February 3-9, 2025: Week in Review

February 10, 2025

Read our latest publications

Privatized Healthcare in the United States by Nathalie Gullo

Climate-Induced Displacement: Establishing Legal Protections for Climate Refugees by Megan Scopp, LLM

Find Your Support Network: Where to Turn If You're Facing Deportation or Have Been Deported from the United States by Paula Folino Juanola, MA

The Human and Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence by Suyash Pasi, MA

Shattered Innocence: Ecuador’s Growing Crisis of School Sexual Violence Against Girls by Sarisha Harikrishna

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Observances

February 1st - Black History Month (Begins)

February 1st - World Interfaith Harmony Week (Begins)

February 6th - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

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News Briefs

The Myanmar government gets ready for "violent, messy" elections four years after the coup

Uganda's Supreme Court bans military trials of civilians

The Hague Group: Global South Nations Unite for Palestine

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

February 3, 2025

Why Sudanese Democracy Activists Are Now Backing the Army (Foreign Policy)

Taiwan bans government departments from using DeepSeek AI (Reuters)

Government agencies scrub LGBTQ web pages and remove info about trans and intersex people (NBC News)

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February 4, 2025

Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body and halt to funding for Palestinian refugees (AP News)

A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia, with human rights groups sounding the alarm (ABC News)

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds (UN News)

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February 5, 2025

Philippines urged to end the use of anti-terrorism laws against human rights activists (Jurist News)

More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak (BBC News)

Guatemala agrees to increase number of US deportation flights it accepts (Al Jazeera)

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February 6, 2025

Israel to stop engagement with UN human rights council, alleging bias (Reuters)

Global: Google’s shameful decision to reverse its ban on AI for weapons and surveillance is a blow for human rights (Amnesty International)

UN Censors Criticism of Saudi Arabia at Internet Conference (Human Rights Watch)

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February 7, 2025

El Salvador: Ratification of the constitutional reform deepens the risk of human rights abuses (Amnesty International)

HC Türk on DRC: “The risk of escalation throughout the sub-region has never been higher.” (OHCHR)

Business and human rights: growing pressure to root out modern slavery in supply chains (International Bar Association)

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February 8, 2025

Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza (AP News)

Middle East: Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners freed (DW News)

Trump's idea to relocate Palestinians from Gaza could worsen humanitarian crisis: Experts (ABC News)

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February 9, 2025

Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees (Al Jazeera)

UN humanitarian chief says Gaza ceasefire has averted famine but any truce collapse brings danger (AP News)

Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush (Reuters)

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