)
French Senate Approves A Bill To Make Abortion A Constitutional Right (AP News via Huffington Post)
February 29, 2024
March 1, 2024
Turkey rejects accusations by a human rights group that it committed abuses in Syria (Susan Fraser, AP News)
Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)
World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day (United Nations News)
March 2, 2024
Violence and rights abuses threaten South Sudan's stability, a UN report warns (Deng Machol, Associated Press via ABC News)
Israel reportedly close to accepting six-week Gaza ceasefire, US official says (Edward Helmore, The Guardian)
March 3, 2024
Israel-Gaza war: US carries out its first aid airdrop in strip ( Henri Astier, BBC News)
