February 10-16, 2025: Week in Review

February 17, 2025

Read our latest publications

Mass Incarceration in the United States: A Historical Context by Tara Zhang

Survivors’ Stories: Human Rights Abuses in South Kordofan, Sudan by Masoumeh Rahimi, LLM

Child Labor in Perfume Production by Jasmyn J. Tang, MPH

A New Form of Slavery: Cyber Slavery in Southeast Asia by Esther Annorzie

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Observances

February 12th - International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism

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News Briefs

Tragedy in Libya: Mass Graves Expose Ongoing Migrant Crisis

901 People Executed in Iran in 2024

Human Rights Defenders and Activists Accused of Funding Terrorism in the Philippines

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

February 10, 2025

UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees (UN News)

European rights chief presses Greece on deadly migrant shipwreck as questions remain (ABC News)

US: Lifesaving Programs Remain Suspended Despite Waivers (Human Rights Watch)

Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labour and unwanted marriages (The Conversation)

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February 11, 2025

Canada and Japan sign Council of Europe’s first ever global treaty on AI (Council of Europe)

“Kids You Throw Away”: New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults (Human Rights Watch)

European Human Rights Court To Examine ‘Pushbacks’ To Belarus (Forbes)

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February 12, 2025

Bangladesh: UN report finds brutal, systematic repression of protests, calls for justice for serious rights violations (UN News)

Brazil’s Lula backs oil exploration in the Amazon ahead of hosting UN climate talks (AP News)

Minister Joly announces support for digital security of human rights defenders (Government of Canada)

India must uphold human rights and end violence in Manipur, rights advocates say (Jurist News)

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February 13, 2025

African leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance (Reuters)

Hamas says it is willing to move ahead with Gaza ceasefire (Reuters)

U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama (The New York Times)

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres (BBC News)

The Targeted Chaos of Trump’s Attacks Against International Human Rights Law and Justice (ACLU)

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February 14, 2025

China rights monitors suspend work, lay off staff after U.S. aid freeze (Reuters)

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives? (AP News)

JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech (Politico Europe)

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February 15, 2025

Three Israelis and 369 Palestinians released after week of ceasefire tensions (The Guardian)

Senior UN peacekeeper injured in convoy attack in Lebanon (BBC News)

Thousands mark Serbian Statehood Day with mass protest against corruption (France 24)

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February 16, 2025

RSF escalates attacks on Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam refugee camp (Al Jazeera)

M23 rebels advance into eastern Congo's strategic city of Bukavu (Reuters)

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