January 27-February 2, 2025: Week in Review
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COP29: The choice of host country repressed civil liberties for the third consecutive year by Emira Ben Amara
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Observances
January 27th: International Holocaust Rememberance Day
February 1: Black History Month (United States)
News Briefs
Other Breaking Human Rights News
January 27, 2025
Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead of human rights record review (Amnesty International)
How Meta Turned Its Back on Human Rights (Tech Policy Press)
China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar (AP News)
January 28, 2025
Tajikistan: Journalist Faces Prison on Undisclosed Charges (Human Rights Watch)
January 29, 2025
Refugee resettlement agencies scramble after Trump orders them to halt their federally funded work (AP News)
January 30, 2025
Immigrant Communities in Hiding: ‘People Think ICE Is Everywhere’ (The New York Times)
Northeast Syria: Apparent War Crime by Türkiye-Backed Forces (Human Rights Watch)
January 31, 2025
Pakistan’s favorable trade status depends on progress in human rights, media freedom, EU says (The Hill)
Myanmar: Four years on, coup leaders ramp up violations to unprecedented levels, UN finds (UN OHCHR)
February 1, 2025
Abrupt Collapse of USAID Would Put Human Rights of Millions at Greater Risk (Amnesty International)
Ukraine war briefing: Russian barrage hits Ukrainian residential and energy sites, killing at least 15 (The Guardian)
February 2, 2025
Trump administration ends temporary immigration program for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans (CBS News)