Daily Brief Archive

Get The Daily Brief by Email

Every weekday, get the world’s top human rights news, explored and explained by Andrew Stroehlein.

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Country

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.

Dec 18, 2023 Daily Brief

Israel Weaponizing Starvation

War Crimes in Gaza; Quick Takes: India, Chad, Mental Health, Europe; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

People line up for bread at a partially collapsed but still operational bakehouse in Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, November 4, 2023.

Dec 14, 2023 Daily Brief

Addressing Abuse in Kyrgyzstan; No News on Police Discrimination in France?; Quick Takes: Greece, Thailand, UK/Rwanda; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

Dec 13, 2023 Daily Brief

Embarrassing for Us as a Species

Another Petro-autocracy to Host Climate Talks?; Quick Takes: Brazil, Nepal, Refugees; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

The 28th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) will bring together state parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 30 to December 12, 2023. © 2023 Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images

Dec 12, 2023 Daily Brief

Will US Action Follow Words on Sudan?

Acknowledging Atrocities Is Not Enough; Refusing to Accept Injustice in Russia; Activists Fighting Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

Families escaping Ardamata in West Darfur cross into Adre, Chad, after a wave of ethnic violence, November 7, 2023. Survivors recounted executions and looting in Ardamata, which they said were carried out by RSF and allied Arab militias. © 2023 REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Dec 11, 2023 Daily Brief

Water and War in Yemen

Water Weaponized in Yemen’s War; Seven Months in Jail for a Social Media Post in Congo; Human Rights Press Awards; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

A girl walks with a donkey carrying water containers

Dec 7, 2023 Daily Brief

What Unites Humanity?

On the Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Peru Slaps Faces of Atrocity Victims; Another Deadly “Mistake” in Nigeria; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule.

Dec 6, 2023 Daily Brief

Empty Evacuation Orders in Gaza

Weak Warnings before Bombings in Gaza; Afghan Education: Awful for Boys, Too; Jordan’s LGBT Activists Under Attack; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Letter from Prague (on Gaza); Support Our Work!

Palestinian children stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Al-Bureij camp, Gaza

Dec 5, 2023 Daily Brief

A Chance to Change China

EU Opportunity to Act on Beijing’s Crimes; The ICC’s Annual Meeting; Burkina Faso: Where Is Daouda Diallo?; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, December 17, 2019.