China’s Ruling Party Celebrates, Hong Kong Protests: Daily Brief
China’s Communist Party marks 70 years in power with show of force; Uygur women join anti-China protests in Kazakhstan; Bangladesh planning to fence in Rohingya refugees; US military ignores plight of Somali air-strike victims’ families; Iranians abroad reminded of forced separation from loved ones; mapping human rights crimes in DR Congo; International Association of Athletics Federations’ testosterone regulations destroy women athletes’ lives; and International Criminal Court requests documentary film on Philippine’s “war on drugs” as evidence.
As China’s Communist Party celebrated 70 years in power with a show of military force on Tiananmen Square, the very square where student-led demonstrations ended in a blood bath 30 years ago, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Hong Kong marking the 17th week of pro-democracy protests. In a major escalation, police for the first time used live ammunition, shooting one protester in the chest.
Meanwhile, Uyghur women in Kazakhstan joined protest in the country’s capital Almaty against China’s mass detention of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
The Bangladesh government’s plans for barbed wire and guard towers around Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar would turn the camps into massive open air prisons.
Not only are US military air strikes in Somalia killing civilians, the US is also failing to take basic steps to investigate, including reaching out to relatives of victims, a new Amnesty International investigation reveals.
Not permitted to visit his country’s UN Ambassador in hospital while at this year’s UN General Assembly, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, resorted to social media to talk to his long-time friend. The stunt reminded Iranians abroad of Iran’s cruel and regular prosecution of peaceful dissent which prevents those separated from loved ones from visiting them.
A UN mapping report describing the most serious human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between March 1993 and June 2003 is a powerful reminder of the shocking absence of justice.
The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) requirement that female athletes who produce too much testosterone must reduce their testosterone levels has destroyed dozens of women athletes’ lives and careers, a new investigation exposes.
And finally: A documentary about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” is to be submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as evidence for its preliminary examination into thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings. The film, On the President’s Orders, had its United States premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York in June.