Azerbaijan Tortured Armenian Prisoners: Daily Brief
Azerbaijani forces abused Armenian prisoners of war; President Magufuli’s death should open a new chapter for Tanzania; UN Security Council urges South Sudan to establish hybrid court; Atlanta shootings strike fear in Asian-American community; will US repeat history by failing Haitians again?; a boost for same-sex marriage in Japan; Belarus government trying to intimidate rights defenders; and is the EU about to break ranks with governments that are blocking wider manufacturing of vaccines?
Azerbaijani forces abused Armenian prisoners of war from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, subjecting them to cruel and degrading treatment and torture either when they were captured, during their transfer, or while in custody at various detention facilities, according to a new report.
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli, whose death was confirmed on March 17, leaves a legacy of repression and serious human rights abuses. What's next for Tanzania?
South Sudan should heed last week’s call from the UN Security Council to establish a hybrid court with the African Union, support the protection of civilians, and cease interfering with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) monitoring of human rights abuses.
In the US, violent attacks and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and people of Asian descent continue to rise.
Will the US repeat history by failing Haitians again?
Marriage equality got a boost in Japan...
The government of Belarus is trying to intimidate human rights defenders into silence.
The EU, UK, US, Canada and a number of other governments have been blocking more widespread manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines by refusing to waive some intellectual property rules, as 100 other countries have called for. But this week, the European Commission suggested it may break ranks. The sooner, the better.