Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 30 April 2015

The Australian government is trying to pay Cambodia to take some refugees "off its hands and off its conscience" in a deal that could effectively be "a bribe", Human Rights Watch warned today. Israel's military says it's looking into more than 100 "exceptional incidents" during last summer's Gaza conflict, but unless the military's internal investigative system is reformed, the enquiry will likely not amount to much. Disturbing testimony from Human Rights Watch's John Sifton suggests the reclusive state of North Korea is forcing its citizens to work abroad in abusive environments and then siphoning off their wages for itself. Meanwhile North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year already, reports say. Those executed allegedly include top officials as well as members of an orchestra. Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have closed down the offices of the aid group International Rescue Committee over spying allegations. Nigeria's security forces have just rescued 300 women and girls from the clutches of Boko Haram, but let's not forget how their abusive behaviour helped radicalise so many people to take up arms in the first place. Ever wondered why it's so hard to change the narrative about why would-be migrants are dying in huge numbers in Europe's seas? Here's several main falsehoods dismantled. A dramatic reshuffle in Saudi Arabia has brought younger members of the royal family closer to the seat of power. But don't expect reforms or a new direction from the House of Saud's younger generation. Hungary's prime minister has said he wants to debate the possible reintroduction of the death penalty with his European Union partners.