Punishing the Powerless in Turkey: Daily Brief
Punishing the powerless in Turkey; Bolsonaro's plan to legalize crimes against indigenous people in Brazil; Hungary is censoring Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International; why the new US landmine policy is a retrograde step that should be reversed; nine years of crisis in Bahrain; the UK government's attack against human rights; democracy hanging from a thread in Thailand; and Argentina to legalize abortion.
As thousands of migrants are trying to enter Greece through the Turkish border, both countries should show their humanity and respect for rule of law by ensuring a path to safety for people in danger.
A bill presented by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will have a devastating impact on the environment and endanger the lives of Indigenous people who live in the Brazilian Amazon.
New documents leaked to Politico reveal how Hungarian state media's staff need permission to report on Greta Thunberg and EU politics, and how they are banned from covering reports from leading human rights organizations, among them Human Rights Watch.
The United States should reverse its decision to allow the US to use landmines anywhere in the world in perpetuity. In a question-and-answer document, Human Rights Watch reviews the landmine policy changes.
Bahrain’s human rights crisis has only worsened since demonstrations started in 2011, when people marched in cities across the country to protest.
Human rights and the rule of law are at stake in the United Kingdom as Boris Johnson rejects EU demands to bind UK to European human rights laws.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has dissolved the opposition Future Forward Party on politically motivated allegations.
And good news from Argentina, where President Alberto Fernández has said that he intends to send a legal abortion bill to Congress in the next 10 days.