India Should Address Healthcare Crisis: Daily Brief
Lift Covid-19 vaccine patents; Kenya ruling delays refugees’ repatriation; UN economic body elects governments with poor rights records; China blocks news about Oscar winner; Russia mounts pressure on Alexei Nalvany’s movement; Somalia president drops his tenure extension; new Brazil resolution will protect people with disabilities.
Donors and diaspora groups are rushing assistance to India to help curb the world’s fastest growing Covid-19 crisis. But instead of addressing healthcare shortages, India’s government is responding by cracking down on free speech.
The US congress, civil society groups and other world leaders are urging US president Joe Biden to waive intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccines to ensure equal distribution globally to combat the pandemic.
A court ruling pausing Kenya’s directive to close Dadaab and Kakuma camps will delay the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of refugees, but it's time for Kenya to consider integrating refugees.
Governments with poor human rights records such as Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, China and Myanmar have been elected to the UN Economic and Social Council.
China is blocking news about Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao’s historic Oscar win.
Russian authorities have ruled to suspend activities of organizations affiliated to jailed government critic Alexei Nalvany.
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said he will no longer pursue an extension to his presidential term.
And finally, newly adopted resolution in Brazil will require annual inspections of adults with disabilities, a step towards more protection for people with disabilities.