Biden Should End US Assault on UN: Daily Brief

The incoming Biden Administration should end the US assault on the United Nations and its agencies.

The way Peru’s Congress removed President Martín Vizcarra from office on November 9, and the immediate consequences for the independence of the constitutional court, pose a serious threat to the rule of law in the country. 

An Amnesty International investigation has revealed evidence that scores of civilians were killed in massacre in Tigray state, Ethiopia.

In a "gross abuse of power", Nigerian authorities appear to be blocking bank accounts of protest supporters & handing out arbitrary fines to try to suppress demonstrations against police brutality and independent media reporting.

Angolan police used live bullets, teargas, and dogs to disperse a peaceful anti-government protest, killing one protester, in the capital, Luanda, on November 11.

The Cambodian government should immediately scrap the draft cybercrime law, which threatens increased surveillance of internet users, privacy rights, and free speech online.

An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the car of Elyas Dayee, a reporter with Azadi Radio, exploded and killed him on November 11, 2020 in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province.

The Australian military has long been known for its secretive and closed culture. So the announcement that the long-awaited Brereton report on Australian war crimes in Afghanistan will be released next week could be a critical breakthrough.

Covid-19 cases are soaring and the UK government has imposed a further one-month lockdown in England that could push more than 2 million people into furlough, or temporary leave from work. Hundreds of thousands more could lose their jobs. The system that's supposed to help them is so flawed it could plunge many people into poverty and despair. 

The cases of former Kosovo Liberation Army officials in The Hague should increase pressure Serbia to prosecute its own former officials for war crimes in Kosovo.