July 21-27, 2025: Week in Review

July 28, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Risky Algorithms, Real Rights: Unpacking Human Rights Impact Assessments for Facial Recognition and Predictive Policing in the EU by Antonia Vasileiadou

Crisis Within a Crisis: Environmental Degradation in the Rohingya Refugee Settlement in Bangladesh by HRRC Contributor

Redefining Productivity in the Age of Workplace Surveillance by Emma Nelson

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HRRC News Briefs

Angolan Police Accused of Brutal Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Funding Cuts May Leave 11 Million Without Aid, UN Agency Warns by Vera Rousseff

Human Rights Activists Call for an End to "Red-Tagging" in the Philippines by Peter Clarkin, MA

Venezuela to Investigate Torture Claims in El Salvadoran Prison by Vera Rousseff

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

July 21, 2025

Human Rights Watch alleges abuses at Florida immigration detention centers (The Hill)

Nigerian refugees in Cameroon are farming to combat hunger (Deutsche Welle)

UN’s World Food Program says Israeli tanks and snipers opened fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza (PBS News)

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July 22, 2025

As protesters are hit with terrorism charges, critics accuse Kenya’s government of criminalizing dissent (CNN)

Heat Stress Is Fashion's Hidden Human Rights Crisis (Forbes)

Over 1,400, mostly civilians, were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, government says (PBS News)

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July 23, 2025

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change (BBC News)

UK sanctions 25 targets involved in alleged people smuggling (Al Jazeera)

In Côte d'Ivoire, women and sexual minorities are left vulnerable as the US withdraws aid (Le Monde)

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July 24, 2025

Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return (UN News)

Labor rights group asks El Salvador’s supreme court to strike down contentious ‘foreign agents’ law (AP News)

Why is India rechecking 80 million voters in Bihar? (Deutsche Welle)

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July 25, 2025

UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban (BBC News)

Top French court upholds some of Assad’s legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants (PBS News)

US agencies pause effort to block immigrant social services in states that sued (Reuters)

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July 26, 2025

Colombia denounces mass deportation of citizens from Ecuador (Reuters)

Leading Pakistan rights group decries government crackdown (Deutsche Welle)

China is suppressing coverage of deadly attacks. Some people are complaining online (AP News)

Trump's Medicaid Cuts Put People with Disabilities at Risk (Time)

See where gender identity care is restricted and where it’s protected across the US (CNN)

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July 27, 2025

Islamic state-backed rebels kill 38 in attack on east Congo church (Reuters)

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound ship carrying activists and humanitarian aid (Le Monde)

Thailand and Cambodia to hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia (Al Jazeera)

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