News Clips- October 7, 2016

After demonstrators in Poland protested a new law to ban abortion early this week, a parliamentary committee recommended parliament vote against the bill. [Guardian]
Anti-government protests continued in Ethiopia this week after tear gas and shots from the police instigated a stampede at a religious festival last weekend, trampling between 55 and over 100 people. [Al Jazeera]
The authorities in Ethiopia arrested a blogger and lecturer this week and confiscated his computer. [CPJ]
The High Court in Zimbabwe refused to find the ongoing ban on protests in the capital unconstitutional, stating the ban is necessary to preserve the peace. [Jurist]
Myanmar has repealed the Emergency Provisions Act, which had previously allowed authorities to hold people without charge. [VOA]

After a major hurricane hit Haiti on Tuesday, reports indicate that nearly 500 people are dead and 15,000 people are displaced. [Guardian]
In the region of Lugansk in Ukraine, the electricity supply was cut for a week, leaving the region without water or heat and forcing the International Committee for the Red Cross to temporarily pay for electricity in the area. [ICRC]

The majority of voters who turned out for a referendum in Turkey voted that the country should not take in more migrants, but an insufficient number of people voted to make it official. [NYTimes]
In one day, over 4,650 people were rescued off of Libya’s coast, and at least 28 people were found dead. [Al Jazeera]

In a referendum, Colombian voters rejected the peace deal between the government and FARC, an armed rebel group. [Reuters]
The Paris agreement will enter into force on November 4 with deposits of instruments of ratification from the EU, Canada, and Nepal this week. [Washington Post]

The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Vitit Muntarbhorn as the first UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [Human Rights Campaign]
The United Nations Security Council nominated António Guterres from Portugal for the position of UN Secretary General. [Reuters]