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Photos of the Week: Dec. 5, 2022
Rights groups: Haitian gang violence has ‘disproportionate impact’ on women
Armed gangs are terrorizing poor areas of Port-au-Prince, and cholera has made its way back to the Caribbean nation as the gangs have blocked access to the main fuel terminal, preventing hospitals and water purification plants from operating normally.
Stories of released Ukrainian women make blood run cold, says archbishop
Speaking of the latest military attacks on Ukraine, the archbishop also reflected on a separate Russian weapon: sexual violence against Ukrainian women and families.
Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds norms on abortion for rape, incest
The May 24 court decision also reaffirmed a provision in the norm that allowed access to abortion for minors suffering sexual violence.
New rights report documents atrocities in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray
Some Catholic church sources from Ethiopia have corroborated a report by two international human rights groups detailing widespread abuses in the western part of the Tigray region.