Human Rights in the News: February 2025
/Welcome to the February 2025 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world.
Children at an IDP camp in Sudan (Credit: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)
UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan
Reuters | 27 February 2025
The UN World Food Programme has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in North Darfur as a result of escalating violence. UN human rights chief Volker Türk warns that the risk of atrocity crimes is increasing in the region.
X headquarters in downtown San Francisco (Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria)
German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
Reuters | 7 February 2025
Two German civil rights groups have won a case in court. X (formerly Twitter) was ordered to release records related to the spread of misinformation and disinformation ahead of the country’s February 23 parliamentary elections.
Donald Trump in the Oval Office (Credit: Shawn Thew/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump withdraws the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council
Deepa Shivaram | NPR | 4 February 2025
US President Donal Trump has signed an executive order pulling the United States out of the UN Human Rights Council. The same order also cut US funding for UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for providing aid to Palestinians.
A woman is fingerprinted as she registers with the UN Refugee Agency (Credit: Karel Prinsloo/AP Photo)
Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship
Human Rights Watch | 26 February 2025
Late last month, a court ruled in favor of thousands of Somali Kenyans. The government of Kenya had incorrectly registered thousands of ethnic Somali Kenyans as refugees, leaving them technically “stateless”. As a result, they were unable to open bank accounts, obtain drivers licenses, or access government benefits.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (Credit: Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
European court holds France accountable for death of anti-dam activist
RFI | 28 February 2025
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has condemned France for a 2014 law enforcement operation that killed a 21-year-old protester Rémi Fraisse. The court ruled that the country's use of a (now banned) stun grenade violated Fraisse’s right to life.
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