December 23 - December 29, 2024: Week in Review

December 30, 2024

Read our latest publications

Chains of Silence: Unraveling the Reality of Arbitrary Detentions in Myanmar by Shirley Lin

Nigeria’s Christian Genocide: Is America’s Inaction Tacit Culpability? by Dr. Rich Quinlan

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International Observances

December 25th - Christmas Day

December 25th - Hanukkah (begins)

December 26th - Kwanzaa (begins)

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News Briefs

Genocide in Gaza and Israel's Crime of Extermination

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 23, 2024

Georgia: Brutal Police Violence Against Protesters (Human Rights Watch)

China: Five years on, activists jailed in ‘cruel’ 2019 crackdown must be released (Amnesty International)

China imposes ‘countermeasures’ after Canada’s sanctions over human rights (Radio Free Asia)

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December 24, 2024

Syria: UN health agency launches $56.4 million appeal to meet critical needs (UN News)

UNHCR scales up response for Sudanese refugees arriving in Libya amid growing humanitarian needs [EN/AR] (Relief Web)

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December 25, 2024

Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024 (CNN)

Vietnam's restrictive internet law comes into force (Deutsche Welle)

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December 26, 2024

Commission on China: Severe Human Rights Violations in Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet)

Germany: Significant changes for refugees and asylum seekers in 2024 (Info Migrants)

Sudan’s war came to represent the worst of humanity (Al Jazeera)

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December 27, 2024

Kenya human rights groups raise concerns over abductions of government critics (Africa News)

Rohingya refugees in India struggle for children's future (Deutsche Welle)

Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025 (The Guardian)

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December 28, 2024

FIFA has a human rights policy, so how could it award Saudi Arabia the 2034 soccer World Cup? (Japan Today)

Last hospital in northern Gaza out of service following raid (UN News)

LGBTQ rights, deepfake threats, falling fertility: Asia’s gender equality landscape in 2024 (South China Morning Post)

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December 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter’s Human Rights Legacy (Human Rights Watch)

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024 (Al Jazeera)

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