March 31, 2025 - April 6, 2025: Week in Review

April 7, 2025

Read our latest publications

Hidden Hands: Unveiling the Global Crisis of Child Labor by Ivan Francis

Holding Power to Account: The ICC’s Step Toward Justice for LGBTIQ+ Rights in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan by Irem Cakmak, LLM

Addressing Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar by Shelley Nguyen

Wang Xing's Nightmare: How Myawaddy Became a Hub of Fraud and Human Trafficking by Shuning Chen, MA

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Observances

March 4th - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

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HRRC News Briefs

Crackdown on journalists raises press freedom concerns in Pakistan by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Turkey in Turmoil: Turkey’s Largest Protests in a Decade Met with Brutal Repression

Cancellation of Better Work programme to hurt Cambodian factory workers by Peter Clarkin, MA

Myanmar Junta blocks medical aid and attacks relief workers during the earthquake crisis by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

March 31, 2025

A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.' (NPR)

WHO calls for urgent action on dementia among refugees and migrants (WHO)

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank (Al Jazeera)

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April 1, 2025

Myanmar: Allow Immediate Aid to Quake-Stricken Areas (Human Rights Watch)

Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador despite order barring removal to third countries (ABC News)

Myanmar: Inhumane Military Attacks in Earthquake Areas Hindering Relief Efforts (Amnesty International)

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April 2, 2025

Myanmar’s junta announces 3-week ceasefire to facilitate quake relief efforts (Radio Free Asia)

Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children (NPR)

Heading home: DRC’s conflict-displaced face spiking hunger and smashed lives (Relief Web)

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April 3, 2025

Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief appalled by widespread extrajudicial killings in Khartoum (OHCHR)

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza (UN News)

Nicaraguan officials committed ‘systematic repression,’ UN says (NBC News)

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April 4, 2025

Syria welcomes UN resolution to investigate human-rights violations (Reuters)

Philippines: State-sponsored online harassment has “chilling effect” on young human rights defenders (Amnesty International)

Judge rules Trump must return to US man wrongly deported to El Salvador (Al Jazeera)

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April 5, 2025

Pakistan plans to expel 3 million Afghans from the country (France 24)

Tibetan Religious Leader Dies under Suspicion during his Prolonged Detention in Chinese Custody (Central Tibetan Administration)

Tunisia dismantles sub-Saharan migrant camps and forcibly deports some (Reuters)

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April 6, 2025

Reporters Without Borders urges Dominica to investigate police attacks on journalists (Jurist News)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children (NPR)

Facing a government crackdown on dissent, Turkey’s protesters put aside their differences (AP News)

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