Myanmar Junta's "Brute Force Terror": Daily Brief
UN experts highlight Myanmar's crackdown; cronyism and nepotism in Kenya's Covid relief; the US response to refugees coming from Cuba and Haiti; Japan failing on equality; ice cream maker to stop sales in illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory; prominent rights defender in UAE in danger; religious freedom dented in the EU; and keeping yourself safe from spyware.
UN experts have condemned the "brute force terror campaign" the junta has unleashed in Myanmar. Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, highlighted the crackdown on human rights defenders in particular.
Kenyan authorities' cash transfer program for pandemic relief has been characterized by lack of transparency, cronyism and nepotism.
Political turmoil in Cuba and Haiti could again mean more asylum seekers taking to the seas. Human Rights Watch reminds the US that a country’s treatment of refugees is the true measure of its humanity.
Despite promises from Japan’s ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that they would pass the country’s first national LGBT law during the 2021 Diet session, the legislature failed to do so. Join us in telling Japan this is unacceptable.
Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s will end sales of its ice cream in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor may face retaliation after a private letter he wrote detailing his mistreatment in detention and flagrantly unfair trial was published in the regional media.
Protection of religious freedom – for Muslim women in particular – was dented last week by the European Union’s highest court’s ruling that permits employers to discriminate against people who wear religious dress.
And with the ongoing Pegasus Project investigation into NSO Group, which sells hacking spyware to governments, many journalists, rights activists and others who've been targetted are asking how they can protect themselves. Here are some ideas...