Catching up with the Rights Weekender: Palestinian authorities in Gaza and the West Bank are arresting and abusing journalists, musicians and activists in a crackdown on peaceful criticism. But in the absence of elections, leaders who took power a decade ago should at least listen. Meanwhile, a new UN report details heinous chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Now those responsible should be punished.
People are being forcibly disappeared and secretly detained in Ukraine. A horrific bombing in Pakistan targeting lawyers demonstrates the failure of the government’s anti-terror policy. And sweeping repression against critics in Chechnya casts a pall over upcoming elections.
