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Turkey in Turmoil: Turkey’s Largest Protests in a Decade Met with Brutal Repression
April 2, 2025 HRRC condemns the arrests and harassment of protestors and journalists by the Turkish government under President Erdoğan....
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Apr 2, 20254 min read
Holding Power to Account: The ICC’s Step Toward Justice for LGBTIQ+ Rights in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
Author: Irem Cakmak, LLM April 2, 2025 Image by PradeepGaurs Introduction Afghanistan has experienced prolonged periods of instability ,...
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Apr 2, 202514 min read
Crackdown on journalists raises press freedom concerns in Pakistan
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan April 1, 2025 HRRC strongly condemns the crackdown on press freedom in Pakistan, including arbitrary arrests...
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Apr 1, 20253 min read
Hidden Hands: Unveiling the Global Crisis of Child Labor
Author: Ivan Francis April 1, 2025 View the interactive visual report here on Tableau. Downloadable Version Below. Glossary Bonded Child...
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Apr 1, 20254 min read
March 24 - March 30, 2025: Week in Review
March 31, 2025 Read our latest publications Big Tech’s Shift to the Right by Suyash Pasi, MA The Scandal of a Slave Market in Libya by...
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Mar 31, 20252 min read
Big Tech’s Shift to the Right
Author: Suyash Pasi, MA March 28, 2025 Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk at Trump’s inauguration on January 21, 2025. [Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson] Introduction Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration was attended by some of the most prominent tech leaders in America, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zukerberg, and Sundar Pichai. Notably, many of these figures expressed ambivalence or even spoke against Trump during his first t
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Mar 28, 20258 min read
The fight to protect the indigenous inhabitants of Ecuador
Author: Peter Clarkin, MA March 28, 2025 HRRC strongly condemns the forced contact with indigenous groups in Ecuador. The landmark ruling...
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Mar 28, 20253 min read
The Scandal of a Slave Market in Libya
Author: Zeinab Abulhul March 26, 2025 [Image Source: Modern Slavery Goes Beyond the Libya Slave Trade ] In 2017, the shocking revelation...
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Mar 26, 202513 min read
Enforced Disappearance of Activist Idrissa Barry in Burkina Faso: A Human Rights Concern
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan March 25, 2025 HRRC strongly condemns the enforced disappearance of activist and journalist Idrissa Barry. The...
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Mar 25, 20253 min read
Tracking Women's Rights in Rwanda: A History of Progress?
Author: Nelson Kalberer March 25, 2025 image source: https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/migration/rw/RW_Gende-Equality-St...
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Mar 25, 202520 min read
Indonesia Expands Military’s Role in Civilian Affairs, Raising Alarms Over Democratic Rights
Author: Aamnah Fatima Khan March 21, 2025 HRRC strongly condemns the Indonesian government's expansion of military influence in civilian...
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Mar 21, 20253 min read
Whistleblower Pamela Mabini Murdered in South Africa
Author: Aisha Noor March 21, 2025 HRRC condemns the violent murder of community activist Pamela Mabini who suffered a fatal gunshot...
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Mar 21, 20252 min read
Potential U.S. cobalt deal in DRC comes with many risks
Author: Peter Clarkin, MA March 20, 2025 HRRC strongly believes that while security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be...
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Mar 20, 20253 min read
Silencing Critics by Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: What Li Yixue Has Been Through
Author: Xun Jia March 20, 2025 Local and central authorities in China have used involuntary psychiatric treatment for decades to...
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Mar 20, 20254 min read
The Disenfranchisement of the Chagossian People on the Future of the Chagos Archipelago
Author: Robert Beltran, LLM March 19, 2025 Colonial History Strategically located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the Chagos...
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Mar 19, 202517 min read