Junta Drags Myanmar Back into Dark Ages: Daily Brief
Death penalty returns to Myanmar; historic vote on US slavery reparations bill coming up; reporter killed in Greece; news updates from China; another woman killed in scourge of Kyrgyzstan ‘bride kidnappings’, Chad's 'elections'; and check out the latest episode of our Power of the Streets podcast.
What's happening in Myanmar? In short, the military is, "dragging Myanmar back into the rights-abusing dark ages of past military dictatorships."
- Death toll since February 1 coup passes 700, including at least 82 during massacre in city of Bago;
- Military court orders execution of 19 people;
- Pro-democracy protesters launch new strike.
Congress in the United States is about to take a historic step on Wednesday, when a vote is scheduled on a slavery reparations bill.
Veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz has been shot and killed in Greece. The police should now conduct a swift, transparent, and thorough investigation into his killing.
The rights-abusing Xi Jinping regime has scored a PR own-goal in Australia, while at the same time China is going global with its techno-authoritarianism, an awful development.
Last week, several men abducted 27-year-old Aizada Kanatbekova in broad daylight in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. Kidnapping women for marriage is a crime in Kyrgyzstan, but men abduct women regularly and with impunity.
Chad organized elections on Sunday, in which the opposition had no chance at all.
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