Protests in Lebanon Continue: Daily Brief
One week of protests in Lebanon; 39 people found dead in refrigerated truck in UK; medical workers freed in Libya; Chad still hasn't paid compensation to victims of dictator Hissene Habre; four journalists arrested in Burundi; UN slams Iran for using death penalty against children; Amazon deforestation close to "irreversible tipping point"; & abortion and same-sex marriage are now legal in Northern Ireland...
The largest protests for 15 years are continuing in Lebanon, with huge crowds marching in anger at corruption and living costs.
Police in the UK are continuing to question a lorry driver after 39 adults, including one teenager, were found dead in a refrigerated truck in the county of Essex. Police are investigating whether organised crime groups involved in people trafficking were linked to the incident.
Six medical workers abducted by a local armed group in Zintan, Libya, have been freed after 12 days of captivity.
The Chadian government has yet to provide financial compensation ordered by a court in 2015 to 7,000 victims of grave crimes under the rule of former dictator Hissène Habré.
Four journalists and their driver have been arrested in Burundi while on a reporting trip to Bubanza Province for Iwacu newspaper.
The UN expert for monitoring human rights in Iran has criticized the Tehran government for using the death penalty against minors. Two people aged under 18 have been executed by the state so far this year.
Soaring deforestation coupled with the destructive policies of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, could soon push the Amazon rainforest dangerously to an irreversible “tipping point”, scientists say.
And finally, Northern Ireland just decriminalized abortion and legalized same-sex marriage. But that doesn't mean it will be smooth sailing ahead.