- Human Rights Research Center
November 13-19, 2023: Week in Review
November 20, 2023
Read our latest publications:
Enmeshment of Neurodiversity in Identity and Law by Bex Rose, LMHC
Killing of Civilians by Israeli Forces: Intentionality and Law by Anonymous
The Status of Religious Freedom in Iran by Fitzroy Lee
HRRC News Briefs
November 17, 2023 - Serious Abuses of Japanese Women in Prisons
Other Breaking Human Rights News
November 13, 2023
Philippine human rights campaigner granted bail (Reuters)
U.S. Gun Sale to Israeli Police Raises Human-Rights Concerns (Jared Malsin and Gordon Lubold, The Wall Street Journal)
November 14, 2023
Disinformation is setting us on a dark path. We need laws to protect us from billionaires, bigots, shysters and trolls (Alice Drury, The Guardian)
HRC’s 2023 Survey of Cities & Towns Shows Record Support for LGBTQ+ Residents, Despite Unprecedented Homophobic & Transphobic Rhetoric & Attacks by States (Laurel Powell, Human Rights Campaign)
November 15, 2023
The U.S. Touts Itself as a Global Leader in Human Rights. A New U.N. Report Says Otherwise. (Jamil Dakwar and Marwa Elessawy, ACLU)
Türk alarmed by reports of human rights abuses against Afghans forced to leave Pakistan (UN News)
November 16, 2023
Maldives File Declaration of Intervention in Myanmar Genocide Case at the International Court of Justice (Doughty Street Chambers)
World Court Rules Against Syria in Torture Case (Human Rights Watch)
November 17, 2023
UN Human Rights chief calls for independent investigation into Al-Shifa hospital claims (Andrew Carey and David Shortell, CNN)
Environmental groups urge funding halt for TotalEnergies' Mozambique project (Wendell Roelf, Reuters)
November 18, 2023
International backlash grows after move to strip Guatemalan president-elect's immunity (Brendan O'Boyle, Reuters)
November 19, 2023
U.S. lifts sanctions on Chinese police institute accused of human rights abuses (Emily Fang, NPR)
China: Allow Commemorations of ‘White Paper’ Protests (Human Rights Watch)