Safe Haven Needed for Afghan Refugees: Daily Brief
European Union should show solidarity with refugees from Afghanistan; UN Security Council should renew Afghanistan mission; North Korea controls youth through ‘hard labor’; new laws threaten judicial independence in El Salvador; human rights agenda needed for Venezuela talks; and Texas abortion bill fallout.
Leaders in the European Union should demonstrate and communicate respect, understanding, and solidarity, not fear, when talking about Afghan refugees.
The United Nations Security Council should renew the UN mission in Afghanistan and bolster its capacity to monitor, investigate, and report on human rights abuses in the country since the Taliban takeover.
This week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed appreciation to the country’s youth for “volunteering” to do hard labor to compensate for “lagging behind” or to cleanse “cultural infiltration”...
Two laws passed by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly this week, threaten judicial independence by allowing authorities to dismiss all judges and prosecutors who are 60 years old or older.
Believe it or not, there are reasons for both sides in Venezuela to include human rights during their negotiations in Mexico.
And we wrap the Daily Brief up with very bad news from the United States.