Turkey Vote Gives Enormous Power to President: HRW Daily Brief

 Famine in Somalia; military tensions rising over North Korea; more fallout from LGBT attacks in Chechnya; killings in South Sudan

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Fallout continues over shocking assault on LGBT people in Chechnya, including reports that the reporter who broke the original story has gone into hiding out of fear.
From earlier today: With 51.3 percent of the vote, the “Yes” vote campaign has won Turkey’s referendum on a new political system giving enormous centralized power to the president. Opposition parties are contesting Sunday's referendum result.
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