Gaza Blockade Hinders People With Disabilities: Daily Brief
Focus on Gaza & #BreakTheChains on International Day of Persons with Disabilities; red carpet treatment for Egypt's dictator in Paris is a bad idea; Bhasan Char island nightmare for Rohingya refugees; Armenian prisoners of war abused by Azerbaijani forces; human rights lawyer ordered to leave Russia; 50+ killed since presidential poll in Côte d’Ivoire; and the Olympic rings must be a force for good.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians with disabilities don't have much to celebrate today on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Israel’s 13-year closure of the Gaza Strip combined with neglect by Hamas authorities, significantly encumber their day-to-day lives. The positive news: Gazans with disabilities find strength despite discrimination.
Today Human Rights Watch is organizing an Instagram live event, with focus on disability rights and the global movement to #BreakTheChains.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is visiting France next week, and Human Rights Watch has a clear message for France's president Emmanuel Macron.
The Bangladesh government should immediately halt imminent relocations of Rohingya refugees to remote Bhasan Char island.
Azerbaijani forces have inhumanely treated numerous ethnic Armenian military troops captured in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. They subjected these prisoners of war to physical abuse and humiliation, in actions that were captured on videos and widely circulated on social media.
Vanessa Kogan, executive director of Stichting Justice Initiative, a prominent human rights group, has been informed that her Russian residence permit has been revoked and that she has two weeks to leave the country.
Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire should urgently investigate the killing of more than 50 people in the political and intercommunal violence that accompanied the October 31 presidential elections. Those responsible for unlawful killings should be prosecuted.
And there's positive news regarding the Olympic Games and human rights.