Brazil's Violent Prisons; Burma Police Video; India's Mass Molestations: HRW Daily Brief
Plus: Manslaughter charge for Israeli soldier who shot dead wounded Palestinian attacker; clampdown fears as Gambia reels from election result; a day off for periods in Zambia; why Afghan women fear Trump presidency; Yezidi aid group shut down; and UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the spotlight...
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Apple, Inc. has pulled the New York Times' news app from its China App Store, at the behest of the Chinese government. The state reason: the app was in violation of Chinese regulations. The move leaves readers in mainland China with little access to articles from the newspaper.
Iraq's Kurdistan Workers' Party is recruiting child soldiers in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). When they return from fighting, many who fought no longer have job or education prospects. The Yazidis and the Kurds have suffered appalling persecution under ISIS in Iraq. But the response should not be for armed groups to commit their own abuses by using child soldiers.
From earlier today: Brazil needs to seize control of its prison system from gangs, Human Rights Watch said today. It comes as 60 detainees died in two prisons in the state of Amazonas this week, allegedly from gang violence. Severe overcrowding and understaffing make it impossible for prison authorities to maintain control in many facilities in Brazil, HRW says, leaving inmates vulnerable to violence.
An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian attacker after he had been disarmed of a knife has been convicted of manslaughter. Sgt Elor Azaria, 20, shot the attacker, who was lying immobile in the road, in the head during the incident last year, moments after another soldier had been stabbed.
Three radio stations in Gambia have reportedly been shut down. Elsewhere, four people were detained for a number of days after wearing or selling "Gambia Has Decided" T-shirts. It comes a month after presidential elections in which the incumbent leader Yahya Jammeh initially accepted defeat, but then changed his mind and is now refusing to step down.
A video showing police beating Rohingya detainees in Burma's Rakhine state has sparked international outrage, and prompted the government to announce an investigation.