Migrant children in Greece; Pardon Snowden; Bangladesh factory fire: HRW Daily Brief

Migrant children in Greece; pardon Snowden; Bangladesh factory fire; Russia environmentalist attacks; Russia Refusing Refugees; China Evictions; Yemen bombing; Uzbekistan offers citizens free TVs in return for forced labour; UN and Kenya say Somalia's safe but refugees beg to differ; bathroom ban affects transgender students in US; Uganda arrests; more...

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Good news -- the head of the European Commission has promised action to help unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children stuck there. Hundreds of children who are traveling alone have been locked up in so-called “protective custody” this year while they await a place in Greece’s shelter system. Europe's leaders should heed the call to end unjustified detention of children and provide the care they are entitled to.
Human Rights Watch joins Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in calling on President Obama to immediately pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden’s actions sparked one of the most important debates about government surveillance in decades, and brought about extraordinary reforms that continue to benefit our privacy. Join the campaign and help ensure whistleblower rights are protected.
Last week, environmental activists in Russia were violently attacked by armed men while trying to help tackle wildfires. Police investigated, but media branded the activists as "foreign agents" trying to cause unrest. Russia's witch-hunt against independent groups is well known, but these events show how far authorities will go to silence them.
Last weekend, a fire ripped through a factory in Bangladesh, eventually causing it to collapse, killing more than 30. But as it occurred just three years after the factory collapse at Rana Plaza that claimed over 1,000 lives, this latest disaster begs the question: how many more people need to die before Bangladesh finally tackles its unsafe factories?
Take Action! If you live in the United States, call your Senator today and tell them to support calls to stop arming the Saudi government until it stops carrying out atrocities in Yemen. Here's what you need to know: https://www.hrw.org/StopArmingSaudi
From earlier today: Russia’s help for refugees displaced by the Syrian conflict has been negligible while its military involvement in the conflict there has been significant, Human Rights Watch said today, as it urged Russia to do more to share responsibility for refugees in line with its capacity.

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