Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 24 October 2014

Citing possible crimes against humanity in North Korea “pursuant to policies established at the highest level of the State for decades,” a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly calls on the UN Security Council to consider further action, including referral to the International Criminal Court. The Malaysian authorities' politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is set to move into its next phase as the country’s highest court will hear Anwar’s appeal of his March conviction for violating Malaysia’s abusive, colonial-era “sodomy law” that criminalizes same-sex relations. Today marks a sad milestone in Egypt: it's been 300 days since the miscarriage of justice that put journalists in prison for doing their jobs. Two French journalists arrested in Papua, Indonesia, have been freed, but the case highlights severe restrictions on foreign media in the country's easternmost province. Not so lucky are some Indonesian domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates, who are confined to their employer’s household, have their passports taken and face a wide range of other abuses, including: lack of food; poor sleeping conditions; and mental and physical abuse, including sexual abuse. And the long wait is over: E-Team is released today.