The Daily Brief

Dec 11, 2024 The Daily Brief

Countering Collapse in Haiti

Haiti Needs a UN Mission; Quick Takes: Georgia; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Afghanistan; Readers’ Recommendations; Question for Readers: Unseen Abuses; Support Our Work!

The social media slogan #HaitiCantWait is displayed as Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in high level meetings with an advisory group on Haiti at United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2024.
Dec 10, 2024 The Daily Brief

Human Rights on the Tram

Human Rights Day 2024; Quick Takes: Syria; Sudan; Poland; Central Asia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Us!

Metro Station of Parvis de St-Gilles showing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Dec 9, 2024 The Daily Brief

Escape from Sudan

Flight and Loss in South Sudan; A Chance for Syria; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Us!

People get out of a truck that brought them from the border with Sudan to the transit center in Renk, South Sudan; just a few suitcases and bed railings can be seen.
Dec 5, 2024 The Daily Brief

Syria Surprise

New Fighting, New Fears of Atrocities in Syria; Quick Takes: Georgia; India; Killer Robots; Brazil; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Residential areas are damaged following an airstrike by Syrian Arab Armed Forces on the city center of Idlib, northwestern Syria, December 1, 2024.
Dec 4, 2024 The Daily Brief

FIFA Fails on Saudi Labor Abuses

Men’s 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia; Quick Takes: Canada; Afghanistan; Belgium; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Us!

A construction worker passes an advertisement for the King Salman Park gardens and canals development in Riyadh
Dec 3, 2024 The Daily Brief

Biden in Angola

Rare US Presidential Visit to Africa; Quick Takes: Belgium; Climate Crisis; Ethiopia; Cameroon; Readers’ Recommendations; Are You Listening to a Fakecast?; Videos: The ICC; Chad; Afghanistan; Israel/US; Haiti.

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio as he arrives at Quatro de Fevereiro international airport in Luanda, Angola, December 2, 2024.
Dec 2, 2024 The Daily Brief

Support the Court

The ABCs of the ICC’s ASP; Quick Takes: Guinea; Egypt; Iran; Readers’ Recommendations; “The Sacrifice Zone,” Redux – According to AI; Videos: Chad; Afghanistan; US/Israel; Haiti; UK.

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
Nov 28, 2024 The Daily Brief

Celebration or Intimidation?

Gunfire Gone Wrong in Chad; Quick Takes: Myanmar/ICC; France/ICC; Uganda/China; Afghanistan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Afghanistan; Israel/Lebanon; Haiti; UK; Saudi Arabia.

x-ray image of a 15-year-old girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet
Nov 27, 2024 The Daily Brief

When Violence against Women Is a System

Violence against Afghan Women; Quick Takes: Xinjiang; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Israel/Lebanon; Haiti; UK; Sudan; Ukraine.

An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 11, 2024.
Nov 26, 2024 The Daily Brief

War Crimes Weapons: Made in the USA

US Equipment, Israeli Attack; Quick Takes: COP29; EU/ICC; Sri Lanka; Russia/Sudan; Readers’ Recommendations; Videos: Haiti; UK; Saudi Arabia; Ukraine; Sudan; Support Our Work!

Two destroyed vehicles and a demolished building where three journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike at the Hasbaya Village Resort, in sourthern Lebanon on October 25, 2024.