End Apartheid in Myanmar's Rakhine State: Daily Brief
130,000 Rohingya Muslims are languishing in squalid and abusive camps in Myanmar; not a joke: China and Saudi Arabia want seat on Human Rights Council; United States election debate and human rights; LGBT people flee violence in El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras; finally some good news for asylum seekers in Italy; historic conviction against neo-Nazi party in Greece; and rare positive human rights news from Iran.
The authorities in Myanmar should urgently end the arbitrary and indefinite detention of approximately 130,000 Rohingya Muslims in squalid and abusive camps in Rakhine State. The abuses against the Rohingya amount to the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.
Did you know that China, Saudi Arabia and Russia, countries with very poor human rights records, may soon have seats at the Human Rights Council in Geneva?
Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, candidates for Vice-President of the United States in the November 3 elections, participated in a debate on Wednesday evening. What did they say about human rights?
Human Rights Watch has published a new report on anti-LGBT persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and barriers to asylum in the United States that block a path to safety for the most vulnerable people.
There's finally some good news for asylum seekers in Italy.
In a momentous ruling in Greece, a court has found that the far-right neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization.
And there is rare positive human rights news from Iran!