June 3 - 9, 2024: Week in Review

June 10, 2024

Read our latest publications:

University of California’s (UC) Decision on Undocumented Students by Jasmyn J. Tang, MPH

“Education is the right of all citizens of Afghanistan”: The Reconstruction Period in Afghanistan (2001-2021) and the Beginning of the Second Taliban Takeover by Cassandra Saunders

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International Observations

June 4, 2024: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5, 2024: World Environment Day

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

June 3, 2024

What was the ‘Khartoum Massacre’ marked by Sudan’s activists? (Al Jazeera)

A Myanmar Rebel Group Is Accused of Persecuting Rohingya (The New York Times)

Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees (The Guardian)

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June 4, 2024

Egypt: Opposition Leader Imprisoned (Human Rights Watch)

Claudia Sheinbaum projected to be Mexico's first woman president (CNN)

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June 5, 2024

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border (AP News)

Modi Wins 3rd Term in India Election With Closer Results Than Expected (The New York Times)

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June 6, 2024

China’s South Sea Aggression Is Backfiring (Foreign Policy)

Dozens reported killed in strike on Gaza school that Israel says targeted Hamas (Reuters)

Rwanda Policy Advice on Human Rights Court Unlawful, Union Says (Bloomberg News)

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June 7, 2024

Russia’s requests to block YouTube is ‘political censorship,’ says rights group (VOA News)

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown (ABC News)

Dozens killed near Sudan’s capital as UN warns of soaring displacement (Al Jazeera)

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June 8, 2024

Hungary: Orban challenger draws massive crowd on eve of vote (Deutsche Welles)

Four Israeli hostages rescued alive; at least 210 people killed in Gaza (The Washington Post)

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June 9, 2024

Death toll rises to 41 in attack on eastern Congo villages (Reuters)

Israel white phosphorous attacks on Lebanon harming people and ecosystem (Justin Salhani, Al Jazeera)

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