Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill: Daily Brief

Plus: UK Parliament takes control to try to stop no-deal Brexit; Trump administration policies threaten to further worsen already dangerous conditions for meatpacking workers in US; Tanzania must do more to end corporal punishment; Iraq sends displaced families into danger; Thai activist's remains found; and celebrities speak out against xenophobia in South Africa.

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is set to withdraw the Extradition Bill. Hundreds of protestors have been arrested in the past three months as they marched to protest the bill, which would have allowed Hong Kong citizens to be face trial in China.  

In a serious defeat for the government, the British Parliament has moved to take control of proceedings to try to stop a no-deal Brexit

US meat and poultry workers are put under intense pressure to keep up with production, risking traumatic injury and disabling illness.

Tanzania must do more to protect children from humiliation, sexual assault and all kinds of violence, and provide a safe environment for them to thrive.

Although Nepal has a tradition of protecting public activism, new laws threaten to control online and social media activity.

Local authorities in Iraq have removed over 2,000 people from displaced people’s camps and sent them to their homes, in many cases unsafe areas that are still experiencing violence.

The remains of Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, a Thai ethnic activist who went missing 5 years ago, have just been found in a park.

And finally, celebrities have joined the call against recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, and demanded that the South African government step in to avoid more attacks.