Death of a Dictator; 'Holocaust on ice': HRW Daily Brief

A show on Moroccan state television recently aired an episode giving women tips on how to hide domestic violence with make-up. But Moroccan women need help confronting, not covering up, domestic violence. Why are the children of Aleppo suffering? Airstrikes continue to devastate the Syrian city, but they are not the only threat. Children in Aleppo are also facing starvation, an almost total lack of hospitals, and the danger of just walking to school - if their school still happens to exist. They are suffering because of war crimes. Ilhom Ibodov died in an Uzbekistan detention facility in September 2015. He was arrested and detained along with his brother for threatening to expose corruption in the Uzbek security service. Authorities should conduct an investigation into Ilhom's death, as well as allegations that the two brothers were tortured while in custody. Scenes of normality are returning to the city of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. But for its citizens still living in fear of arbitrary detention and torture by the pro-Russian forces controlling the city, the war is far from over. From historic convictions to impunity for gang rapes, 2016 has been a year of highs and lows when it comes to efforts to stem violence against women. From earlier today: "He treated his people and his country as his personal property," says HRW's Americas director Jose Miguel Vivanco about Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba who died this weekend. Castro built a repressive system that punished virtually all forms of dissent, a dark legacy that lives on even after his death.