June 16 - 22, 2025: Week in Review
- Human Rights Research Center
- Jun 23
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June 23, 2025
Explore Our Latest Publications

Rescued Victims from a Myanmar Scam Center Leads to a Humanitarian Crisis by Natalie Bello, PhD
The Impact of Undocumented Status and Skin Tone on Immigrant Mobility by Yair Guijosa-Torres
Stateless and Forgotten: A Visual Report by Mathilde Guenin, MA
Lost in Translation: Language Discrimination and the Human Right to Access by Olivia Weninger
HRRC News Briefs
Kenyan Police Violence Escalates against Protestors of Blogger’s Death in Custody by Aamnah Fatima Khan
Workers Left Behind as Major Fashion Brands Pursue Climate Pledges by Vera Rousseff
Democracy destroyed by ruling party in Burundi by Peter Clarkin, MA
As racially-motivated violence replaces sectarianism, Northern Ireland erupts into riots by Devin Windelspecht, MSc
Kuwait’s New Exit Permit Rule Deepens Grip on Migrant Workers by Aamnah Fatima Khan
Other Breaking Human Rights News
June 16, 2025
UN warns of starvation in ‘hunger hotspots’ (Al Jazeera)
June 17, 2025
Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears (UN News)
June 18, 2025
Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space crackdown (UN News)
DR Congo: M23 Armed Group Forcibly Transferring Civilians (Human Rights Watch)
Attacks on the Human Rights of migrants put all our rights at risk (Council of Europe)
VA hospitals remove politics and marital status from guidelines protecting patients from discrimination (The Guardian)
June 19, 2025
June 20, 2025
Myanmar: Stop Recruitment, Use of Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch)
EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza (The Guardian)
On World Refugee Day, States throughout the Americas must uphold the right to seek asylum (Amnesty International)
June 21, 2025
June 22, 2025
A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner’s promotion of atrocities in West Africa (AP News)