March 18 - March 24, 2024: Week in Review

March 25, 2024

Read our latest publications:

• Disproportionate Impact of Canadian Mining Corporations on Women Globally by Lauren Salim

• “Those Marginalized”: How social values affect LGBTQ+ legal rights differently in China and Taiwan by Vivian Sun

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HRRC News Briefs

March 18, - Chile's Deadly Wildfire Exposes Water Crisis

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

March 18, 2024

Famine in Gaza is imminent, with immediate and long-term health consequences (World Health Organization)

Putin extends his rule over Russia, claiming landslide win after election with no real opposition (Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News)

Gambia may become first nation to reverse female genital mutilation ban (CBS News)

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March 19, 2024

UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks (Al Jazeera)

US: Supreme Court Opens Door to Chaos, Abuse in Texas (Human Rights Watch)

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March 20, 2024

Yemen: STC must immediately release arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer amid fears for his health (Amnesty International)

Canada says Hong Kong's new security law does not safeguard human rights (Kanishka Singh, Reuters)

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs sweeping law that prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion at public schools and universities (Shirin Faqiri, CNN News)

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March 21, 2024

Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since (Maria Teresa Hernandez, AP News)

New Bill Would Protect Child Farmworkers in the US (Katherine La Puente, Human Rights Watch)

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task (AP News)

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March 22, 2024

Egypt Frees Last of Al Jazeera Journalists It Had Detained (Reuters via U.S. News)

Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, causing widespread outages (AP News via NPR)

in purple on International Women’s Day

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March 23, 2024

Captured Somali pirates arrive in India to face trial over ship hijacking (Al Jazeera)

Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms (John Yang, Harry Zahn and Andrew Corkery, PBS News)

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March 24, 2024

Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city (Sarah Dean, CNN News)

What is ISIS-K, the group that claims it carried out the Moscow concert attack? (Brian Mann, NPR)

World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease (Africa Renewal via UN News)

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