New treaty needed to prohibit autonomous weapons; regime in Belarus tries to kidnap Olympic athlete; new abuses in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions; action needed against surveillance industry; the world is failing to prevent abuse in Ethiopia's Tigray region; and an interview with Reed 'Dictator Hunter' Brody.

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Governments should move urgently to begin negotiations on a new treaty to prohibit and restrict autonomous weapons systems, known as “killer robots”, say Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic in a new report.

    The regime in Belarus has apparently tried to kidnap another citizen who spoke up against abuse, this time Krystina Tsimanouskaya, an athlete who was supposed to compete on Monday during the Olympic Games in Japan.

     

    New abuses in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions by both government security forces and armed separatists highlight the urgent need to protect communities at risk and to hold those responsible for abuses to account.

    The regime in Egypt is continuing its crackdown on critical nongovernment groups.

    Governments around the world should act against abuses in the surveillance industry.

    It’s critical that key international bodies and governments move beyond condemnatory statements and adopt concrete action regarding the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region. They should push for credible, United Nations-led investigations, which could pave the way for the prosecution of those responsible for serious abuses.

     And how can we bring dictators to justice? Reed 'Dictator Hunter' Brody knows...