Investigation Into Afghanistan Crimes Gets Green Light: Daily Brief

After more than two years of uncertainty, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has finally given the green light for an investigation into crimes committed during the long-running conflict in Afghanistan. The investigation will cover crimes committed by all sides to the conflict, including US forces.

Some 300 million children are currently not in class due to school closures to tackle the coronavirus, with the UN warning that the scale and speed of global educational disruption is "unparalleled.”

Meanwhile, coronavirus in Iran is reportedly much worse than officials are acknowledging, suggesting that the government's attempt to cover up the crisis has backfired. 

Tibetan children are being denied the right to be schooled in their mother tongue, says new HRW research, confirming that China’s ‘bilingual education’ policy is motivated by political imperatives, not educational ones. 

The European Union should show it can "respond with compassion" to the arrival of people fleeing conflict and persecution, HRW says. 

Renewed fighting in the western city of Tripoli, Libya, has once again left civilians caught in the crosshairs, with deadly consequences.  

Global tech giants are "benefiting from coercive labor practices imposed on the Uighurs" in parts of China, new research suggests. 

And the prominent disability rights activist Judith Heumann has told celebrity interviewer Trevor Noah that people with disabilities "need to feel proud of who we are we, and not to be ashamed...".