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November 23, 2023 The Daily Brief

Daily Brief Review: On Gaza

Our Recent Work on the Crisis; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
November 22, 2023 The Daily Brief

Dangerous Assault on UK Democracy

Escalating Attack on Human Rights in United Kingdom; Mosque Demolitions in China; Abortion Rights Threatened in Philippines; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Israel-Palestine News Update.

Protesters gathered opposite The Royal Courts Of Justice over UK's agreement with Rwanda.
November 21, 2023 The Daily Brief

Echoes of China’s White Paper Protests

What’s Left of Last Year's Demands for Freedom and Justice; South Africa’s Unworkable Migration Ideas; FIFA, Qatar Fail to Remedy World Cup Abuses; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing
November 20, 2023 The Daily Brief

Russia’s Absurd Authoritarianism

What Repression in Russia Reveals; Gaza’s Public Health Crisis; European Court Fines Italy Over Treatment of Migrants; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

Sasha Skochilenko stands behind bars in the court room at the Vasileostrovsky district court in St. Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2023.
November 16, 2023 The Daily Brief

Justice Catching Up with Syria

Good News and Possibly More Good News; Belgium Gets It Right on Gaza; A Welcome Decision in the UK; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, Syria on April 5, 2017. © 2017 Abdussamed Dagul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
November 14, 2023 The Daily Brief

Where Your Car License Plate Is a Spy

Mass Surveillance on Uganda’s Roads; An Injustice Reversed in the Philippines; Burkina Faso’s Tool for Punishment; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

Traffic flows under the surveillance closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) system along Bakuli Street in Kampala, Uganda, 4 August,2019.
November 13, 2023 The Daily Brief

Gaza’s Hospitals and the Laws of War

Gaza’s Health Care System Is Collapsing; UK: The Public and Poverty; Looming Loopholes in Legislation?; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

People gather around an ambulance damaged in a strike in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3, 2023.
November 9, 2023 The Daily Brief

Don’t Let Russia Steal Ukraine’s Future

Devastating Attacks on Education in Ukraine; Hell: Made in Americas; Supporting Africa’s Maternal Health Workers; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

The destroyed playground of a kindergarten
November 8, 2023 The Daily Brief

Voters Defend Rights in Ohio

Ohio Referendum Victory; Watching Gaza Bleed from Afar; Preparing for the Next Pandemic; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results come in, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Columbus Ohio. Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome of Tuesday’s intense, off-year election was the latest blow for abortion opponents. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)