China Should Scrap Abusive Security Law: Daily Brief

Zimbabwe health workers demand better conditions; Cambodia cracks down on political critics; how Zoom censors people in China; mass grave discovered in Khartoum; more needed to tackle domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan; remembering Sarah Hegazy. 

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86 organizations have called on China to reject its security law that would limit freedoms in Hong Kong. The law would criminalize many offenses such as criticism of China.

Zimbabwe health workers are demanding better working conditions during the pandemic. There’s an urgent need for more investment in African healthcare to combat Covid-19.

In the first half of 2020, Cambodian authorities have arrested 15 people on fabricated political charges.

Zoom is wrongfully limiting discussions by participants from China, even though local laws that it cites do not prevent people in China from participating in international conversations. 

mass grave was recently discovered in Khartoum, Sudan. Investigations are ongoing to determine the identify the remains.

Kyrgyzstan’s laws should do a better job of protecting victims of domestic abuse and ensure that abusers are held accountable.

And finally, remembering Sarah Hegazy, a queer feminist Egyptian who took her own life while in exile in Canada.