Why is Turkey Returning Syrian Refugees? Daily Brief
Plus: Uganda violently cracks down on protestors; California should let former prisoners be firefighters; pregnant teens need support, not rejection; Vietnam jails activist for Facebook post; how African governments are surveilling citizens through social media; & people with mental health conditions should be treated humanely.
Turkey is forcibly returning some Syrian refugees to conflict-ravaged areas of the country. While Turkey should end these so-called "repatriations", the European Union also needs to reverse its own problematic policies toward Syrian refugees.
Police in Uganda have responded violently to protests by students of the country's largest public university, Makerere, who are protesting fee hikes. Several journalists have also been arrested.
The US state of California should pass legislation to allow people with criminal convictions to become firefighters.
Sierra Leone’s move to further exclude pregnant teenagers from school denies them their right to education.
Vietnam increasingly jails political dissents, and Nguyen Ngoc Anh is the latest activist to be detained for airing his views on a Facebook post.
A new report by Freedom House says that African governments are using social media to spy on their citizens.
And finally, this faith leader in Ghana believes that everyone with mental health conditions should be treated humanely - a refreshing attitude when many such people are still shackled against their will.