September 29-October 5, 2025: Week in Review

October 6, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Militarization Eroding Democracy: Ecuador’s Internal Armed Conflict by Santino Calcagno

Invisible Chains: Mapping the Global Scourge of Human Trafficking by Ivan Francis, MS

Immigration in the United States and the Callous Policies of the New Administration by Natalie Bello, PhD

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HRRC News Briefs

Protests Erupt in Argentina After Brutal Narco-Femicide Case by Vera Rousseff

Slovakia approves "traditional" constitutional amendment in threat to LGBTQ+ community by Peter Clarkin, MA

Banks and Corporations Linked to Migrant Worker Abuse in Saudi Green Energy Projects by Aamnah Fatima Khan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

September 29, 2025

Asia's Gen Z rises up against entrenched political elites (Le Monde)

Morocco squashes youth-led protesters over health, education (Reuters)

Young Peruvians clash with police in anti-government protests (BBC News)

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September 30, 2025

Immigrants held for weeks in solitary confinement at Mass. jails, report says (Axios)

Federal judge rules Trump unconstitutionally targeted Gaza war protesters for deportation (PBS News)

'Like ice melting': Journalists warn press freedom is in decline across Asia (NPR)

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October 1, 2025

UN Security Council approves larger international force to combat gangs in Haiti (PBS News)

Former Congolese president sentenced to death for war crimes (BBC News)

PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries' (NPR)

Journalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure (AP News)

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October 2, 2025

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders staffer (Le Monde)

Eight killed in protests in Pakistan's Kashmir (Reuters)

Asylum seekers deported to France live in fear of smugglers’ reprisals (The Guardian)

‘3 million Kashmiris…’: Pakistan crackdown in PoK raised at UNHRC amid fresh deaths (The Hindustan Times)

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October 3, 2025

Behind the Gen Z protesters who want to force Madagascar's president from power (BBC News)

Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants (PBS News)

UN urges Nicaragua to account for over 120 people forcibly disappeared since 2018 (Reuters)

PFAS: Battle in Brussels over acceptable daily intake standards for forever chemical TFA (Le Monde)

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October 4, 2025

Afghanistan: Relentless repression continues over four years into Taliban's rule (Le Monde)

‘People are dying’: Belarusians warn Lukashenko’s crackdown is far from over (The Guardian)

Watch: Protesters attempt to storm Georgia's presidential palace (BBC News)

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October 5, 2025

TikTok gets its Indonesian operating license back after giving government data from protests (AP News)

Beijing bans 'negative emotions' on social media (Le Monde)

What to expect as negotiations between Israel and Hamas get underway in Egypt (PBS News)

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