Saudi Crown Prince visits United States; #OpenTheIslands, 2 years after EU-Turkey deal; Putin wins "elections" in Russia; Kremlin supports Syria regime in Eastern Ghouta; United Nation's anti-NGO body; Impunity bred Marielle's Franco's murder in Brazil; and HRW's Abier Almasri leaves Gaza for the first time.
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Yezidi refugees from Iraq are being resettled in Canada, but the trauma they bring with them after suffering horrific abuse while living under the rule of the Islamic State (ISIS) is a large burden as they struggle to reclaim their lives.
President Trump is proposing the death penalty for convicted drug traffickers as part of his administration's response to the Opioid Epidemic in the United States. Opioid-related overdoses in the US have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans in recent years, but this response is disproportionate and will have zero impact on trafficking or addiction.
Yet another attempt to prompt United Nations Security Council discussion on Syria's grave human rights situation failed today.
From earlier today: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is coming to the US this week. Washington policymakers are likely to praise the future king’s much-marketed economic reform plans, HRW prefers a focus on his awful human rights record.
Two years after a deal was struck between the EU and Turkey, more than 13,000 asylum seekers are still trapped on Greek islands in terrible conditions.
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