Syria Blocks People Returning: Daily Brief
Syria blocking return of displaced residents & demolishing their homes; China taking children of Turkic Muslims; Hungary in serious breech of fundamental democratic values; increasing arrests of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority; and the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, one year on...
The Syrian government is unlawfully preventing displaced residents from former anti-government-held areas from returning to their properties, a new report describes. Residents of one town, Qaboun, said the government is also demolishing their properties with no warning, and without providing alternative housing or compensation.
In Xinjiang, the Chinese government has removed children of detained Turkic Muslims from their extended families and placed in state institutions.
European Union foreign ministers meeting today should adopt a clear roadmap to declaring Hungary in serious breach of EU values. They are expected to discuss the situation in Hungary following a European Parliament resolution in September calling for political sanctions against the country.
Iranian intelligence officials have increased the arrests of the country’s Baha’i religious minority over the past two months, with no clear charges.
One year after the murder, of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, there's still no sign of justice...