The Biden administration in the US should back justice globally; crackdown in Chad; EU Council meeting has full rights agenda; more international calls for investigation into Romani man's death in Czech police custody; did Egypt train Saudi killers?; UN Secretary-General calls on India to join Safe Schools Declaration; "stimmies" are not enough to repair the US social safety net; and #FreeBritney. 

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The United States should reaffirm support for justice for victims of grave international crimes around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. This, of course, includes violations that the US itself has committed.

Security forces in Chad have used excessive force, including indiscriminate live ammunition, to disperse opposition-led demonstrations across the country in the aftermath of the April 11 election, Human Rights Watch said today

The European Council meeting today and tomorrow should address a range of rights-related issues, including how the EU can saves lives in the Mediterranean Sea; taking action to address abuses in Russia and Turkey; and how to reverse the tide of authoritarianism in several EU member states. Maybe they could also move to stop the EU from blocking wider vaccine production globally, too?

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Council of Europe are all calling for an independent investigation into the death of Stanislav Tomáš after video emerged of Czech police kneeling on the Romani man's neck for several minutes just before he died.

Following media reports that Egyptian officials provided training to Saudi Arabia’s “Tiger Team,” the covert force found to be responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, the United States should investigate, seven human rights organizations have said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called on India to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, an intergovernmental political commitment to take common-sense measures to make it less likely that students, teachers, and schools are targeted for attack during armed conflict.

In the pandemic in the US, government stimulus checks have provided crucial relief, but they are really just a band-aid for a US social safety net that has been shredded by decades of budget cuts and draconian rules.

Britney Spears has delivered a strong statement before a judge in California against her guardianship. Under the legal arrangement, the singer has not had full control over her life since 2008. Instead, other people – mostly her father – have had legal authority to make decisions about her career, finances, and personal life. #FreeBritney

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