October 13-19, 2025: Week in Review
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October 20, 2025
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Counting the Cost: The Environmental Toll on Ukraine from the Russian Invasion by Anonymous HRRC Contributor
Shorelines of Exclusion: Islands’ Role in the Politics of Migration by Abigail Stofer
Illicit Affairs: How Smuggling Networks Shape Migrant Experience on the Balkan Route by Madi Carpenter
HRRC News Briefs
EU Bans Pesticides at Home, Exports Them to the Global South by Vera Rousseff
Microsoft urged to end business ties with the Israeli military by Peter Clarkin, MA
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire prompts fresh calls for access to Gaza for foreign journalists by Devin Windelspecht, MSc
Chief Justice of India Calls for Stronger Laws to Protect Girls, Condemns FGM as Grave Human Rights Violation by Aamnah Fatima Khan
Other Breaking Human Rights News
October 13, 2025
Mexico City's 'Trump refugees' cause housing crisis (Deutsche Welle)
October 14, 2025
Supreme Court gender ruling risks leaving trans people in ‘intermediate zone’ and could breach ECHR, UK warned (The Independent UK)
Colombia: Attack on Venezuelan human rights defender condemned (Amnesty International)
October 15, 2025
UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency (AP News)
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People (The New York Times)
India's pollution refugees fleeing Delhi's toxic air (AFP via Yahoo News)
October 16, 2025
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate 122 European officials for crimes against humanity in Mediterranean (AP News)
October 17, 2025
UN calls for surge in Gaza aid, Israeli restrictions remain (Deutsche Welle)
October 18, 2025
Filipinos abroad: A hard life (Deutsche Welle)
October 19, 2025
Gaza authorities flag missing organs, signs of torture on Palestinian bodies returned by Israel (The New Indian Express)