Families of activists who flee Xinjiang pay a heavy price; Ethiopian government forces summarily execute boy in broad daylight; Papua New Guinea government should protect women attacked for practicing “sorcery”; new low in Greece's inhumanity toward asylum seekers; fears of another round of violence in upcoming Kenyan elections; and not one, not two, but THREE pieces of good news from Europe on vaccine patent waivers.

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Chinese authorities impose collective punishment on relatives of activists who flee Xinjiang.

Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight.

The Papua New Guinea government should protect women accused of practicing “sorcery” from violence and hold the attackers to account. At least five women have been attacked since March 2021, one of whom was killed.

The level of inhumanity shown toward asylum seekers in Greece has hit a new low...

As Kenya heads toward elections next year, many survivors are worried that it will be another cycle of violence.

And finally, good news comes in threes in the campaign for vaccine patent waivers: France is joining the push; the European Parliament has approved a resolution backing waivers as well; and the EU has (finally) agreed to enter text-based discussions on the TRIPS waiver proposal (though officially the EU still opposes the idea).

 

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