Homophobic Tyrants, Ghana, Egypt, Tunisia, South Sudan, US/Bahrain, Afghanistan, China, US/executions, Uzbekistan.

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Egypt’s chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed in a bombing that targeted his motorcade yesterday. This represents a dangerous moment for the rule of law in Egypt and is a warning that its deterioration could be breeding a culture of violence.
Burundi has begun its parliamentary elections. This follows months of violence and demonstrations after the country's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announced he would seek a controversial third term in office.
The UN Human Rights Council meets this week in Geneva, and it should make the conflict in South Sudan a priority. Thousands of people continue to flee the violence and are now hungry, scared, and in need of shelter.
From earlier today: The good news on marriage equality in the US last week has resonated deeply not only with lesbian and gay Americans, but with the LGBT community around the globe. But marriage equality is also likely to give further ammunition to tyrants who use homophobia for political ends.
Ghana so far hasn't prohibited the admission and treatment of children with disabilities in so-called prayer camps, that amounts to torture according to a UN-expert.
Egypt’s top prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed yesterday by a car bomb. Barakat was the most senior official to be killed in Egypt since the insurgency began in 2013, after the military ousted the country’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Tunisia wants to move fast with a new counter-terrorism law, as a response to recent attacks on tourists.
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