December 9 - December 15, 2024: Week in Review

December 16, 2024

Read our latest publications

Grassy Narrows: A Profound Account of Environmental Injustice and Human Rights Violations Affecting Indigenous Communities by Suriya Ragu

The Eichmannian Ethics: Part Three by Ashley Albritton, MLA

Silent Scars: Confronting Obstetric Violence in Argentina by Sarisha Harikrishna

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International Observances

December 9, 2024 - Prevention of Genocide

December 10, 2024 - Human Rights Day

December 12, 2024 - International Day of Neutrality

December 12, 2024 - International Universal Health Coverage Day

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News Briefs

Syria's Brutal Regime Under al-Assad Comes to an End

Lawsuits Allege Character.AI Encourages Self-Harm and Exposes Children to Explicit Content

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

December 9, 2024

Security Council hears of ongoing imperative to end violence in eastern DR Congo (UN News)

Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossings as Erdogan expects more to go home (AP News)

Niger: Prominent Civil Society Activist Arbitrarily Arrested (Amnesty International)

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December 10, 2024

Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test (Al Jazeera)

Georgia’s Human Rights Crisis Deepens Amid Mass Protests (Human Rights Watch)

Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’ (UN News)

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December 11, 2024

Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup host despite human rights concerns (The Guardian)

How LGBTQ Americans are preparing for another Trump term (CBS News)

Haiti: Justice and protection must follow reports of mass killing in Cité Soleil (Amnesty International)

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December 12, 2024

Syria: Post-Assad Transition Should Center Human Rights (Human Rights Watch)

Human Rights Watch warns of new threats to privacy, press freedom in El Salvador (Reuters)

UN General Assembly approves resolutions demanding Gaza ceasefire, more aid to Palestinian refugees (PBS News)

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November 13, 2024

Human rights situation in Ukraine deteriorates as attacks intensify amid ongoing persecution in Russian-occupied territories: OSCE human rights office (OSCE)

Türkiye: No Transparency on Earthquake Deaths Inquiry (Human Rights Watch)

Venezuela | Repression must stop and the will of people must be respected (International Service for Human Rights)

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December 14, 2024

Charting a path for global action on land and drought (UN News)

Assad is gone. Will Syrian refugees go home? (Vox)

Female Sudanese refugees face desperate times in Chad camps (Africa News)

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December 15, 2024

‘A huge regression’: Walmart’s DEI rollback incites new racial equity push (The Guardian)

Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike (Al Jazeera)

Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow (Reuters)

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