October 20-26, 2025: Week in Review

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

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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

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

October 20, 2025

USTR proposes 100% tariffs on Nicaraguan goods after finding labor abuses (Reuters)

Morocco unveils reforms to boost youth participation and address social unrest (Le Monde)

Gaza and Sudan show why detecting famine cannot just be left to AI (The Independent UK)

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October 21, 2025

Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases (NPR)

US and Belize sign ‘safe third country’ agreement for asylum seekers (Al Jazeera)

Kosovo offers to become first country to accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers (The Guardian)

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October 22, 2025

'We fear for our souls' - Nigerian farmers need armed guards to protect them from jihadists (BBC News)

Imprisoned journalists in Belarus and Georgia win top EU human rights award (Politico)

Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation (AP News)

Australia tells AI chatbot companies to detail child protection steps (Reuters)

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October 23, 2025

It's the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in decades; next year could be worse (NPR)

‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom (The Guardian)

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October 24, 2025

Gaza children dying as they wait for Israel to enable evacuations (BBC News)

At least 14 dead after migrant boat sinks off western Turkey (Reuters)

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children in child labour: Report (Al Jazeera)

EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules (AP News)

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October 25, 2025

Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship (BBC News)

Trump administration says it won't tap emergency funds to pay food aid (Politico)

Rubio seeks quick deployment of international force to police ceasefire in Gaza (Le Monde)

‘We’ll march as many times as necessary’: Peru’s youth protesters defy state of emergency (The Guardian)

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October 26, 2025

Venezuela condemns 'military provocation' by CIA and Trinidad and Tobago (Reuters)

Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing 3 and wounding 29 (ABC News)

Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms (The New York Times)

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