January 16-22, Week in Review

January 23, 2023

Publications

January 18, 2023 - The Troubling Silence Around America’s Presence in Somalia

By Dr. Richard Quinlan

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News Highlights

January 20, 2023 - Censorship Concerns Over UK Plan to End People-Smuggling on Social Media

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Other Notable Stories

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January 16, 2023

Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

By Abdirahim Saeed, BBC

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January 17, 2023

UK government blocks Scotland’s new gender recognition law

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN

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January 17, 2023

NGOs lament ‘human cost’ of Italy’s push to curb refugee arrivals

By Sanjana Varghese, Al Jazeera

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January 17, 2023

UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

By Al Jazeera

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January 17, 2023

Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees

By Human Rights Watch

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January 18, 2023

Iran protests: 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty

By Maryam Afshang, BBC

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January 19, 2023

Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel

By Jennifer Schuessler and Marc Tracy, The New York Times

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January 20, 2023

Afghanistan: Collapse of legal system is ‘human rights catastrophe’

By UN News

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January 22, 2023

Pope calls for end to violence in Peru, respect for human rights

By Reuters