Italy Complicit in Libya's Abuses: Daily Brief
Plus: Flawed trials in Russia’s military courts; journalist detained in Tajikistan; Mali seeks talks with rebels; another journalist missing in China; Cameroon elections marred by violence; activist reportedly tortured in Egypt; and Sudan to hand over former president al-Bashir to ICC.
The continued migration cooperation between Italy and Libya ignores the plight of thousands of migrants who are detained in deplorable conditions after being apprehended by the Libyan Coast Guard.
18 defendants charged with terrorism related crimes received harsh sentences after flawed trials in Russia, where the military courts allowed the use of secret witnesses.
General elections in Cameroon have been marred by violence in the Anglophone region of the country where separatists have killed 100 people, burned property and threatened voters.
An independent journalist, Daler Sharipov has been arrested in Tajikistan and has been denied access to his lawyers.
Mali is seeking talks with rebel fighters in a new strategy to end the almost 8 years of conflict in the country.
A second citizen journalist reporting on the corona virus crisis has gone missing in China.
The Egyptian government continues to campaign against human rights, most recently by detaining activist Patrick George Zaki and allegedly torturing him.
And finally some hopeful news: Sudan’s governing body has told the media that it will hand over former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face two arrest warrants against him for crimes committed in the Darfur conflict.