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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 19 March 2014

Crimea, Russia, Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, US, Azerbaijan, Venezuela & Syria

In today's Brief: Ultra-right Ukrainian party members beat TV chief and post the footage themselves; US boycotts drone discussions; Vietnam widens crackdown on speech; Crimea crisis; funeral of Reshat Ametov; Russia's crackdown at home; troops on way too CAR; Sri Lanka frees activists; Senegal's Quranic schools rife with abuse; plight of Somalis in Saudi; private probation 'unleashing misery' in US; lack of rights in Azerbaijan; Venezuela protests; and Syria.

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