In today's Brief: Obama talks NSA, but omits key information; British Airways boots a Bahraini activist; crackdown on free speech in the Gulf; women's rights in Afghanistan; the UK's language of immigration; Canada's indigenous women one step closer to justice; and US prisoners phone home.
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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 9 August
US and Net Freedom, Bahrain, the Gulf, Afghanistan, UK, Canada
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