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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 8 June 2015

Egypt, Khmer Rouge, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, EU migrants, Cambodia, Libya, US, North Korea, DR Congo, ISIS, South Sudan

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking office a year ago pledging to restore stability.
Cambodia's Senate President and former Khmer Rouge official, Chea Sim, passed away. His death is a reminder that virtually all former Khmer Rouge officials have gone unpunished for the millions of deaths and incredible suffering of ordinary Cambodians during their rule.
From earlier today: Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years' imprisonment for the blogger Raif Badawi. Badawi already received his first 50 lashes back in January, but further lashings were halted after a foreign outcry. It's possible his punishment could resume as early as this coming Friday.
Turkey's ruling AK party lost its majority in parliamentary elections held over the weekend - a major blow for president Erdoğan, who had hoped to re-write the country's constitution and expand his political powers.
Pakistan is set to execute an alleged child offender tomorrow. Shafqat Hussain was allegedly only 14 or 15 when he was sentenced in 2004 for the kidnap and murder of a young boy, despite serious concerns that his confession was extracted under torture.
Nearly 6,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend. Italian, German, Swedish and British ships reportedly rescued more than 5,800 migrants off the coast of Libya in just a 48-hour period. Those rescued were taken to ports in Italy.
Cambodia has long been in the spotlight for wage protests, attempts to break up unions, and excessive use of force against protesting garment workers. But now the government wants to bring in a new law that would further trample on workers' rights.
It's almost one year since the Libyan human rights activist Salwa Bughaighis was brutally assassinated in her home. Libya's conflict has claimed many victims, but few have symbolized the crushed hopes of the uprising more than Salwa Bughaighis.

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