July 28-August 3, 2025: Week in Review

August 4, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Voices Suppressed: Human Rights Under Fire in Argentina by Danielle Castano, MA

Footnotes to a Nation: The Systemic Denial of Indigenous Access to Education, Healthcare, and Identity in Malaysia by Sarisha Harikrishna

Shipbreaking: A Deadly Industry by Mathilde Guenin, MA

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HRRC News Briefs

UN Report Exposes Taliban Committing Abuses Amid Mass Refugee Returns from Iran and Pakistan by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Zelenskyy to Restore Independence of Anti-Corruption Bodies In Response to Protests by Vera Rousseff

Cameroon Bans Main Opposition Leader from Upcoming Election by Vera Rousseff

Massacre at Komanda: ADF Church Attack Sparks Global Condemnation and Human Rights Outcry by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

July 28, 2025

Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees (Reuters)

How the Sahel became a smuggling hotspot (Deutsche Welle)

Malnutrition in Gaza at alarming levels, WHO warns as aid airdrops resume (BBC News)

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July 29, 2025

13 children dead from malnutrition-related causes in Darfur camp, aid group says (PBS News)

Afghans caught in mass deportations in Iran face an uncertain future at home (NPR)

Trump’s EPA moves to repeal finding that underpins US climate regulation (AP News)

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July 30, 2025

U.S. Highlighted on International Human Rights Watchlist for ‘Sustained Attacks on Civil Freedoms’ Under Trump (Time)

Journalists in the West Bank face mounting suppression (Le Monde)

Over 60 rights groups call on France's Macron for reparations to Haiti (Reuters)

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July 31, 2025

President Dina Boluarte slams court’s call to suspend Peru’s amnesty law (Al Jazeera)

Canada and Malta to recognize Palestinian state, joining France and possibly Britain (NPR)

Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths (UN News)

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August 1, 2025

Human Rights Watch says Israel committing war crimes in alleged killings of Gazans at aid sites (ABC News)

EU court rules against Italy on Albania migrant camps scheme (Reuters)

Trump administration freezes $339M in UCLA grants and accuses the school of rights violations (AP News)

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August 2, 2025

Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison (PBS News)

Over a million Afghans forced back from Iran to Taliban rule (Deutsche Welle)

Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (UN News)

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August 3, 2025

Thirty years after the Bosnian War, its refugees still cannot return home (Le Monde)

At least 54 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing (Reuters)

Students rally in Dhaka, pledge to build a ‘new Bangladesh’ amid political uncertainty (AP News)

Tens of thousands turn out for Sydney pro-Palestinian march (BBC News)

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