US Needs Real Covid-19 Relief: Daily Brief
Meaningful Covid-19 relief needed in US; Azerbaijan attacks on church an apparent war crime; health concerns for wrongly jailed UAE human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor; forced disappearances in Iraq; innovative model for foreign aid in Lebanon; search for justice moves ahead in Venezuela; Turkmenistan imprisons man for helping WHO; personal data of thousands of Covid-19 patients leaked in Moscow; assault on LGBT rights in Hungary and Poland; and Europe's Sakharov Prize awarded to the Belarus opposition.
The United States Congress should strengthen and pass another round of Covid-19 emergency relief before existing protections expire.
Azerbaijani forces attacked a church in the city of Shushi during the Nagorno-Karabakh hostilities, in what appears to be a deliberate targeting in violation of the laws of war.
The Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s health is at grave risk following more than three years in solitary confinement without basic necessities.
Despite prime minister’s promises, forced disappearances continue in Iraq.
This month, the World Bank, United Nations, and European Union announced an innovative model for disbursing aid to Lebanon that hopefully will bypass the country's endemic corruption.
The new report from the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office, indicating that the office’s examination of possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela is moving forward, advances the search for justice by victims of atrocities under Nicolás Maduro’s government.
In Turkmenistan, the authorities deny the truth and deny people their freedom.
The personal data of thousands of Covid-19 patients have been leaked in Moscow.
The assault on LGBT rights in Hungary and Poland goes on...
Today sees the ceremony for this year's Sakharov Prize, awarded to the democracy movement in Belarus.