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April 7, 2025 - April 13, 2025: Week in Review
April 14, 2025 Read our latest publications From Leopold to Lumumba to "Blood Minerals": The Place of DR Congo in Global Human Rights...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 14, 20252 min read
Iran Executes Five Political Prisoners Over Political Dissent
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan April 11, 2025 HRRC condemns the Iranian regime’s execution of five political prisoners following sham trials...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 11, 20252 min read
From Leopold to Lumumba to "Blood Minerals": The Place of DR Congo in Global Human Rights Discourses
Author: Thomas Shacklock April 11, 2025 Laborers working at a coltan mine near Rubaya, eastern DRC (Baz Ratner/Reuters via CNN) For...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 11, 202512 min read
Lowering of legal marriage age further threatens Nepalese women
Author: Peter Clarkin, MA April 10, 2025 HRRC strongly condemns the plan to lower the legal marriage age in Nepal. The focus must be on...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 10, 20252 min read
The Role of Major Sporting Events in Human Rights Violations: FIFA, the Olympics, and Beyond
Author: Megan Scopp, LLM April 10, 2025 [Image source: Merca20] The Global Appeal and Hidden Costs of Mega-Sporting Events Mega-sporting...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 10, 202518 min read
Europol Coordinates Global Takedown of Major Child Exploitation Website in Record Operation
Author: Blene Woldeselasse, MSc April 9, 2025 HRRC condemns the exploitation of children. We applaud Europol and the 30 supporting...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 9, 20253 min read
Natural Disasters & People Protection: An Early Warning from an International Law Perspective
Author: Àlex Peralta Martínez, LLM April 9, 2025 [Image credit: KMC/Getty Images] Natural disasters: the new normal? With the global...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 9, 20258 min read
Germany's Dual Citizenship Debate Sparks Fears of Discrimination
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan April 8, 2025 HRRC condemns Germany’s proposed citizenship revocation law as discriminatory and a threat to...
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Apr 8, 20253 min read
Harnessing Technology to Safeguard Human Rights: AI, Big Data, and Accountability
Author: Theresa Adie, MS April 8, 2025 [Image credit: Shutterstock/ Smile Studio AP] Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) and big...
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Apr 8, 202517 min read
The Digital Age and the Escalation of Cyber Gender-Based Violence
Author: Antonia Vasileiadou April 7, 2025 [Image source: European Institute for Gender Equality I. Rising Threats of...
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Apr 7, 20259 min read
March 31, 2025 - April 6, 2025: Week in Review
April 7, 2025 Read our latest publications Hidden Hands: Unveiling the Global Crisis of Child Labor by Ivan Francis Holding Power to...
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Apr 7, 20252 min read
Myanmar Junta blocks medical aid and attacks relief workers during the earthquake crisis
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan April 4, 2025 HRRC denounces the Myanmar junta’s deliberate obstruction of earthquake relief efforts,...
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Apr 4, 20253 min read
Wang Xing's Nightmare: How Myawaddy Became a Hub of Fraud and Human Trafficking
Author: Shuning Chen, MA April 4th, 2025 Introduction The Thailand-Myanmar border has become a "lawless zone" for telecom fraud, where...
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Apr 4, 202512 min read
Cancellation of Better Work programme to hurt Cambodian factory workers
Author: Peter Clarkin, MA April 3, 2025 HRRC strongly opposes the decision of the U.S. Department of Labor to cancel the Better Work...
Human Rights Research Center
Apr 3, 20253 min read
Addressing Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar
Author: Shelley Nguyen April 3, 2025 [Image credit: Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun] Introduction Myanmar used to be well on its way to...
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Apr 3, 202511 min read