The Daily Brief

Jan 29, 2025 The Daily Brief

Backing Bangladesh’s Transition

Turning a Moment of Victory into Lasting Democracy; Quick Takes: Mississippi, US; Ethiopia; Tajikistan; Italy; Readers’ Recommendations; Take Action: Russia/Ukraine.

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Jan 28, 2025 The Daily Brief

Punishing the Pregnant in Gaza

Another Side to the Gaza Crisis; Quick Takes: US Foreign Policy; Canada; Cameroon; Readers’ Recommendations; Podcast: Can the ICC Survive 2025?

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Jan 27, 2025 The Daily Brief

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025

On Memory and Forgetting; Quick Takes: DR Congo/Rwanda; Belarus; Libya; Afghanistan; Readers’ Recommendations.

Gate to the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
Jan 22, 2025 The Daily Brief

Trump’s New Executive Orders

Evaluating Trump’s Latest Moves; Quick Takes: Egypt, Greece; Readers’ Recommendations; A Little of Everything.

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, DC, January 20, 2025.
Jan 21, 2025 The Daily Brief

A Fake Daily Brief

Beware Imposters; Quick Takes: Trump 2; Readers’ Recommendations.

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Dec 19, 2024 The Daily Brief

The Yearly Brief

Human Rights in 2024; Quick Takes: Israel/Gaza; Myanmar; Germany; Weekly Quiz!

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Dec 18, 2024 The Daily Brief

The Need to Secure Evidence in Syria

Syria’s Mass Crime Scenes; Quick Takes: Russia; Cameroon; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations; Note to Readers; Support Our Work!

Human Rights Watch researchers visit the site of the mass grave in Tadamon, Damascus on December 11, 2024. Human Rights Watch confirmed the mass grave’s exact location after verifying a leaked video, taken in April 2013, showing summary executions by Syrian government forces and affiliated militia.