The Daily Brief

Mar 13, 2024 The Daily Brief

Where Pandemic Restrictions Remain

Repression in North Korea; Quick Takes: Pakistan; Ecuador; Ghana; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work.

Uniformed border guards patrol next to a fence
Mar 11, 2024 The Daily Brief

Criminal Chaos in Haiti

What Hope for Haiti?; Quick Takes: Azerbaijan; Peru; France; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A man walks past several torched cars
Mar 6, 2024 The Daily Brief

Historic Victory in France, But…

What a Win for Rights in France Tells Us; Quick Takes: Malaysia; Mali; Russia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A message reading "My body my choice" is projected onto the Eiffel Tower on March 4, 2024.
Mar 5, 2024 The Daily Brief

Pointless “Pragmatism”

Pointless “Pragmatism” in South-East Asia; Quick Takes: Türkiye; Egypt; Ghana; Ethiopia; Russia; Readers’ Recommendations; Listen: Carbon Credits; Please support Our Work!

Leaders pose for a photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Summit, in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 7, 2023.
Mar 4, 2024 The Daily Brief

Second Class in Yemen

Women Restricted by All Sides in Yemen; Quick Takes: Iraq; Mozambique; Ukraine; Readers’ Recommendations; Please Support Our Work!

Women walk at the “Change Square” outside Sanaa University’s gate, Sanaa, Yemen. 
Feb 29, 2024 The Daily Brief

Carbon Credit Casualties in Cambodia

Problems with Carbon Offsetting; Quick Takes: Türkiye/Syria; Saudi Arabia; Chad; ASEAN; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Two women harvesting rice in a rural rice field
Feb 28, 2024 The Daily Brief

Talking Truth to Tyranny

Words to Remember from Russia; Quick Takes: China/Tibet; Burkina Faso; Algeria; Readers’ Recommendations.

Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024.
Feb 27, 2024 The Daily Brief

Video Should Spark Reform in Japan

Japan’s “hostage justice system”; Quick Takes: Afghanistan; Russia; Egypt; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Yamato Eguchi speaking at the "hostage justice" survivor event at the Japanese National Diet, Tokyo, November 10, 2023.
Feb 26, 2024 The Daily Brief

Israel Defies Court, Starves Gaza

Israel Fails to Comply with World Court; Quick Takes: Indonesia; Egypt; Uzbekistan/Kazakhstan; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.
Feb 22, 2024 The Daily Brief

Anniversaries and Atrocities

Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine; Quick Takes: Panama; Yemen; China; Readers’ Recommendations.

Trail of death left behind in Bucha following the Russian forces’ occupation in March. Bucha became a veritable crime scene, with extensive evidence of dozens of summary executions, other unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, and torture, all of which would constitute war crimes and potential crimes against humanity.