September 2 - 8, 2024: Week in Review

September 9, 2024

Read our latest publications:

Expanding the Right to Health in the United States by Sydney Sanders

Nomadic Lives Series: The Implications of the Darfur Genocide for Nomadic People by Tom Shacklock, MSc

The Writing is on the Wall: Genocide Approaches the West Bank by Anonymous

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International Observances

September 5, 2024 - International Day of Charity

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News Briefs

September 6, 2024 - Human Rights and Science Perspectives Necessary for Addressing Climate Change

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

September 2, 2024

Mongolia: Arrest Putin (Human Rights Watch)

What will Bangladesh's post-Hasina era look like? (DW News)

Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs (World Meteorological Organization)

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September 3, 2024

New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis (UN News)

More than 100 killed in attempt to escape DRC’s largest prison (The Guardian)

Starvation crisis of ‘historic proportions’ in Sudan, aid groups warn (Al Jazeera)

Border crackdown: Canada turning away more foreigners (Reuters)

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September 4, 2024

Human rights commission calls on El Salvador to end state of emergency (Reuters)

With New Taliban Manifesto, Afghan Women Fear the Worst (The New York Times)

Human rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests (NBC News)

Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees’ human rights and EU funds paid for it (AP News)

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September 5, 2024

Uganda: 72 arrests in August alone as authorities continue to crack down on human rights defenders opposing oil development projects (International Federation for Human Rights)

Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order (AP News)

Emboldened by Supreme Court, California turns to police in homeless crisis (Reuters)

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September 6, 2024

UN human rights experts deeply concerned over repression of dam protests and Chinese hydropower policies in Tibet (International Campaign for Tibet)

Algeria election to take place amid ‘steady erosion of human rights’ (The Guardian)

Saudi Arabia: Authorities hosting Internet Governance Forum while imprisoning online critics exposes deep hypocrisy (Amnesty International)

Terrorism and human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights Council via ReliefWeb)

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September 7, 2024

Brazil’s human rights minister sacked over sexual harassment allegations (Tiago Rogero and Tom Phillips, The Guardian)

At least five killed as ethnic violence flares in India’s Manipur (Al Jazeera)

Gaza enters its 2nd school year without schooling. The cost could be heavy for kids’ futures (Wafaa Shurafa & Lee Keath)

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September 8, 2024

History-making Refugee Paralympic Team shows the power of sport to inspire (UNHCR)

Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum (Ana Cantero & Vivian Sequera, Reuters)

India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism (Mukul Kesavan, The Guardian)

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