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Happy new year, everyone! Let’s all hope 2025 brings some positive news in human rights around the world.

While the calendar has flipped a digit, Human Rights Watch is on a bit of a pause – at least in publishing. No, it’s not a continuation of the holiday season for us. We are back at it, hard at work.

But we’re preparing for next week’s launch of our annual World Report on January 16.

Every year, the organization pivots like this. Fifty weeks of the year, we’re publishing reports on individual countries and particular issues, but at this time, we’re making our big annual summary of the past year and a look ahead to the next.

It’s a huge undertaking. Human Rights Watch’s World Report covers about 100 countries over hundreds and hundreds of pages. Pretty much everyone in the organization takes some part in its writing, editing, reviewing, distribution, and promotion. So, even though you may not see it, trust me, it’s a busy time for us.

This Daily Brief won’t be produced for a few days. I’ll be back on the 16th, with a world of news to report.