June 17 - 23, 2024: Week in Review

June 24, 2024

Read our latest publications:

Data Privacy and its Impact on Democracy (Audio and Transcription) by Nicole Mendez

Sovereignty and God’s Law: Anti-Choice Violence is a Larger Warning from the American Far-Right by Renee D. Jean

The West African Coup Belt and its Waning Humanitarian Situation - Part 3 by Fahad Mirza

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International Observations

June 18, 2024 - International Day for Countering Hate Speech

June 19, 2024 - Juneteenth and International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

June 20, 2024 - World Refugee Day

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News Briefs

June 17, 2024 - Brazilian Children’s Photos Used Without Consent to Develop AI Tools

June 19, 2024 - Juneteenth and the Continued Project for "Black Freedom"

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

June 17, 2024

Gender apartheid must be recognized as a crime under international law (Amnesty International)

Introducing the Symposium on AI and Human Rights (Just Security)

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June 18, 2024

China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups (The Guardian)

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages (AP News)

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June 19, 2024

India's human rights body calls for scrutiny of Amazon warehouse labour practices (Reuters)

UN report: Israeli use of heavy bombs in Gaza raises serious concerns under the laws of war (United Nations)

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June 20, 2024

Conflict in Burkina Faso Jeopardizing Education (Human Rights Watch)

Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread (Reuters)

Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips (NPR)

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June 21, 2024

‘Groundbreaking’: How children in Hawaii won landmark climate case (Al Jazeera)

Namibia: Decision to overturn “sodomy” laws is a victory for human rights (Amnesty International)

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June 22, 2024

Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants (Kate Sullivan, CNN News)

Israel war on Gaza updates: Israel kills 101 Palestinians in 24 hours (Mersiha Gadzo and Urooba Jamal, Al Jazeera)

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June 23, 2024

'Everything is at stake' for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says (Aamer Madhani, Associated Press via ABC News)

Autocracy is 'evil', Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism (Ben Blanchard, Reuters)

Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting (Associated Press)

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