The Daily Brief

Jul 11, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Town Destroyed

Misterei, West Darfur, Burned to the Ground; Dumped in the Desert by the EU’s Latest Partner; Bahrain Persecuting Shi’as; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Russia/Ukraine; Quote of the Day: Srebrenica.

Burned down dwelling in Misterei, Sudan, after the May 28 attack.
Jul 10, 2023 The Daily Brief

When Is a Trial a War Crime?

Russia’s Sham Court Cases against Ukrainian Soldiers; Volkswagen Plans Xinjiang Audit; Banned for Rainbow Logo in Iraqi Kurdistan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Human Rights News Quiz!; Daily Brief in the News: Ukraine; Quote of the Day: Environmental Negotiations.

Soldiers of Ukraine's “Azov” Brigade attend a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 14, 2023.
Jul 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

The Killing That Comes after the Conflict

Ukraine and the Scourge of Cluster Bombs; Equality Now in Nepal; UN Peacekeepers Leaving Mali; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: UK and Rwanda.

The carrier section of an 9M27K-series Uragan rocket lodged in the ground near a family’s home in Hlynske village, apparently fired from the west, where Ukrainian forces controlled territory while the area was under Russian occupation in 2022.  Each rocket delivers 30 9N210 or 9N235 submunitions.
Jul 4, 2023 The Daily Brief

China’s Long Arm of Repression

From Beijing to Hong Kong to Your Country; Lawmaker Boasts of Russian Atrocities?; UK Ignoring Asylum Seekers with Disabilities; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: The Netherlands.

The Hong Kong activist Nathan Law takes part in a demonstration outside the Foreign Office in Berlin, September 1, 2020.
Jun 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

You Are Not Your Worst Mistake

Draconian Sentencing in California; The EU Fails on China, Again; UN Votes to Help Syrian Families of the Missing; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Update: Good News on Deforestation; Quote of the Day: US Supreme Court Outlaws Affirmative Action.

Joseph Bell (left) and Remi King at the California Legislature Building to advocate for passage of SB 300, which would remove the current requirement that anyone convicted under the felony murder rule receive either a death sentence or life without parole.
Jun 29, 2023 The Daily Brief

Offshoring Refugees: A Costly, Abusive Failure

The Disastrous “Australia Model”; A Year of Marcos in the Philippines; A Step toward Justice in Venezuela; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: UN/Israel; Listen: Europe’s Complicity in Mediterranean Deaths; Quote of the Day: Life without Parole in California.

Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018.
Jun 28, 2023 The Daily Brief

Why Does the UN Chief Value Some Children More Than Others?

Mixed Message in the UN’s “List of Shame”; South Africa Failing Older People; What New York Can Do for Tropical Forests; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: EU Policy of Suffering; Quote of the Day: Iran.

A three-story house that reportedly had 30 members of one Palestinian family destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza, May 13, 2023.
Jun 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

Pride vs Hate in Turkey

Politicians against the Courts in Turkey; Still Seeking Justice and Democracy in Eswatini; The Search for Syria’s Missing; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Update: EU Migration Paranoia; Quote of the Day: South Africa.

In defiance of a ban on all Pride events in Istanbul and full police lockdown, demonstrators assembled in the backstreets of Nişantaşı neighborhood near Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey, June 25, 2023.