Biden Should Make US a Leader on Human Rights: Daily Brief
New US administration should set a human rights foreign policy; lawyer murdered in Libya; new effort to stifle independent organizations in Russia; LGBT people in Hungary under attack by Orbán regime; China moves toward full control of Hong Kong; will Aung San Suu Kyi ever end her shameful defense of atrocities by Myanmar military?; and learn how #MeToo is turning into law.
The United States should strive to be a world leader on human rights. Human Rights Watch has offered 12 recommendations to the incoming administration of President-Elect Joe Biden to create a rights-focused foreign policy.
The Biden-Harris administration should also reinstate a policy banning United States production and acquisition of antipersonnel landmines.
There's very bad news from Libya, as Hanan Al-Barassi, an outspoken critic of violations by armed groups in eastern Libya, was shot dead on Tuesday by unidentified masked gunmen.
A new bill that has been introduced this week in Russia’s parliament would further restrict the ability to function of independent groups that are already suffocating under the restrictive “foreign agents” law and other legislation.
LGBT people in Hungary have found themselves in the crosshairs of the Orbán regime.
China’s top legislative body should reverse its decision effectively disqualifying four pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong, triggering the resignation of 15 others, say HRW and the European Union.
Will Aung San Suu Kyi ever end her shameful defense of atrocities by the Myanmar military?
And learn how #MeToo is turning into law, via a webinar on Monday November 16.