"I Won't Torture" Is Not Enough: Daily Brief
Plus: fatal gang rape in India sparks outrage; worrying signs in Hungary; #MeToo spreads to EU's gender equality unit; sexism (again) in the film industry; a massacre re-told in Burma; why is UN chief silent on China's rights abuses?; how Germany helps new refugees; & #TodosConVenezuela...
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"Numerous concerns" have been raised about Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s nominee for US Secretary of State, not least his past expression of support for CIA torture. But there are also concerns about the position Pompeo, who is having his confirmation hearing today, may take on overseas rendition.
The brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Indian-administered Kashmir has put the restive state on edge, with reports that religious prejudice has hampered her family's bid for justice.
There are worrying signs in Hungary, where just days after elections, the government has cracked down afresh on non-government groups and the press.
More on the #MeToo movement, with shocking new reports that sexual harassment has even been a problem at the EU body dedicated to promoting gender equality.
And speaking of gender equality, people are not happy that the woman journalist whose reporting brought down the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford will be portrayed in a film about the story by - you've guesssed it - a man.
The story of ten Rohingya men who were massacred in Burma has been painstakingly retold in this powerful investigative piece by Reuters.
The UN chief Antonio Guterres has "put China's leader over its people" by remaining silent on the rights abuses Beijing is committing.