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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 1 June 2015

EU migrants, Rohingya; US surveillance; Yemen; Iraq; Egypt; Russia; Saudi Arabia

Over 100 LGBT activists in South Korea spent a week camping out in front of a Seoul police station to obtain a Pride Parade permit. The permit was denied, but the group's message is clear: South Korean officials must start respecting equality.
Cambodia has joined a long list of countries seeking to severely limit the rights of non-governmental organizations operating in the country, proving further that silencing the opposition is easier than answering its concerns.
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia continue as Russian media accuses Ukraine of ending rights protections in Crimea, as well as in other areas Ukraine no longer officially controls. But the truth has lessons for both parties.
From earlier today: Over 4200 people have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a record weekend for the EU's refugee crisis.
On the other side of the world, efforts to save Rohingya boat people are not evolving at a similar pace - the countries of southeast Asia and the UN are falling short in helping them - though the inability of state authorities to address root causes of the crisis seems familiar...
Bulk collection of all Americans’ phone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act has halted due to Congressional gridlock - the US Senate could not pass any legislation to either extend or reform the expiring provisions by the sunset deadline. Yet it is far from clear how the powers that expired today have been used or have been useful.
Banned cluster munitions have wounded civilians including a child in attacks in Houthi-controlled territory in northern Yemen, according to a new report.
Iraqi authorities are preventing thousands of families fleeing the fighting in Ramadi from reaching safer parts of the country.

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