September 8-14, 2025: Week in Review

September 15, 2025

Explore Our Latest Publications

Migrant Justice is Climate Justice: Dangers of Securitized Migration Narratives by Miracle Tapia

Conditional Belonging: How Connecticut's Legal System Shapes Undocumented Immigrants' Well-Being by Yair Guijosa-Torres

Health Behind Bars by Nandhini Devaraj, MS

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HRRC News Briefs

Zambia Faces Mounting Scandals Over Lead and Copper Mining Disasters by Aamnah Fatima Khan

New UN Report Accuses Sudan’s RSF of Crimes Against Humanity by Vera Rousseff

Burkina Faso passes law criminalising consensual same-sex relations by Peter Clarkin, MA

Justice for slain journalist Marie Colvin as Syria’s al-Assad is issued arrest warrant for her murder by Devin Windelspecht, MSc

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

September 8, 2025

Canada’s response to the war in Gaza raises questions about its commitment to human rights and justice (The Toronto Star)

Israel Destroys Gaza Human Rights Group’s HQ, Days After It Was Sanctioned by US (truthout)

Lawyers caught in Turkey's crackdown on opposition (AL-Monitor)

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September 9, 2025

UN chief Guterres condemns Israeli strikes on Qatar (Reuters)

At least 60 people killed in DRC after ISIL-linked attack on funeral (Al Jazeera)

Peru accused of violating human rights after government rejects reserve for uncontacted people (The Guardian)

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September 10, 2025

Capitol Police arrest 14 taking part in housing protest (The Hill)

Hong Kong lawmakers reject a bill recognizing same-sex partnerships (AP News)

Jihadists 'summarily executed' 127 people in Niger, says rights group (BBC News)

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September 11, 2025

As fighting escalates, kidnappings of aid workers surge in South Sudan (AP News)

Licence cancellations of migrant work visas double (BBC News)

Why is Gen Z protesting in Nepal? (Al Jazeera)

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September 12, 2025

UN urges UK government to scrap welfare cuts over human rights concerns (The Independent)

UN expert calls for stronger protections for Indigenous Peoples in Botswana (OHCHR)

Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants (AP News)

Taliban clampdown on women forces UN to close aid centres for Afghan returnees (Reuters)

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September 13, 2025

Growing protests pose the most serious challenge yet to Serbia’s populist president (AP News)

Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march in New Zealand's biggest city (Reuters)

Police deploy pepper spray but fears of brawls between activists fail to materialise on Australia’s day of protests (The Guardian)

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September 14, 2025

North Korea executing people for distributing K-dramas, UN warns (The Independent)

Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments in current political climate (AP News)

Exclusive: Young activists who toppled Nepal's government now picking new leaders (Reuters)

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