China Cables Prompt Outrage: Daily Brief
China Cables prompt international reaction; police forcefully disperse anti-government protests in Georgia; Greece plans to turn its refugee camps into detention centres; Egyptian police raid news site; Nigerians are protesting a social media bill that could silence critical voices; victims of Nepal's conflict are still waiting for justice; a petition aims to hold US companies accountable for immigration detention abuses; and HRW's Israel/Palestine director has officially been expelled from Israel.
Leaked classified documents from within the Chinese Communist party which show that the brutal crackdown against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang is systematic and driven by China’s top leadership have prompted calls for UN observer access to the camps. China has called the documents pure fabrication and fake news.
Riot police in Georgia have used water cannons to forcefully disperse protesters calling for electoral reform.
Egyptian authorities have raided the offices of one of the last remaining independent media outlets in the country and detained multiple journalists.
Greece's plan to relocate 20,000 asylum seekers from its overcrowded island reception centers is good news. Its plan to then transform the island reception facilities into detention centers is not.
Nigerians are mobilising against a social media bill that would prohibit statements deemed “likely to be prejudicial to national security” or "diminish public confidence”.
Thirteen years on victims of gross human rights violations and abuses during Nepal's 10-year conflict are still waiting for justice.
In the United States, a new petition is calling out companies who are said to be complicit in abuses at immigration detention centers.
And lastly: Israel has officially deported Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir. This won't stop Shakir's work documenting Israel's systematic discrimination against and oppression of Palestinians under occupation, however.