Australia Should Investigate Indigenous Deaths: Daily Brief
France deports key witness in Chechnya case; crackdown on LGBT people in Cameroon; Ukrainian women and children detained in Syria; Mexico proposes law restricting social media company operations; Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict poses serious humanitarian risks; new law extends Somalia president’s term.
Australia should investigate the deaths of indigenous people in custody. Avoiding these investigations tarnishes the country’s human rights record.
France has deported Magomed Ganaev, a Chechen asylum seeker who is a key witness in a high-profile torture case against Chechnya’s leadership.
In the past two months, dozens of LGBT people in Cameroon have been arrested and detained because of their sexual orientation.
Regional authorities in northeast Syria are unlawfully detaining Ukrainian women and children in inhuman and degrading conditions in camps.
If passed, a proposed bill in the Mexican Senate aiming to regulate social media would restrict free speech. The bill proposes state oversight on social media networks and impose steep fines for failure to comply with regulations.
The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region is creating a serious humanitarian crisis that could lead to disease outbreaks and sexual violence.
And finally, Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo signed a law extending his term by two years.