October 6-12, 2025: Week in Review

October 13, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

"Alligator Alcatraz": A Case Study in State-Run Detention and the Erosion of Human Rights by Danielle Castano, MA

Leveraging Starvation: Studying the Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid in a Political World` by Trisha Sayal

LA’s Tourism And The Underpaid Workers Behind It: A Local Community Organizer Shares The Biggest Challenges and Solutions by Ioana Podarita

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HRRC News Briefs

Iran Upholds Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani by Aamnah Fatima Khan

President of Madagascar Refuses to Resign Amidst Youth Protests by Vera Rousseff

Amid a renewed genocide in Sudan, ICC convicts past militant leader for war crimes in Darfur by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

October 6, 2025

UN rights body orders probe into human rights in Afghanistan, with a focus on women and girls (Toronto Star)

ICC finds Sudan militia chief guilty of crimes against humanity (Le Monde)

UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law (ABC News)

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October 7, 2025

Reactions to two-year anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel (Reuters)

Court releases Tunisian man sentenced to death after widespread criticism (Reuters)

How a Generation of Ukrainian Children Has Been Shaped by War (Newsweek)

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October 8, 2025

Activists warn Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes risk regional war (Al Jazeera)

At least 18 killed by military bombing at Myanmar Buddhist candlelight festival, human rights organization says (ABC News)

Madagascar president plans 'national dialogue' as protesters declare ultimatum (Reuters)

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October 9, 2025

A Deal Emerges for Peace in Gaza and the Release of Hostages (NPR)

L.A. County Considers Emergency Declaration Over Immigration Raids (The New York Times)

The new AI arms race changing the war in Ukraine (BBC News)

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October 10, 2025

Human Rights Watch refuses to accept donations from Aziz Ansari and other Riyadh comedy festival performers (The Independent)

Afghanistan: New restrictions on telecommunications raise further rights concerns, say UN experts (United Nations) 

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize (BBC News)

UN says 53 civilians killed during 3 days of attacks in and near el-Fasher camp in western Sudan (AP News)

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October 11, 2025

At least 60 killed in attack on Sudan's al-Fashir, activists say (Reuters)

Madagascar soldiers join youth-led demonstrations (Le Monde)

India is forcibly deporting Muslims, including its own citizens, after Kashmir violence (NPR)

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October 12, 2025

Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed (Reuters)

What does the ceasefire mean for the children of Gaza (ABC News)

Côte d'Ivoire's opposition repressed as presidential campaign begins (Le Monde)

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