Ban Killer Robots: Daily Brief
The moral and legal reasons to ban killer robots; Ugandan military caught on camera beating a Reuters journalist; torture of returning refugees in Myanmar; online jokes are no laughing matter in Russia; arrests and detentions of journalists and activists in Nigeria; and why did America's National Basketball Association set up a training center in China's notorious "no rights" zone?
Basic humanity and the public conscience support a ban on fully autonomous weapons. Countries participating in an upcoming international meeting on such “killer robots” should agree to negotiate a prohibition on the weapons systems’ development, production, and use.
Ugandan military were caught on camera beating a Reuters journalist who was covering growing protests in the country - which clearly the authorities would rather you not see...
Myanmar authorities have tortured and imprisoned Rohingya refugees who returned to Rakhine State from Bangladesh
Russian authorities have registered 762 “extremist crimes” so far this year, many of them consisting of social media posts. In some cases, the authorities make little effort to conceal that they are using the country’s broad and vague anti-extremism legislation to silence free expression.
Several recent arrests and detentions of journalists and activists in Nigeria suggest a disturbing trend toward repression of freedom of expression...
And finally, why did America's National Basketball Association set up a training center in China's infamous "no rights" zone?