‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me’: Daily Brief

Many unable to flee Afghanistan face grave risks; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances; power grab by Tunisia's president; the killing doesn’t stop during South Africa’s women’s month; Biden meets Ukraine President; and Human Rights Watch has lost a close friend – Michael Gellert.

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Many of those most committed to creating a better society in Afghanistan, empowering women, and trying to hold the government to account are now in hiding facing grave dangers.

Today is International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Tens of thousands of families in countries such as Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Syria deserve to know the truth of what happened to their loved ones.

 

Tunisia’s ten-year-old democracy is living its most precarious moment, with a power grab by President Qaies Saied and an absent Constitutional Court

Women’s Month in South Africa is celebrated in August - read out dispatch on-topic.

United States President Joe Biden is meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky today, and they have a lot to discuss.

And we're celebrating the life of Michael Gellert, a close friend of Human Rights Watch, who passed away on August 17.