Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 6 May 2016

LGBT students bullied in Japan; US cluster munitions used in Yemen; dissidents at grave risk in China; Nepal protest deaths; newspaper revolt in Egypt; woman defies Swedish neo-Nazis & Canadians welcome refugees from Syria.

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Bullying is a notorious problem in Japan, even more for LGBT students. HRW published a new report, a video and non-fiction manga story today, calling on the Japanese government to "urgently bring its policies to protect LGBT students in line with international standards and best practices.”
Saudi Arabia has used United States-made cluster munitions near civilian areas in Yemen, leaving behind unexploded submunitions. The US should cease its production and transfer of cluster munitions to conform with the widely accepted international ban on the weapons.
The authorities in China are letting political prisoners get very sick - and even die - in detention. Imprisoned veteran activist Guo Feixiong (49) and outspoken journalist Gao Yu, 72, are feared to be at grave risk.
“Despite endless promises of reform, impunity remains the norm in Nepal,” says Brad Adams, HRW's Asia director.
Newspapers in Egypt are in open revolt because of the most recent attack on press freedom in the country.
A photo of a woman who defied 300 neo-Nazis during a rally in Sweden has gone viral.
And a heart-warming Washington Post article on Canada, where groups of people generously help out Syrian refugee families.