Myanmar Junta Targets Reporters and Lawyers: Daily Brief

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar; celebrating #Pride; Sudan signals ex-dictator to face International Criminal Court; new investigation into massacre in Tigray, Ethiopia; security forces in Bangladesh should be held accountable for torture; aid to millions of Syrians at risk; and #FreeBritney.

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The brutal military junta in Myanmar is targeting independent journalists and lawyers in attempts to crush the opposition to its rule.

This weekend, many pride marches took place in cities across Europe, in support of LGBT+ rights. The authorities in Istanbul, Turkey attacked protesters and arrested 25 people including prominent AFP photographer Bulent Kilic.

Sudan's former dictator Omar al-Bashir and others suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country may soon find themselves in The Hague, where the International Criminal Court wants to put them on trial.

 

CNN has published a new investigation into a massacre in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

The Bangladesh government has failed to address widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment by its security forces, say ten rights groups including Human Rights Watch. The groups call on the United Nations and concerned governments to take decisive action. 

Will the United Nations Security Council make the right decision regarding aid to people in need in Syria? Millions of people in the Idlib region depend on foreign aid that passes through only one border crossing.

And read this dispatch about Britney Spears’s predicament, and how it mirrors the reality for millions of people with disabilities.