"Atmosphere Of Fear" For South Africa's Mining Protesters: Daily Brief
South Africa's mining communities warn"lives are in danger"; Julian Assange's rape accuser should get chance for justice; fresh fighting in Libya; South Korea's abortion reform; European Lesbian Conference goes ahead despite protests; horrific murder shows Bangladesh's inability to protect sexual violence survivors; human rights stories in this year's Pulitzer Prize; all change in Kazakhstan?; US reverses decision to deport husband of fallen soldier; & a dystopian future in China...
Community activists in mining areas in South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence according to a major new report released today. The attacks and harassment have "created an atmosphere of fear" for people who are raising concerns about damage to their livelihoods from the serious environmental and health risks of mining and coal-fired power plants.
When WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange was arrested in London last week so he could face charges in the US, it raised deep concerns around media freedom. Amid these concerns, however, let’s remember that Assange is also accused of rape.
Fresh fighting on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli has displaced thousands of civilians.
South Korea’s recent abortion reform could be a model for other countries to join the global trend towards easing restrictions on terminations.
The European Lesbian Conference has been held successfully in Kyiv, despite protests from religious and far-right groups.
The horrifying murder of a young woman in Bangladesh who refused to stop pursuing a case of attempted rape she brought against her alleged attacker shows yet again how the country is failing victims of sexual violence.
This year's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism have been announced, with many of the stories containing a strong human rights narrative.
It's been one month since Kazakhstan's long time ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced he was stepping down. But the hope that his resignation could spell lasting and meaningful change in the country are fading.
Immigration officials in the US last week deported the spouse of a soldier killed while serving in Afghanistan back in 2010, leaving the couple's 12-year-daughter in Phoenix. But officials abruptly reversed their decision after a media outcry.
And finally, eerie news from China, which has taken the monitoring of workers' productivity levels one step further into a dystopian future nobody wants.