UK Should Suspend Saudi Arms Deals: Daily Brief
Plus: Land protests in Russia; harsh jail sentence for Vietnamese activist; children taken from families in Xinjiang; Bahai arrests in Iran; peace keepers sentenced for mass murder in Central African Republic; and Egypt uses weapons from France used to crackdown on protestors.
When will the UK finally send the critical message to bin Salman and stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia?
Thousands protest loss of land in Russia, and the government is listening, for now.
Le Dinh Luong, a veteran environment and democracy activist in Vietnam faces a 20-year sentence for his participation in protests.
China should release children held in orphanages to their families in Xinjiang. Hundreds of children have been separated from their families when their parents are detained.
In August and September 2018, Iranian authorities arrested more than 20 Baha’i citizens, as well as a city council member who a colleague said offered support for them.
In one of the worst massacres by peacekeepers in Africa, short terms for peace-keepers responsible for mass murder in the Central African Republic, cheat victims.
And why does France continue to provide Egypt with military equipment after it was used in deadly assaults on protesters in Egypt?