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Nov 12, 2024 The Daily Brief

Extortion by Passport

An Authoritarian Grip on Citizens Abroad; Quick Takes: Burkina Faso; Germany; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos from around the World.

Nov 11, 2024 The Daily Brief

Mozambique’s Post-election Violence; Quick Takes: Sudan; Saudi Arabia; United States; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Podcast: There’s No Such Thing as a Virginity Test; Videos from around the World.

A boy wears a “bullet-proof vest” made of cardboard while walking on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, November 5, 2024.

Nov 7, 2024 The Daily Brief

A Dozen Stories Not about the US Elections

News You May Be Missing; Quick Takes: Incendiary Weapons; Mozambique; US Abortion; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Human Rights Jobs; Fighting Atrocities; Israel/Lebanon; Australia; Russia; Support Our Work!

Nov 6, 2024 The Daily Brief

Trump Take Two

The Threat to Human Rights; Quick Takes: Kenya; EU/Azerbaijan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Human Rights Jobs; Fighting Atrocities; Israel/Lebanon; Australia; Russia.

Republican President-elect Donald Trump after speaking at a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 5, 2024. (C) 2024

Nov 5, 2024 The Daily Brief

How to Get a Job in Human Rights

Is Human Rights the Career for You?; Quick Takes: Germany/Tajikistan; Japan; Gaza/Denmark; Türkiye; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A researcher takes notes while sitting with an interviewee

Nov 4, 2024 The Daily Brief

A World on Edge

Rights Lights Dark Days; Quick Takes: Türkiye; Zambia; DR Congo; Readers’ Recommendations; Fighting “Virginity Tests”; Videos: US Elections; Fighting Atrocities; Israel/Lebanon; Russia; Rwanda; Correction; Support Our Work!

Oct 31, 2024 The Daily Brief

Your Body on the Ballot

A Key Issue in US Elections; Quick Takes: Israel/Lebanon; Armenia; Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Videos: Israel/Lebanon; Gaza; Russia; Haiti; Azerbaijan.

Supporters advocating for reproductive freedom during a rally launching FIRM, or Freedom in Reproduction Maryland, a group that campaigns in support of the constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights on the ballot in Maryland, October 15, 2024.

Oct 30, 2024 The Daily Brief

Facts Are Not Enough

Ending Atrocities; Quick Takes: Israel/Lebanon/Syria; Killer Robots; Guam; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Israel/Lebanon; US Elections; Australia; Russia; Azerbaijan.

Oct 29, 2024 The Daily Brief

20 Years of Injustice in Thailand

Tak Bai Massacre victims Deserve Justice; Quick Takes: Burkina Faso; Mozambique; Saudi Arabia; Readers’ Recommendations.

Community members call for justice at a mass grave for victims of the October 2004 Tak Bai massacre, Narathiwat, Thailand, October 25, 2024.

Oct 28, 2024 The Daily Brief

Frontex: From Theory to Practice

EU coastguard should save lives at sea; Quick Takes: Iran; ICJ Israel/Palestine; Morocco; Readers’ Recommendations; Listen: Afghanistan.