Turkey Detains Human Rights Activists: HRW Daily Brief

Donald Trump is visiting Poland ahead of a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Poland is currently facing a rule of law crisis and has been cracking down on media freedom and women's rights. From earlier today: Leading human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director, have been detained while attending a routine training event. The whereabouts of the detainees are currently unknown, and it seems they have been denied access to lawyers and the right to contact a family member. As the 'March for Justice' in Turkey nears Istanbul with swelling numbers, it's a good reminder that the government's attacks on civil society must end. While the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has confirmed the use of sarin in the April 4 chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun, other chemical attacks in Syria are not getting the attention they deserve. Officials in the Philippines have proposed "Muslims only" identity documents, as part of counter-terrorism efforts. This initiative is strongly discriminatory and a form of collective punishment. It should be rejected immediately. The US state of Virginia is slated to execute a man with a serious mental health condition. The case has sparked a new debate on the death penalty, showing its inherent cruelty, and the impossibility to correct patterns of error, prejudice, and bias that pervade so many capital cases. Bangladesh law enforcement authorities have illegally detained hundreds of people since 2013, including scores of opposition activists, and held them in secret detention, according to a new report released today. The International Criminal Court will rule today on South Africa's failure to arrest Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir. He is the subject of two ICC arrest warrants, on charges for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.