Women and girls face insecurity in Greek camps; Venezuelan children fleeing alone into Brazil; Phlippines' President Duterte threatens to shut down TV network; France drops plan to give boats to Libyan coastguard; Tanzania’s pressure on Burundian refugees; Vietnamese government should release detainees; and Germany should press Kazakhstan for reforms.

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Women and girls face relentless insecurity in Greece’s overcrowded Moria “hotspot” for asylum seekers and migrants on Lesbos island. HRW researchers who visited recently found their lives are "defined by fear" and insecurity. This video shows the camp's dire conditions.

Brazilian authorities are failing to provide adequate protection for hundreds of unaccompanied Venezuelan children who are fleeing into Brazil. In a seven-month period this year, 529 unaccompanied Venezuelan children - mostly between ages 13 and 17 - crossed the border into the Brazilian state of Roraima. 

President Rodrigo Duterte has ramped up his attacks on the Philippines media, vowing to block the renewal of the country’s largest and most influential broadcast network.

Good news from France, which has decided to withdraw its offer of six boats to the Libyan Coast Guard. Libya could have used this “gift” to subject even more migrants and refugees to serious abuses.

Leaders attending the African Union summit on displacement this week should urge the government of Tanzania to stop pressuring 163,000 refugees and asylum seekers into returning to Burundi - where there are ongoing serious human rights violations against real or perceived opposition supporters.

The Australian government should publicly and privately press the Vietnamese government to overturn the convictions of a detained Australian and two of his Vietnamese colleagues.

And Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokaev is in Germany today. The official visit is an opportunity for Germany to press Tokaev to deliver on much-needed reforms and to respect dissent and public debate.

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