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Sep 21, 2023 Daily Brief

Dealing with Difficult Allies

Biden Meets Central Asian Counterparts; France Ignores Shootings, Shoots Messenger; Another Vicious Attack in Cambodia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Please Help Support Our Work!; Quick Reminder.

Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredow and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov participate in the US-Central Asia (G5+1) foreign ministerial meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Astana, Kazakhstan, February 28, 2023.

Sep 20, 2023 Daily Brief

Europe’s Dedication to Failure

When You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging; Damning New UN Report on Ethiopia; Algeria’s Civic Spaces Under Attack; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Thanks for your support!

People sit on the ground of the overcrowded migrant reception center on Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, on September 16, 2023.

Sep 19, 2023 Daily Brief

If Daily Brief Readers Ran the World…

Your Feedback from Yesterday; When Will Spring Come for Belarus?; South Africa’s Rape Scourge; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Help Defend Human Rights!

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau speaks prior to a vote on a resolution aimed at fighting global warming, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, March 29, 2023.

Sep 18, 2023 Daily Brief

Ordering the World’s List of Problems; Rejecting Truth and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka; Update: EU Parliament Votes on Sex Work; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News; Support Our Work!

Sep 14, 2023 Daily Brief

The Witch Hunt in Poland

A Chilling Tale from Krakow; UK Government Harming Children; Brazil’s Police and a License to Kill; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Iran; Weekly Quiz!; Help Us Defend Human Rights.

People demonstrate outside a police station during 'Solidarity with Joanna' protest in Krakow, Poland on July 25, 2023.

Sep 13, 2023 Daily Brief

Sudan Is Sinking

Calling the UN Security Council…; A Victory for Truth in Chechnya; A New Voice for Australia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; “Number One” in Human Rights?; You Make It Happen!

A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, walks beside carts carrying her family belongings upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad, August 2, 2023.

Sep 12, 2023 Daily Brief

Taliban Crimes – In 90 Seconds

The Path to Justice for Taliban Abuses; Nice Friends You’ve Got There, Charles; China: Shh… Don’t Mention the Pandemic; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Please Support Us!

Fereshta Abbasi Speaking At the Human Rights Council for their 54th session

Sep 11, 2023 Daily Brief

Bahrain, Brutality, and Biden

A Lesson in Courage for Washington; Massive Victory in Mexico; Football Follow-Up: Good News; Take Note: Other Key Stories; New Text-Only Website; We Need You!

Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.

Sep 7, 2023 Daily Brief

The Scorecard on Children’s Rights in the US

Failing Grades, But Some Signs of Hope; Haiti’s Living Nightmare; Europe’s Confusion on Sex Work; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Announcement: New Daily Brief Schedule; Help Us Defend Human Rights!

Sep 6, 2023 Daily Brief

Where Peace Is Not Peace and Justice Is Not Justice

Atrocities Continue, and Spread, in Ethiopia; G20 Slogans and Reality; How Russia Ignores Its Cluster Bombs in Ukraine; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Help Support HRW’s Work!

Displaced Ethiopians from different towns in the Amhara region wait for aid distributions at a center for the internally-displaced in Debark, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia August 26, 2021.