Mass Arrests in Hong Kong: Daily Brief
Mass arrests in Hong Kong; Belarus authorities using violence to try to enforce their version of election results; executions without even due process in Iran; Western Australian still using prolonged solitary confinement for prisoners; Russian journalists killed in Central African Republic; and in the US, the ACLU calls for the abusive Department of Homeland Security to be dismantled.
The new mass arrests of democracy supporters and activists are an attempt to dismantle Hong Kong’s civil society
The opposition in Belarus is continuing to fight on after the authorities announced dubious result numbers in favor of the incumbent. Police are using excessive force against them, and the main opposition candidate has had to flee the country. All eyes are now on how the EU will respond.
As if the death penalty wasn't bad enough on its own, Iranian authorities execute people without even due process.
The Western Australian government is still using prolonged solitary confinement for prisoners, an abusive practice that violates the prison department’s own standards.
Two years ago, three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic. Neither government seems much interested in finding the perpetrators.
The American Civil Liberties Union has called for the US Department of Homeland Security to be dismantled, saying the agency "isn’t capable of acting consistently with the Constitution".