The Daily Brief

January 10, 2024 The Daily Brief

Genocide Case against Israel at World Court

On Accusations of Genocide in Gaza; Quick Takes: Climate Crisis; US Asylum; Education Globally; Readers’ Recommendations; Tomorrow: Our World Report.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.
January 9, 2024 The Daily Brief

Blasphemy Is Bogus

A Case in Indonesia Makes a Global Point; My Quick Takes: Bangladesh; Cameroon; Killer Robots; Readers’ Recommendations; Heads-up: World Report Coming.

Apollinaris Darmawan on his YouTube channel.
January 8, 2024 The Daily Brief

2024 and All That

Vote for a Better Year; My Quick Takes: Gambia; Honduras; AI; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The “knitting nannas” assemble outside the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, May 10, 2023.
December 21, 2023 The Daily Brief

Thanks! And Looking Back on 2023

A Round-Up of Some Key Stories This Year; Quick Takes: News from This Week; Take Note: Other Key Stories; The Year in Rights: 2023 Quiz.

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
December 20, 2023 The 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. 
December 19, 2023 The 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.
December 18, 2023 The 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.
December 14, 2023 The Daily Brief

Jazgul’s Story

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!

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December 13, 2023 The 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