- Human Rights Research Center
October 16-22, 2023: Week in Review
October 23, 2023
Publications
“The Big Family Gathering” LGBTQ+ Rights and Persecution in Türkiye
Violence Against Women During Extreme Weather Events: Bangladesh
By Xinyu Zheng
News Briefs
October 18, 2023 - Japanese Court Strikes Down Mandatory Transgender Sterilization Requirement
October 13, 2023 - Activists Protest US Response at UNHRC Periodic Review
Other Notable Stories
October 16, 2023
By Delphine Luneau, Human Rights Campaign
October 17, 2023
Myanmar: Airstrike on Village an Apparent War Crime
By Human Rights Watch
October 19, 2023
First U.S. deportation flight lands in Venezuela under new Biden crackdown
By Liliana Salgado and Daniel Becerril, Reuters
October 19, 2023
Iran’s Mahsa Amini awarded EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
By Deepa Parent, The Guardian
October 19, 2023
Attacks on health care facilities have increased in past decade, human rights groups say
By Lauren Dunn, NBC News
October 19, 2023
Commission finds Canadian mining practices could violate Southeast Alaska tribes’ human rights
By Sage Smiley, KSTK - Wrangell, Alaskan Public Media
October 20, 2023
Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
By UN News