December 5-11, 2022: Week in Review

December 12, 2022

News Highlights

December 6, 2022 - Iran Claims Intention to Review Hijab Law and Abolish Morality Police

December 6, 2022 - Indonesia Passes Law Significantly Rolling Back Human Rights

December 7, 2022 - Record Number of Colombian Activists Murdered This Year

December 9, 2022 - Germany's Parliament Declares the Holodomor Famine in Ukraine a Genocide

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Other Notable Stories

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December 5, 2022

Ban Taliban from the Olympic Movement

By Human Rights Watch

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December 6, 2022

How Dictatorships Exploit Human-Rights Law

By The Wall Street Journal

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December 7, 2022

Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war -UN report

By Michael Shields, Reuters

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December 8, 2022

Human Rights Watch Statement on Coup in Peru

By Human Rights Watch

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December 9, 2022

UN human rights chief vows to follow up with China on abuse concerns

By Emma Farge, Reuters

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December 10, 2022

Civil society calls on Rishi Sunak to commit to keeping Human Rights Act

By Haroon Siddique, The Guardian

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December 10, 2022

A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia

By Yamini Mishra, Al Jazeera