Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 10 December 2015

Ending child marriage; Venezuela's move to pack the court; Refugees registered in EU top 1 million; blame game in Greece; International Human Rights Day; political prisoners in DR Congo; Leyla Yunis is freed; Mauritania's modern-day slavery; & people trafficking in Thailand...

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If the world doesn't act to end child marriage, the number of child brides in Africa will rise from 125 million to 310 million by 2050. Here's how the world can help millions of girls avoid this fate.
Outgoing lawmakers in Venezuela plan to pack the country's Supreme Court. Instead, this could be an opportunity to restore judicial independence and Latin American leaders should press Venezuela to suspend such plans.
Today is International Human Rights Day, but many people with disabilities are stuck in institutions where they face harmful practices and ill-treatment.
The United Nations Security Council continued a discussion on atrocities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). United State Ambassador Samantha Power urged UN member states to not send refugees back to the country. Rights groups are urging international criminal investigations of DPRK government officials for alleged crimes against humanity.
From earlier today: The number of people who have sought asylum in the European Union has just passed the 1 million mark for the year so far. The number of asylum applications is already 60% higher than in 2014 and many times higher than in previous years.
Staying with refugees, hundreds of thousands of people languish in inadequate reception conditions in Greece, and remain stuck there despite an agreed plan to relocate some of them to other EU states.

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