The Daily Brief

Apr 14, 2025 The Daily Brief

Tortured for Telecoms in Tibet

China’s Abusive Surveillance Tactics; Quick Takes: US/El Salvador; Mozambique; EU/PA Dialogue; Readers’ Recommendations.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and a woman share a mobile phone outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on June 1, 2021.
Apr 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

Essential But Expendable

Global Healthcare Falls Short; Quick Takes: South Sudan; Iran; China/Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

A client waits to be seen by a doctor during an HIV clinic day at TASO Mulago service center in Kampala, Uganda, February 17, 2025.
Apr 9, 2025 The Daily Brief

“Give Us More Time”

Bogus Arguments of Abusive Governments; Quick Takes: US; Thailand; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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Apr 8, 2025 The Daily Brief

Hidden Killers in Syria

Old War, New Victims; Quick Takes: Gambia/US; Burkina Faso; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Nidal Ahmad stands near his olive farm in Aleppo, Syria on March 4, 2025. Its location near a former Syrian Army military camp has prevented him from harvesting crops for years. Last December, Nidal returned to check on his land and lost his foot in a landmine explosion.
Apr 7, 2025 The Daily Brief

A Rights Lesson from History

Rolling Back Rights in Romania; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; China; Germany; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A woman holds a banner that reads "Abortion is an essential public health service" at a rally
Apr 3, 2025 The Daily Brief

Trump’s Assault on Free Speech

A Threat to a Free Society; Quick Takes: Argentina; Burkina Faso; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024.
Apr 1, 2025 The Daily Brief

Aid Blocks and Bombs in Myanmar

Earthquake Survivors Need Urgent Aid; Quick Takes: Landmines; Human Rights Economy; Uzbekistan; Readers’ Recommendations.

Medical workers transport an earthquake casualty at a hospital
Mar 31, 2025 The Daily Brief

False Choices for Georgia

Scrap Abusive ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill; Quick Takes: Mexico; Sudan; Iran; Readers’ Recommendations.

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