South Sudan Suffering; Trump's Media Tussles; Refugee Crisis: HRW Daily Brief

New abuses against civilians are unfolding in South Sudan, this time in the southern town of Yei, Human Rights Watch said today. New HRW research accuses both government forces and rebels of horrific abuses including arbitrary arrests, rapes and killings. UN Security Council members should urgently support a proposed arms embargo to the country. US President-elect Donald Trump has met journalists at The New York Times, just hours after reportedly lambasting senior US broadcast journalists in a separate meeting at his Trump Tower residence. The meetings come amid growing fears that Trump may seek to control and disempower the media once he takes office. A new wave of destruction of Rohingya areas in Burma's Rakhine state is unfolding, despite international condemnation and alarm. The EU's decision to shut the door to refugees who've risked their lives to escape conflict and persecution runs "counter to Europe's values", HRW has warned. Bahrain should immediately free the prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is serving life in prison on trumped up terrorism charges merely for participating in peaceful protests. A senior politician in Kenya has prompted outrage after making jokes about rape live on national television. Australia wants to become the first Western country to explicitly put 'control orders' - like electronic tagging and curfews - on children as young as 14.