Climate Action Now! Daily Brief
Immediate action needed to end fossil fuel subsidies and slow climate change; Rohingya refugees deported to "island jail"; massacre in Burkina Faso; pandemic won't end until more vaccines are produced; final verdict coming up in case of 'Butcher of Bosnia'; commemoration of Tiananmen Square Massacre; and time is running out to pass #EqualityActJapan.
G7 member countries should take immediate and concrete action to end fossil fuel subsidies. Stopping these subsidies is key to countries meeting their human rights obligation to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A G7 summit is scheduled for June 11-13, in the United Kingdom.
The Bangladesh government has relocated nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island without adequate health care, livelihoods, or protection.
There is very bad news from Burkina Faso, where extremists have murdered over 100 civilians during an attack on a village, the worst attack in years in the country.
Here's a reminder for leaders, especially in the European Union: the pandemic will not end until the world starts producing more vaccines.
On Tuesday, judges in The Hague will deliver their final verdict in the case of the 'butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic.
The Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 4 ,1989, has been commemorated again in the past days, as the regime in China sticks to denial and censorship.
And is Japan ready to host the Summer Olympics, that are scheduled to begin next month? It seems it is not...