Where Does Your Jewelry Come From?: Daily Brief
Jewelry companies need to take human rights seriously in their sourcing; Uyghur men arrested in Saudi Arabia at risk; Italy poised to improve rights of migrants; police conduct in Paris “shocking”; Congolese warlord sentenced to life in prison; community in Somalia in dire need of health care after massacre; harsh prison sentence for Tunisian blogger; abusers’ days in football are numbered; and Brazilian rainforest defender honored.
While some major jewelry companies are improving their sourcing of gold and diamonds, most cannot assure consumers that their jewelry is untainted by human rights abuses.
On the eve of the G20 leaders’ summit, host Saudi Arabia has arrested two Chinese Muslim Uyghur men. If forcibly returned to China, the two are at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture.
A new immigration decree could significantly improve protections and rights of migrants and asylum seekers if it becomes law in Italy.
The interior minister of France has said that images of police breaking up a refugee camp in Paris, attacking journalists and others with truncheons and teargas, were “shocking”.
The conviction of and life sentence for Congolese militia leader Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka for war crimes committed by his militia between 2012 and 2014 is an important step in the fight against impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The summary execution of seven health workers and a pharmacist left a rural community in Somalia in dire need of health care. Six months on, government investigations have not resulted in arrests or prosecutions.
Tunisia’s legal codes are rife with vague laws that the authorities use to penalize free speech and silence critical voices such as that of blogger Wajdi Mahouechi who was sentenced to two years in prison for posting a Facebook video a court official deemed offensive.
FIFA’s lifetime ban for Haitian soccer federation president Yves Jean-Bart is an important signal that the days of abusers in football are numbered.
And more good news: Osvalinda Marcelino Alves Pereira, a small-scale farmer from a small town at the heart of the Amazon has become the first Brazilian to receive the Edelstam Prize for having “fearlessly stood up against the criminal networks in her work to defend the rainforest.”