Not Cruel Enough for Trump? - Daily Brief
Trump's Homeland Security Secretary resigns; Egypt's autocrat visits White House; civilians suffer most as rival armed forces clash in Libya; the rise of the killer robots – and the 2 women fighting back; call to prevent a cover-up in Khashoggi case; it's 500 days since Tanzanian journalist Azory Gwanda went missing; wounds of Garissa attack, 4 years on; Malaysia shouldn’t quit International Criminal Court; and will Brunei's anti-LGBT Sharia law spread across southeast Asia?
The public face of some of the most awful policies of the US government under president Donald Trump, homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, has resigned.
On Tuesday, Egypt's leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will meet Trump in the White House. Check out this comment by HRW's Sarah Margon, on Sisi's track record since the 2013 coup. His government has increasingly deployed a campaign of brutality that fuels anger and resentment.
All forces taking part in fighting around Libya’s capital, Tripoli, should take all necessary action to minimize civilian harm and abide by the laws of war. Armed groups loyal to both sides have a record of abusing civilians.
'Jody Williams and HRW's Mary Wareham were leading lights in the campaign to ban landmines. Now they have autonomous weapons in their sights.'
The United Kingdom, France, and the United States should issue detailed, public reports on the Saudi trial for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a coalition of seven human rights and press freedom groups have said in an open letter.
It has been more than 500 days since journalist Azory Gwanda went missing under murky circumstances in Tanzania. The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on the Tanzanian government to prove it is carrying out credible investigations into his disappearance.
Four years ago this month, gunmen attacked Kenya’s Garissa University, killing at least 147 people, most of them students. It was one of the most horrific attacks ever to occur on Kenyan soil.
By quitting the International Criminal Court, Malaysia’s government is undermining its credibility on human rights reforms,” says Phil Robertson, HRW's deputy Asia director. “Rather than stand up for justice, the government caved to pressure from former ruling parties and certain hereditary rulers.”
Will Brunei's brutal anti-LGBT law spread across southeast Asia? And what will other countries do to protect people in Brunei who are at risk of being lashed and killed?