January 5-11, 2026: Week in Review

January 12, 2026

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Where the Shore Once Was: Legal Identity, Cultural Memory, and Self-Determination in a Climate-Changed World by Sarisha Harikrishna

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HRRC News Briefs

40,000 gig workers launch flash strike in India demanding fair pay and security by Peter Clarkin, MA

America’s attack on Venezuela raises warnings of escalating human rights abuses by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

January 5, 2026

Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire 'gradually' being implemented, says China (Reuters)

US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physicians (AP News)

Israel bombs Lebanon, saying it targeted Hezbollah and Hamas (Al Jazeera)

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January 6, 2026

World is less safe after US action in Venezuela, says UN Human Rights Office (Reuters)

At least 29 people killed during Iran protests, rights group says (BBC News)

The political divide over January 6 is only deepening five years after the deadly US Capitol attack (CNN)

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January 7, 2026

Europe and Rest of World Try to Come to Terms With Trump the Imperialist (The New York Times)

Thousands flee clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo (BBC News)

U.S. to exit 66 international organizations in further retreat from global cooperation (NPR)

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January 8, 2026

Lebanese military moves to new phase of disarmament plan of non-state groups like Hezbollah (The New Indian Express)

Children in Gaza return to school after years without formal education (BBC News)

'How do we look Indian?': Student's killing puts spotlight on racism in India (BBC News)

Family and neighbors mourn woman who was shot by ICE agent and made Minneapolis home (AP News)

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January 9, 2026

Digital society: State sovereignty and human rights (United Press International)

Women bearing the brunt of Sudan's acute hunger crisis, UN says (Reuters)

Supreme Court Will Consider New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits (Bloomberg)

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January 10, 2026

A human rights expert explains the status of human rights under the Maduro regime (NPR)

UN says 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi (Reuters)

Opinion: In search of Sweden’s lost empathy (Al Jazeera)

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January 11, 2026

Limited information about victims as human rights group says more than 400 killed in Iran protests (CNN)

Malaysia restricts access to Grok AI as backlash over sexualised images widens (Reuters)

Guantánamo Prison Enters 25th Year (The New York Times)

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