Torture in Turkey; Venezuela Crisis; Good News from Kenya.

Plus: Russia & Saudi Arabia undermine Human Rights Council; Tens of thousands displaced after clashes in Somalia; the secret underbelly of the Cambodian garment industry; and election observer forced to flee Azerbaijan.

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The police in Turkey have tortured people in their custody after emergency decrees removed crucial safeguards in the wake of the failed coup attempt in July. "The Turkish government effectively wrote a blank check to law enforcement agencies to torture and mistreat detainees as they like,” says Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
The medicine and food crisis in Venezuela demands action, now. Strong international pressure on the administration of president President Nicolás Maduro is needed to make sure that people in need finally receive help, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.
Very good news from Kenya, where President Uhuru Kenyatta has spared the lives of thousands of prisoners on death row. The death sentences against 2,655 men and 92 women were commuted to life in prison. The last execution in Kenya took place in 1987.
The UN Human Rights Council risks becoming a rogues’ gallery for the worst violators of human rights, such as Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Civilians in Somalia are affected by renewed violence in Galkayo, stemming from a conflict deeply rooted in regional and clan rivalries. So far, 22 people have been killed, dozens injured, and 75,000 were forced to flee.
"This is the lowest rung of the international apparel industry". Small factories in Cambodia act as subcontractors for larger export-oriented factories, but are subject to far less scrutiny or monitoring. Their workers are more vulnerable to abusive labor practices that violate local law and international norms.
And election monitoring can be a dangerous business, when you're doing it in Azerbaijan...
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