The Daily Brief

Jun 12, 2023 The Daily Brief

EU Doubles Down on Suffering

The Inhumanity of the EU’s New Border Deal; A Victory for the Right to Vote in the US; Fighting Corruption in Honduras; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Kyrgyzstan.

The Closed Controlled Access Center for asylum seekers on Samos, Greece, October 21, 2021. The hotspot was created in 2021 with EU funds. 
Jun 9, 2023 The Daily Brief

Philippines’ “War on Drugs” Is a War on Justice

Six Years in Pretrial Detention for Highlighting Police Killings; Ignoring the Descendants of Germany’s Forgotten Genocide; Faithfully Working to End Israel’s Apartheid; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Listen: Vietnam; Quote of the Day: Corruption in Honduras.

Supporters of former senator Leila de Lima outside the Hall of Justice in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, May 12, 2023.
Jun 8, 2023 The Daily Brief

Saudi Butchery and Global Golf

The PGA’s Hole-in-One for Hypocrisy; A Blueprint for One-Party Rule in Poland; Angolan Police Kill Fuel-Price Protesters; Take Note: Other Key Stories; UPDATE: Human Rights Hero Oleg Orlov in Russian Court; Quote of the Day: India.

Golfers walk on the 16th hole during the LIV Golf Invitational at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Saudi Arabia.
Jun 7, 2023 The Daily Brief

Nigeria Finally Admits Deadly Airstrike

Airstrike Victims Deserve Justice; Good News: Brutal Belarus Fails at UN; Plastics Pollution and Fossil Fuels; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Ukraine Dam Collapse.

Mass grave in Doma LGA, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, where 31 people who died from the airstrike are buried. Photo taken on March 14, 2023.
Jun 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

Spying for Human Rights

On Intelligence Gathering and Human Rights; Voices of Those Who Fled Sudan’s Conflict; Food Cuts for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Senegal.

Carrying an exhumed body at a mass burial site, Izium, Ukraine, September 23, 2022.
Jun 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

Good News: Arrest of Rwanda Genocide Suspect in South Africa

Arrest in South Africa of a Fugitive Wanted for Mass Atrocities; The Politics of Hate in the US and Russia; Police Violence against Street Traders in Angola; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Rohingya in Bangladesh.

1994 Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in the Cape Town Magistrates court in Cape Town, South Africa, May 26, 2023.
Jun 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

There’s No Forgetting Tiananmen Massacre

China Should Acknowledge Tiananmen Massacre; A boost for Marriage Equality in South Korea; Dangerous Heat, Deadly Consequences for Migrant Workers in Gulf States; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Watch and Listen: Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Law; Quote of the Day: UN/Sudan.

Liu Xiaobo addresses the crowd at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 1, 1989.
Jun 1, 2023 The Daily Brief

Ethnic Cleansing Ongoing in Ethiopia

Ethnic Cleansing Ongoing in Ethiopia; Jail Term for Parody Maker Is No Laughing Matter; Indigenous Rights Shouldn’t Have an Expiry Date; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Australia.

Displaced people from Western Tigray stand outside a school where they are sheltering in Mekele, Ethiopia, February 24, 2021.
May 31, 2023 The Daily Brief

Fighting to Eliminate Cluster Bombs

Convention on Cluster Munitions Turns 15; Good News for Protecting Kids Online; Grim Update: Uganda; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: El Salvador.

Cluster Munitions Threaten Civilians
May 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

Japan’s “Hostage Justice System”

Guilty until Proven Innocent in Japan; More on Russia’s Mass Abductions of Children; A Step Forward for Equality in Namibia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Watch and Listen: Israel/Palestine; Quote of the Day: DR Congo.

Japan’s system of “hostage justice” denies criminal suspects the rights to due process and a fair trial.