Syria's Unsafe Zones: Daily Brief
Syria's unsafe zones; Chilean police responsible for brutal abuses; faith healers in Ghana still chaining people; Volkswagen under scrutiny for its Xinjiang factory; Iran conceals scope of its mass crackdown on protesters; refugees' movement arbitrarily restrained in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and no justice three years after massacre in Uganda.
Civilians have been abused and even executed. Aid workers have disappeared. These human rights abuses (and potential war crimes) happened in a 'safe zone' in Syria that Turkey controls.
Serious human rights violations have been committed by Chile's national police, with over 400 complaints of torture, rape, killings and more. This all happened following the October demonstrations, when thousands of Chileans took to the street. The scope of the allegations calls for thorough reforms.
“People with psychosocial disabilities are still chained like animals”: Ghanaian faith healers are still defying the ban on chaining people.
Volkswagen is under pressure because of their presence in the Xinjiang region, where they have a factory.
Iranian authorities are deliberately covering up the scale of the mass crackdown against protesters. Twelve days after the protests, no death toll has been announced, leaving questions on the scope of not only deaths but also arrests and detentions.
In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the movement of refugees has been arbitrarily restricted, on the basis that some people might be sympathetic towards an armed group. This has led to people losing their jobs and experiencing difficulties in receiving proper healthcare.
Yesterday marked three years since a massacre in Uganda where more than 100 people were killed. The families of the victims are still waiting for answers, amid fears of reprisals for pressing for justice.