All That Glitters on Valentine's Day: Daily Brief
Responsibly sourced jewelry for Valentine's Day; Russia's crackdown; Saudi Arabia drops death penalty for child offenders; Myanmar's coup; blogger faces 10 years in Uzbekistan; Liberian war crimes trial in Switzerland; unfreezing protesters' accounts in Nigeria; activist's murder case in DR Congo; Nepali women to need family's permission to travel?; media crackdown in the Philippines; why is Australia slamming the ICC?; Bolsonaro’s awful environmental record; Red Hand Day; and Human Rights Weekend.
Jewelry and watch companies should improve efforts to ensure that human rights are respected in their global supply chains, Human Rights Watch says ahead of Valentine’s Day on February 14.
Valentine's Day comes with a different edge in Russia, where authorities are threatening people who might light candles and flashlights in support of imprisoned political opposition figure Alexei Navalny - even if they do so in their own yards.
Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentence imposed on Ali Mohammed al-Nimr for participating in protests when he was a child.
As protests against the coup in Myanmar continue, the international action moves to Geneva today.
An outspoken blogger from Uzbekistan faces up to 10 years in prison in a dubious case brought by local authorities in the country’s southeast region.
The trial of a former Liberian rebel leader arrested in Switzerland for alleged war crimes during Liberia’s first civil war will start its second important phase on Monday.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Nigeria’s Central Bank to unfreeze the bank accounts of twenty #EndSARS supporters, who had been protesting nationwide police brutality. It's a welcome step, but the matter is far from closed...
The Democratic Republic of Congo government should reopen its investigation into the 2010 double murder of the leading human rights defender Floribert Chebeya and his driver, Fidèle Bazana, following new revelations about the case.
Women under 40 in Nepal would need permission from their families and local government to travel abroad?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared this week that he would not recognize any new license granted by Congress to ABS-CBN, the major television network that the government forced off the air in July 2020.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week handed down a historic ruling confirming that the court’s prosecutor has the power to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine. So, it was alarming to hear Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne slam the ICC’s decision.
An attempt to greenwash Bolsonaro’s environmental record has backfired at the OECD.
Today marks Red Hand Day, drawing attention to the plight of child soldiers worldwide.
And Human Rights Weekend begins today!