The Pope Takes a Welcome Step: Daily Brief

The Pope calls for recognition of same-sex couples; Canada and the climate crisis; Egyptian authorities on a killing spree; failing blast investigation in Lebanon; call for Burundi to free journalists; key court session in Poland on women's rights today; wrongfully imprisoned in Turkmenistan; Cambodia's "Dirty Dozen"; Rohingya humanitarian crisis; and protecting fundamental rights in the US election season.
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Pope Francis has called for the recognition of civil union laws that would provide legal protection for same-sex couples. 

Climate change is taking a growing toll on First Nations in Canada, depleting food sources and affecting health.

Egypt has conducted mass executions, killing scores of people in a matter of days. 

A domestic investigation into the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020 has failed to yield any credible results more than two months later.

65 organizations have called for the immediate and unconditional release of four journalists in Burundi, one year after their arrest. 

A key case concerning reproductive rights takes place in Poland today.

Turkmenistan’s authorities should release a lawyer imprisoned on bogus charges, 10 human rights organizations said today.

Cambodia’s increasingly dictatorial, one-party rule is underpinned by generals in the security forces who are responsible for serious and systematic human rights violations.

Governments participating in today's fundraising conference for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis should insist that Myanmar and Bangladesh ensure Rohingya children’s right to education.

Human rights organizations are calling on city and state officials in the United States to review their policies and practices to ensure respect for fundamental rights in the election season.

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