January 1-7, 2024: Week in Review

January 8, 2024

Read our latest publications:

• Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine by Yulia Korableva

• The Haitian Humanitarian Crisis Beyond Haiti: Analysing the Responsiblities of Caribbean States Towards Haitians Fleeing Crisis by Kalesh Loakman, LLM

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HRRC News Briefs

January 3, 2024 - Prominent Rights Lawyer Faces Brutality in Police Encounter in Cameroon

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

January 1, 2024

The forgotten human rights stories of 2023 – in pictures (Tom Levitt, The Guardian)

Israel-Hamas war: Hospitals facing ‘totally catastrophic’ situation (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

Nobel laureate Yunus convicted in Bangladesh labour law case (Ruma Paul, Reuters)

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January 2, 2024

Sudan's RSF open to talks on immediate ceasefire with army (Reuters)

Society Watch: Across the globe, indigenous rights are being trampled in lithium goldrush (Mark Hillsdon, Reuters)

Ukraine's Kyiv and Kharkiv hit by Russian strikes (Jessica Saltz, DW)

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January 3, 2024

Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty (Human Rights Watch)

UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas (Reuters)

Mexican authorities free 31 kidnapped migrants (Reuters)

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners in largest release of war (Al Jazeera)

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January 4, 2024

Myanmar's Annual Amnesty Criticized for Including Few Political Prisoners (Ingyin Naing, VOA News)

Iran targeted human rights sanctions series: Why are people and entities sanctioned for human rights abuses? (Celeste Kmiotek and Lisandra Novo, Atlantic Council)

The Promise and Risk of South Africa’s Case Against Israel (Alaa Hachem and Oona A. Hathaway, Just Security)

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January 5, 2024

Switzerland/Gambia: Jammeh-Era Crimes on Trial (Human Rights Watch)

A drug cartel has attacked a remote Mexican community with drones and gunmen, rights group says (Megan Janetsky, Associated Press via ABC News)

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January 6, 2024

Nigeria And India Do Not Make It As Countries Of Particular Concern (Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Thousands of opposition activists languish in prison as Bangladesh gears up for national election (AP News)

United Arab Emirates acknowledges mass trial of prisoners previously reported during COP28 (John Gambrell, Associated Press via ABC News)

An African gulag so ghastly that inmates risk death to escape (Katharine Houreld, The Washington Post)

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January 7, 2024

Norwegian mass killer attempts to sue the state once more for an alleged breach of human rights (Mark Lewis, AP News)

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