June 30-July 6, 2025: Week in Review

July 7, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Conversion Therapy in the U.S. by Nathalie Gullo

The SAVE Act & Its Threat to Disenfranchise Americans by Abigail Stofer

Books Deemed Unfit to Serve: Almost 400 Books Purged from Naval Academy Library by Lily Marino

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: A Feminist Critique of the International Criminal Court’s Failure to Prosecute Sexual and Gender-Based Violence by Sarisha Harikrishna

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HRRC News Briefs

Police Brutality Unleashed on Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Sydney by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Abusive treatment of migrant workers in Taiwan's semiconductor factories by Peter Clarkin, MA

On the heels of Russia-style Foreign Agent Law, new restrictions continue to strangle the free press in Georgia by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

Venezuela Faces Global Condemnation Over Escalating Human Rights Abuses by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

June 30, 2025

US skips global UN meeting aimed at raising trillions of dollars to combat poverty (The Boston Globe)

How Trump's culture war puts LGBTQ+ community under pressure (Deutsche Welle)

Seven killed during Togo protests, civil society groups say (Reuters)

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July 1, 2025

Aid, human rights groups call for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's closure (United Press International)

U.N. warns of worsening human rights conditions in Venezuela (United Press International)

Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts, study says (Le Monde)

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July 2, 2025

United Nations: World will have to learn to live with heatwaves (AP News)

In Hungary, a decade of dismantling asylum rights (Le Monde)

Exclusive: Rwanda exercises command and control over M23 rebels, say UN experts (Reuters)

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July 3, 2025

Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis (AP News)

UN appoints Mexican diplomat as new chief of shrinking Haiti office (UN News)

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July 4, 2025

UN council rejects Eritrea's bid to end human rights probe (Reuters)

Dozens killed in Gaza as the UN says hundreds have died while seeking aid near sites run by U.S. group (PBS News)

Europe's human rights watchdog concerned over use of force against Serbia anti-corruption protesters (The Atlanta Journal-Consortium)

Austria becomes first EU country to resume deportations of refugees to Syria (Le Monde)

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July 5, 2025

Fleeing, injured, and forgotten in Poland's border forest (Deutsche Welle)

UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ Russian drone assault on Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

U.S. completes deporting 8 men from various nations to South Sudan after weeks of legal battles (PBS News)

More than 20 arrests at protest in support of Palestine Action after UK ban comes into effect (AP News)

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July 6, 2025

The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Refugee Nation (The New York Times)

Iran tells millions of Afghans to leave or face arrest on day of deadline (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan: Russia recognizes the Taliban government (Deutsche Welle)

Dalai Lama, a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance, turns 90 (AP News)

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