November 24-30, 2025: Week in Review

December 1, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Statelessness in the 21st Century: Legal Gaps and Human Costs by Sheikh Sibghat Ullah

The Rise in Racial Tension and Growing Anti-immigration Sentiment in the United Kingdom by Natalie Bello, PhD

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HRRC News Briefs

Red Cross to Cut Nearly 3,000 Jobs Due to Reduced Aid Funding by Vera Rousseff

"Simplificaiton" of EU digital regulations risks sacrificing rights in global AI race by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

Algerian human rights defender Ali Mammeri sentenced to 15 years in prison by Peter Clarkin, MA

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

November 24, 2025

Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria - reports (BBC News)

Zambia: Hope in the fight against gender-based violence (Deutsche Welle)

Why experts say a white nationalist rally in London, Ont., this past weekend won't be the last (CBC Canada)

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: US-backed aid company shutters operations (Le Monde)

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November 25, 2025

Increasing Israeli attacks killing civilians in Lebanon (UN OHCHR)

EU nations must recognise gay marriages recorded in member states, court rules (France24)

ICC Urged to Probe Alleged Killings After Tanzania Election (Bloomberg)

Tracking Palestinian, Israeli deaths since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect (CBC Canada)

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November 26, 2025

Trump yanks G20 invitation from South Africa over false genocide claims (Al Jazeera)

US group sues Apple over Congo conflict minerals (Reuters)

Guinea-Bissau soldiers say they have seized power days after national elections (PBS News)

16 days of activism against GBV: Electoral watchdog warns of rising digital political violence as Southern Africa’s electoral space remains hostile to women (New Zimbabwe)

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November 27, 2025

Tunisia frees outspoken lawyer Sonia Dahmani after 18 months in jail (France24)

Myanmar junta pardons thousands ahead of disputed election (Reuters)

US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting (BBC News)

Govt vows to end digital violence against women (News Diggers Zambia)

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November 28, 2025

UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia (The Independent UK)

ICC judges reject request to release ex-Philippine President Duterte from custody (PBS News)

UN warns on voter surveillance ahead of Myanmar election (Reuters)

Maduro ramps up repression in Venezuela as he faces growing threats abroad (CNN)

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November 29, 2025

Russia bans Human Rights Watch in widening crackdown on critics (Al Jazeera)

Dictatorship-era army officers and supporters rally in Argentina in latest sign of political shift (AP News)

Palestinian death toll surpasses 70,000 since start of Israel-Hamas war, Gaza ministry says (PBS News)

Germany’s far-right AfD sets up youth wing, drawing thousands of demonstrators (France24)

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November 30, 2025

Norway's $2.1 Trillion Fund Backs Microsoft in Human Rights Vote (Bloomberg)

Tanzania intensifies crackdown on social media users, as US issues fresh travel advisory (The Star Kenya)

Israel attacks on Syria: What happened, who did Israel claim it was after? (Al Jazeera)

During the war in Gaza, Israel drastically changed the map of the West Bank (NPR)

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