July 8 - 14, 2024: Week in Review

July 15, 2024

Read our latest publications:

“Do not let our country become a cemetery of our dreams and goals”: What you can do to support Afghan women and girls living under gender apartheid by Cassandra Saunders

Internal Migrants in India by Anudeep Singaram, MSc & MBBS

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News Briefs

July 8, 2024 - Investor Calls for Human Rights Protections in Israeli Surveillance Technology Targeting Palestinians

July 10, 2024 - Japan’s Supreme Court Rules on Compensation for Forcible Sterilization of People with Disabilities

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International Observations

July 11, 2024 - Srebrenica Memorial Day (Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide of 1995)

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

July 8, 2024

Ukraine: Türk deplores wave of strikes killing dozens of civilians, including women and children at hospitals (United Nations/OHCHR)

Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers (Human Rights Watch)

What’s Happening With The FGM Law In The Gambia? (Equality Now)

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July 9, 2024

A photographer's 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan (BBC News)

Burkina Faso’s internally displaced scramble to make a living (VOA)

Briefing: Gender and Human Rights in the Digital Age (Amnesty International)

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July 10, 2024

Mining for the energy transition needs to respect human rights (Al Jazeera)

Dozens of people are sentenced to life in prison in the UAE in a mass trial criticized abroad (AP News)

Thailand announces new senate, replacing army-appointed lawmakers (Reuters)

Temu, SKIMS, Fashion Nova: Fast fashion brands score zero on human rights and environmental policies (Euronews)

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July 11, 2024

Uganda rights activists file appeal against ruling on anti-LGBTQ law (Reuters)

UN Expert on Climate Change and Human Rights Sees ‘Crucial and Urgent Demand’ to Clarify Governments’ Obligations (Katie Surma, Inside Climate News)

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July 12, 2024

Nigeria’s government found guilty of human rights abuses during the EndSARS protests (CNN)

Ecuador NGO report identifies 45 human rights violations by public officials under executive decree 111 (Jurist News)

Civil rights groups call for DOJ probe on police response to campus protests (USA Today)

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July 13, 2024

UN chief says Israel is forcing Gazans 'to move like human pinballs,' urges funds (Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press via ABC News)

UN mission to Libya calls for immediate release of detained journalist (Reuters)

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July 14, 2024

UN human rights agency calls for study on plastic pollution (The Star)

Italian tax police free 33 Indian workers from ‘slave-like’ conditions on farms (AP News)

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