Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 12 May 2015

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US, Asia boat people, EU migrants, Libya, #CARcrisis, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Bangladesh

May 12, 2015

In today’s Brief: "Excessive & malicious force" against prisoners with mental disabilities in US prisons; Asia's boat crisis; tackling Europe's migrant issues; lawless Libya; #CARcrisis; Turkmenistan's disappeared; Yemen's child soldiers; is US trade deal really a 'win-win'?; & (another) Bangladesh blogger murdered.

Prison staff in the United States have used unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force against prisoners with mental disabilities, Human Rights Watch said in a major new report today. Research suggests that correctional staff have "deluged" prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds

http://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights

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1. Kicking, because the abuses continue...