Trump and the “Viktator”: Daily Brief
Trump and the “Viktator”; Zimbabwe should address needs of all children; Brunei under review; life inside Venezuela's security apparatus; critics feared 'disappeared' in Thailand; China's crackdown on activists before Tiananmen massacre anniversary; and asylum seekers on trial for protesting over overcrowded camps in Greece.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, often referred to as the “Viktator” at anti-government protests, will meet with Trump next week. If only Hungary's human rights crisis were on the agenda...
Zimbabwe’s parliament should strengthen the Education Amendment Bill of 2019, which provides a great opportunity to adopt stronger measures to protect some of the most vulnerable learners, including those from the poorest households, children with disabilities, and girls who become pregnant.
Brunei appears before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today as part of its Universal Periodic Review, slated every four years. Countries are using the timely opportunity to ask Brunei some tough human rights questions – and demand answers.
Colombian authorities say that more than 1,400 members of Venezuela’s security forces have arrived in their country, fleeing Venezuela. Tamara Taraciuk, our senior Americas researcher, spoke to these former officers, who offered a glimpse into life inside Venezuela’s security apparatus.
The Thai government should immediately disclose the whereabouts of three activists - Chucheep Chivasut, Siam Theerawut, and Kritsana Thapthai - who were reportedly extradited from Hanoi to Bangkok.
This June will mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. Chinese authorities, which have provided no accountability for the killings, enforced disappearances, or imprisonment of Tiananmen activists, are now increasing crackdown against grassroot activists.
More than 100 asylum seekers went on trial yesterday for protesting the overcrowded camp conditions on the Greek island of Lesbos and were acquitted. Human Rights Watch documented the dire conditions they were facing.