International Legal News: December 2018
The following media round up of international legal and foreign policy issues from around the world for the week of 07 - 14 December 2018.
The Guernica Group will provide weekly media updates from the International Criminal Court, European Court of Human Rights, United Nations, European Union and other sources. Should you wish to contribute or submit a media summary, opinion piece or blog, please send to Nenad Vucijak for consideration.
BAHRAIN 6 December 2018
Bahrain requested arrest of refugee ‘before he arrived in Thailand’
INDONESIA 9 December
Indonesia: Papuan Militants kill 17
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/09/indonesia-papuan-militants-kill-17
INDIA 10 December 2018
Indian action under the scanner as UN Special Rapporteur probes fate of Dubai Princess
IRAN 11 December 2018
Iran sentences three Human Rights lawyers to prison, reports say;
ARGENTINA 11 December 2018
Argentina Dirty War: two Former Ford executives Jailed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-46528478
TANZANIA 12 December 2018
Tanzanian girl’s rights activist wins the UN Human Rights Prize
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/12/africa/gyumi-un-human-rights-prize/index.html
US-BANGLADESH 12 December 2018
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to promote free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Bangladesh
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/1169/text
BELARUS 12 December 2018
Prisioner executions in Belarus “ simply unacceptable” says UN Rights Body
https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1028351
INTERNATIONAL 13 December 2018
Hundreds of Journalists jailed grlobally becomes the new normal
https://cpj.org/reports/2018/12/journalists-jailed-imprisoned-turkey-china-egypt-saudi-arabia.php
US 13 December 2018
Corker offers Resolution condemning Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
ETHIOPIA 13 December 2018
Ethiopia’s Torture Problem and the Court of Public Opinion
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/13/ethiopias-torture-problem-and-court-public-opinion
CROATIA 13 December 2018
Why are Police in Croatia attacking asylum seekers trapped in the Balkans
https://lacuna.org.uk/migration/why-police-croatia-attacking-asylum-seekers-trapped-in-the-balkans/
SOUTH SUDAN 14 December 2018
UN Investigates systematic sexual violence across South Sudan