Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have serious questions to answer in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh; Trump administration proposal threatens aid in Yemen; Saudi court sentences prominent Saudi-American doctor; seeking justice in Italy for the crimes of security forces in Egypt; recent presidential decree in Brazil risks undermining rights of children with disabilities; protecting people with disabilities in armed conflict; High Court in Nairobi rules in favor of four survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya; and the EU backs its autocrats instead of its values.
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We have two reports out today on unlawfully indiscriminate attacks in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenian forces on Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani forces in Karabakh.

The Trump administration’s potential designation of the Houthi armed group in Yemen as a “foreign terrorist organization” would threaten humanitarian aid on which millions of Yemenis rely for survival.

Saudi court sentenced a prominent Saudi-American medical doctor to six years in prison on vague charges mostly tied to his peaceful political views and expression.

After nearly five years of investigations, Italian prosecutors announced yesterday they have collected sufficient evidence to charge four Egyptian security officials, including senior officers from Egypt’s abusive National Security Agency for the 2016 kidnapping, torture, and murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo.

A recent Brazilian presidential decree risks undermining the right of children with disabilities to a quality, inclusive education.

“I have become disappointed. From what I see, nothing has practically changed for people with disabilities in Syria and other places where there is war or a humanitarian crisis", says Nujeen Mustafa, a disability and refugee rights defender.

The High Court in Nairobi has ruled in favor of four survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya.

The EU's democracy crisis (masquerading as a budget crisis) deepened, as leaders moved to favor the bloc's autocrats rather than uphold its fundamental values. 

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