Incommunicado In Gaza; New Healthcare Woes In US: HRW Daily Brief
Incommunicado in Gaza; new healthcare woes in US; Somalia's new government needs to reform security forces; World Press Freedom Day marked by new layoffs; civilians killed as ISIS attack Syria's displaced; independence of the judiciary under threat in Nepal; two Turkish men abducted in Malaysia; & Uganda's President "a wonderful dictator"...
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Today is World Press Freedom Day. Media has a key role to play in reaffirming the values on which rights-respecting democracy has been built.
United States border guards are turning away asylum seekers a the Mexican border -- even though, by law, they are required to refer the person to a specialist asylum officer.
Two Israeli men with serious mental health conditions who crossed separately from Israel into the Gaza Strip in 2014 and 2015 have apparently been held by the Hamas military wing, Human Rights Watch said today. Avera Mangistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who both have histories of wandering far on foot, including across borders without authorization, have not been heard from since they entered Gaza.
A healthcare bill being proposed by President Trump's administration in the US will result in reduced support for millions of American with disabilities.
Somalia’s new government should make sure its security forces are "accountable and improve protection of the most vulnerable people", HRW said today ahead of a conference on security sector reform due to be held next week in London.
Today is World Press Freedom Day, but hundreds of journalists around the world are unjustly imprisoned and many more face danger, threats and layoffs.