September 1-7, 2025: Week in Review

September 8, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

From Policy to Practice: How U.S. Legislation Limits Gender-Affirming Healthcare Access for Transgender Youth by Aleris Law and Lily Marino

Behind the Bubbles: Forced Labor in Europe’s Champagne Industry by Shirley Lin

What We Need to Learn from "Ocean" by David Attenborough by Kate Minichiello

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HRRC News Briefs

Exploitation in Pakistan’s Brick Kilns Exposed: Human Rights Study Reveals Grave Abuses by Aamnah Fatima Khan

India's salt-pan workers face punishing conditions to fulfil domestic and international demand by Peter Clarkin

Global press freedom organizations sound desperate call to action as number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza skyrockets by Devin Windelspecht, Msc

Protests Over Inequality and Perks Shake Indonesia as Police Accused of Rights Abuses by Aamnah Fatima Khan

Tigray on the Brink: Fears Grow Over Possible Resurgence of Conflict by Sibusiso Gugushe

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

September 1, 2025

Alarm in Texas as activist faces hate-crimes trial over anti-Israel graffiti (The Guardian)

Council of Europe delegation to visit jailed Turkish youth delegate (Turkish Minute)

The starvation of Gaza is a deliberate policy (Peace Research Institute Oslo)

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September 2, 2025

Iran: Authorities Unleash Wave of Oppression After Hostilities with Israel (Human Rights Watch)

IGP assures peaceful Akwatia by-election, says violence is “a thing of the past” (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)

How many people cross the Channel in small boats? (BBC News)

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September 3, 2025

It would be ‘a profound mistake’ to leave human rights treaty – Keir Starmer (The Independent)

Indonesia: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detention (Human Rights Watch)

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SRI LANKA AT 60TH SESSION  (Hiru News)

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September 4, 2025

Facing Discrimination? State Backlog May Delay Your Investigation By Years (Honolulu Civil Beat)

Iran: Missile Strikes on Israeli Civilians Likely War Crimes (Human Rights Watch)

Zambia: South African Firm Transferring Toxic Lead (Human Rights Watch)

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September 5, 2025

Fields of Fear: Militia attacks in Benue force women off farmlands (Premium Times Nigeria)

Police summon El-Rufai, ADC chieftains over Kaduna post-bye-elections violence (Premium Times Nigeria)

Jury trials, a critical part of democracy, are disappearing (The Conversation)

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September 6, 2025

US tells Kilmar Ábrego García he faces deportation to Eswatini (BBC News)

Inside the Raid: How a Monthslong Federal Immigration Operation Led to 475 Arrests at a Hyundai plant in Georgia (CNN)

Citizenship Tests Could Be About To Get Much Harder. Here’s What You Need to Know (Time)

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September 7, 2025

UN human rights chief condemns US sanctions on Palestine monitors, calls for withdrawal (Jurist)

Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit dies aged 106 (BBC News)

English Channel crossings pass 30,000 arrivals in record time (Perspective)

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