Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 13 July 2015

In the past decade, 26 countries in armed conflict have used schools for military purposes. But educational institutions need to be protected. The show trial of two Azerbaijani activists has been postponed. Preliminary hearings against Leyla and Arif Yunis began over the weekend, after they served a long period in pre-trial detention. The charges should be dropped. Saman Naseem, a juvenile offender in Iran, has made contact with his family five months after his scheduled date of execution came and went without a word from Iranian authorities on whether or not it was carried out. Women in conflict situations face horrifying conditions during war. Rampant sexual violence, including extremely high levels of rape, have been described by women who have escaped Boko Haram in Nigeria. Thanks to Boko Haram violence, along with the government counter-insurgency and other clashes, Nigeria's camps for internally displaced persons are becoming crowded. Officials are expecting a total of 60,000 births inside of them in 2015. One mayor in Indonesia is seeking to confront the terrible actions of the Indonesian government during its anti-Communist campaign in the 1960s. In doing so, is hopefully setting a trend that will end impunity for those crimes. From earlier today: A new Human Rights Watch report exposes a blatantly discriminatory passport system against Tibetans and other ethnic minorities in China. Yet Tibetans and ethnic minorities aren't the only people suffering. When you're a lawyer in China, just doing your job can be dangerous.