New Chemical Attacks in Syria: Daily Brief
Plus: Abuses in nursing homes in the United States; EU's disgraceful 'business as usual' with Azerbaijan and minimalist Western Balkans policy; families with ISIS relatives forced into camps in Iraq; good news for people in DR Congo & South Sudan; #StopTheBurning campaign news.
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New chemical attacks, deadly airstrikes by the Syria regime and Russia, anti-refugee policies in neighboring countries: Syrians continue to suffer in a war that has been going on for almost seven years now...
Nursing homes across the United States routinely give antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to control their behavior, despite rules against the misuse of drugs as “chemical restraints,” HRW says in a report and video released today.
“Business as usual” is no longer an option for Azerbaijan's international partners, such as the European Union, as the regime of President Ilham Aliyev has been holding prominent dissident Ilgar Mammadov behind bars for five years now...
The European Union's 'minimalist policy' has failed people in the Balkans, writes HRW's Todor Gardos. On Tuesday, the European Commission will present its new strategy for the enlargement of the EU. People in the Western Balkans may greet the news with scepticism.
At least 235 families of suspected affiliates of 'Islamic State' have been forcibly displaced by Iraqi forces last month, according to new research by HRW.
And there is some good news on DR Congo, where some abusive leaders have now been hit by United Nations Security Council sanctions.
There are also positive developments regarding the conflict in South Sudan. The US government has decided to impose a unilateral arms embargo over the youngest country in Africa, following the example set by the European Union in 2011. Will the UN Security Council also take long overdue action?
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