Crackdown on Nigeria’s #EndSars Protests: Daily Brief

Thailand authorities cracking down on the media; Kyrgyz Supreme Court hears domestic violence case; Tahir Elçi case begins in Turkey; restrictions on free press in Iraq; unprecedented support for the release of political prisoners in Egypt; and Slovakia stands up for women's reproductive rights.

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Protestors demanding an end to police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, have reportedly been shot by security forces, while the state media commission warned press against coverage of the shooting.

The Thai government’s ban on the outspoken Voice TV for their coverage of a protest is an abuse on freedom of the press.

The Kyrgyz supreme court will hear the case of Gulzhan Pasanova who has been charged with killing her abusive husband when she defended herself.  

The trial against three police officers accused of killing prominent human rights activist Tahir Elçi in Turkey begins today.

Iraq media outlets continue to receive threats and journalists are prosecuted on trumped up charges. The government is yet to act on these violations.

United States and European lawmakers have published a letter calling on Egypt to release jailed political activists, journalists, lawyers and other prisoners of conscience.

And finally, Slovakia’s government has rejected legislation that would restrict women’s rights to abortion.