October 20-26, 2025: Week in Review
- Human Rights Research Center
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October 27, 2025
Explore Our Latest Publications

SIDS on the Frontline of Climate Justice by Irem Cakmak, LLM
The Crossroads of Justice: Our Infrastructural History, Environmental Racism, and the Climate Fight by Olivia Weninger
How Shrinking Refugee Funding Threatens Human Rights and Social Cohesion in the East and Horn of Africa by Ronald Nsubuga, MS
HRRC News Briefs
Concerns Mount Over Human Rights Amid Punjab’s Crackdown on TLP Protests by Aamnah Fatima Khan
French Bank BNP Paribas Linked to Human Rights Atrocities in Sudan by Vera Rousseff
Australian government reverses promise of guaranteed hours for Pacific workers by Peter Clarkin, MA
Murder of Turkish journalist drives calls for official investigation into political motives behind killing by Devin Windelspecht, MSc
Other Breaking Human Rights News
October 20, 2025
Gaza and Sudan show why detecting famine cannot just be left to AI (The Independent UK)
October 21, 2025
October 22, 2025
'We fear for our souls' - Nigerian farmers need armed guards to protect them from jihadists (BBC News)
Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation (AP News)
October 23, 2025
‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom (The Guardian)
October 24, 2025
October 25, 2025
‘We’ll march as many times as necessary’: Peru’s youth protesters defy state of emergency (The Guardian)
October 26, 2025
Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms (The New York Times)
