May 5, 2025 - May 11, 2025: Week in Review

May 12, 2025

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The Forgotten and the Framed: A Tale of Two Refugee Crises by Madeline Carpenter

Cotton and the Cost that Comes with it: The Case of Brazil and India by Mathilde Guenin, MA

Justice Denied: Torture and Arbitrary Detention in Libya by Zeinab Abulhul, PhD

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HRRC News Briefs

Teachers' Rights Trampled: Nepal's Violent Crackdown on Peaceful Protest Raises Serious Human Rights Concerns by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Malta’s Ombudsman Slams Blanket Gag on Teachers’ Free Speech as Breach of Democratic Norms by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Laos continues to neglect longstanding human rights issues by Peter Clarkin, MA

Amid declining press freedom globally, East African countries enter “very serious” territory by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

Human Rights under strain in Tripura: Border restrictions and healthcare neglect raise alarms by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

May 5, 2025

Amnesty International presses Ottawa to take action against U.S. on human rights (The Globe and Mail)

Netanyahu says Gaza population to be moved in intensive Israeli operation (Al Jazeera)

Israel bombs Yemen’s Hodeidah port after attack near Tel Aviv airport (Al Jazeera)

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May 6, 2025

Justice Denied: Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban to Take Effect (Human Rights Campaign)

Joint Letter to US Secretary of State for Vietnam Human Rights Day (PEN America)

Mexican judges say judicial reform violated human rights (Reuters)

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May 7, 2025

CPJ submit a joint report to UN ahead of Kuwait’s human rights review (Committee to Protect Journalists)

After the Fall of the Assad Regime, Syria’s Displaced Still Can’t Return Home (Human Rights First)

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May 8, 2025

Türk urges EU to protect landmark legislation on business and human rights (UN OHCHR)

Monitoring in motion for migrants in the Darien Gap (UN OHCHR)

UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples (UN News)

India/Pakistan: Urgent need to protect civilians amidst escalating hostilities (Amnesty International)

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May 9, 2025

Press freedom in Greece going 'from bad to worse,' Human Rights Watch report says (Euronews)

New Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Human Rights for Those Disappeared to Indefinite Incommunicado Detention in El Salvador (Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights)

UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People (Human Rights Watch)

Migrants, believed to be destined for Libya, sat on a bus for hours then abruptly returned to detention facility (CNN)

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May 10, 2025

Explosions reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire (Reuters)

Israeli airstrikes kill 23 people in Gaza as international outcry over aid blockade grows (PBS News)

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May 11, 2025

Ireland urges EU to review Israel deal over human rights violations (Middle East Eye)

Rights group urges Vietnam to release activist amid escalating crackdown on dissent (Jurist News)

New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights (The Conversation)

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