Daily Brief Archive

Jan 17, 2024 Daily Brief

Never 9-to-5, But…

The Stresses of Human Rights Work; Creeping Authoritarianism; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; Global Inequality; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations.

People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017.
Jan 16, 2024 Daily Brief

Assault on the Powerless

A Disturbing Global Trend; Quick Takes: Gaza and Meta; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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Jan 15, 2024 Daily Brief

Do We Really Need a Trillionaire?

Extreme Inequality Is a Human Rights Issue; Quick Takes: US; Gaza; Myanmar; Belarus; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Volunteers attend to people at the Food Bank of Lugo, May 2, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Jan 10, 2024 Daily Brief

Genocide Case against Israel at World Court

On Accusations of Genocide in Gaza; Quick Takes: Climate Crisis; US Asylum; Education Globally; Readers’ Recommendations; Tomorrow: Our World Report.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.
Jan 9, 2024 Daily Brief

Blasphemy Is Bogus

A Case in Indonesia Makes a Global Point; My Quick Takes: Bangladesh; Cameroon; Killer Robots; Readers’ Recommendations; Heads-up: World Report Coming.

Apollinaris Darmawan on his YouTube channel.
Jan 8, 2024 Daily Brief

2024 and All That

Vote for a Better Year; My Quick Takes: Gambia; Honduras; AI; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The “knitting nannas” assemble outside the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, May 10, 2023.
Dec 21, 2023 Daily Brief

Thanks! And Looking Back on 2023

A Round-Up of Some Key Stories This Year; Quick Takes: News from This Week; Take Note: Other Key Stories; The Year in Rights: 2023 Quiz.

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
Dec 20, 2023 Daily Brief

Who Needs Regulations?

The High Cost of Low Compliance; Good News: Peru Destroys Its Cluster Munitions; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

Members of the search team work at a burned down wedding hall after a fatal fire engulfed the hall during a wedding celebration, September 27, 2023. 
Dec 19, 2023 Daily Brief

Unbelievable Egypt

Egypt’s Bogus Election amid Repression; Quick Takes: EU Border Deaths, DR Congo, Yemen; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

Egyptians cast their ballot at a polling station in Cairo during the presidential election, December 10, 2023.