Sanitation Is A Human Right; Lives At Risk In Europe's Seas: HRW Daily Brief

Today, the Venezuelan opposition organized what they called the “mother of all marches" in an effort to amplify the message of many Venezuelans calling for an end to the human rights and humanitarian crisis gripping the country. Violence today involving opposing protesters and security forces resulted in the death of a 17-year-old boy. It's a another tragic signal that the time for international pressure in Venezuela is now. Maribel Trujillo Diaz has four young US citizen children. She’s the main breadwinner for her household and has lived in the United States for 15 years. She is undocumented, but she has no criminal convictions. Yet she is scheduled to be deported to Mexico today. The Trump administration's sweeping immigration policies spell serious and harmful ramifications for many immigrant families living in the US. This tragic case is a result. Tales from a recent mission to rescue migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea reveal plight of thousands of people still risking unnecessary peril to reach shelter in Europe. There are five days to go until the first round of the French presidential election. Human rights are not playing a major role in the campaign, and at a time when human rights values, democracy, and the rule of law are under the most forceful attacks in decades in Europe and the rest of the world, this observation is worrying. Does anyone still believe that using marijuana makes people dangerous? Most Americans don't, but that's not stopping some US officials from calling it a dangerous substance and using marijuana offenses as possible grounds for deporting undocumented immigrants. From earlier today: Beyond the personal affront, a lack of proper toilets around the world significantly undermines human rights, HRW said in a new report today. More than 2 billion people around the world use sub-standard toilets, while a billion more are forced to defecate out in the open. For older people, people with disabilities, and refugees living in camps the problem is particuarly acute, and poor sanitation facilities also keeps many girls out of school.