June 2 - 8, 2025: Week in Review

June 9, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

The Illusion of Opportunity: Job Scams and the Exploitation of Vulnerable Job Seekers by Nandhini Devaraj, MS

Beyond the Barricades: Human Rights, Protest, and the Rule of Law in Georgia by Irem Cakmak, LLM

The U.S.'s Illegal Migrant Deportations to Panama by Danielle Castano, MA

Cults: The Exploitation and Abuse of Vulnerable Individuals by Ava Pakosta

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HRRC News Briefs

41 Executed in 3 Days: Iran’s Execution Spree Highlights Flawed Trials and Ethnic Targeting by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Germany's "Forgotten Genocide" - Namibia Marks Genocide Remembrance Day by Vera Rousseff

Global decline in workers’ rights causes alarm by Peter Clarkin, MA

On 36th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Hong Kong’s silence shows extent of China’s suppression of memory by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

June 2, 2025

At least 31 Palestinians were killed heading to a Gaza aid site, witnesses say. Israel denies responsibility (PBS News)

German court rejects key pillar of Merz’s asylum crackdown (Politico EU)

More white South Africans arrive in the US under a new refugee program (AP News)

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June 3, 2025

Europe's rights body says Hungary's transparency bill threatens human rights (Reuters)

Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo executed civilians, Human Rights Watch says (Reuters)

Tanzanian lawmaker’s church shut down after he accuses government of human rights abuses (AP News)

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June 4, 2025

Judge orders El Salvador human rights lawyer jailed for 6 months pending trial (AP News)

Making the case for housing as a human right (NPR)

Attack on Aid Convoy in Sudan Kills 5, U.N. Says (The New York Times)

UN demands probe after dozens of bodies found at Libya detention sites (CNN)

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June 5, 2025

State Department shifts $250 million from refugee aid to 'self-deportations' (Reuters)

New Zealand Maori MPs suspended for parliamentary haka protest (Al Jazeera)

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June 6, 2025

Deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to US to face charges (Al Jazeera)

UN human rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions on ICC judges (BBC News)

England’s High Court Warns Lawyers to Stop Citing Fake A.I.-Generated Cases (The New York Times)

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June 7, 2025

Thousands march through Rome demanding end to war in Gaza (PBS News)

Syria confirms closure of civil war-era desert camp, displaced return home (Al Jazeera)

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June 8, 2025

National Guard arrives in Los Angeles as fallout from immigration raids continues (MSN c/o LA Times)

Israel vows to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza (AP News)

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come (BBC News)

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