August 26 - September 1, 2024: Week in Review

September 2, 2024

Read our latest publications:

Bridging Narratives: A Tool for Tackling Conflict and Polarization by Tom Shacklock, MSc

An Overview of Human Rights Issues in Canadian Correctional Facilities by Lauren Salim, MA

The Eichmannian Ethics: Part One by Ashley Albritton, MA

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International Observances

August 26 - Women's Equality Day (United States)

August 30 - International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

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News Briefs

August 29, 2024 - Taliban Introduces Further Repressive Measures Against Women and Girls in Afghanistan

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

August 26, 2024

China steps up armed patrols on border as Myanmar conflict deepens (Al Jazeera)

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured (Human Rights Watch)

Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief (BBC News)

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August 27, 2024

UN calls out 'problematic' human rights policies in Xinjiang (VOA News)

Afghanistan: Repressive law must be immediately repealed (OHCHR)

Missing Cameroonian activist found in jail with signs of torture (Reuters)

The UN Cybercrime Convention: Analyzing the Risks to Human Rights and Global Privacy (Just Security)

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August 28, 2024

Israel launches major operation in West Bank; Palestinian medics say 10 killed (The Washington Post)

BJP Bengal strike: Protesters block train tracks, buses in eastern India (Reuters)

Maduro regime accused of kidnapping lawyer as Venezuela braces for protests (The Guardian)

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August 29, 2024

Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions (Human Rights Watch)

Americas: States must guarantee women’s right to search for missing and forcibly disappeared people without fear (Amnesty International)

‘Not a soul is left in my village’: the displaced Lebanese caught in crossfire on Israel border (The Guardian)

Court Orders South Korea to Take Stronger Action on Climate Change (The New York Times)

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August 30, 2024

Libya: UN report urges accountability for years of human rights violations in Tarhuna (OHCHR)

Denials of racism do not exempt the Dominican government from its human rights responsibilities (Amnesty International)

Russia jails journalist for spreading ‘fake news’ about army in Ukraine war (Al Jazeera)

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August 31, 2024

Child hunger reaches unprecedented levels in Gaza (Ghazal Golshiri, Le Monde)

Gabon marks year since 'coup of liberation' with celebrations, reform pledges (Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, Reuters)

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September 1, 2024

North Korean Olympian Selfies Spotlight Rights Crisis (Linda Yoon, Human Rights Watch)

Mass polio vaccine drive begins in Gaza with aim of reaching about 640,000 children (Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, AP News via PBS News)

Lack of food and water, ambulances blocked as Israel lays siege to Jenin (Al Jazeera)

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