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December 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Chance to Change China

EU Opportunity to Act on Beijing’s Crimes; The ICC’s Annual Meeting; Burkina Faso: Where Is Daouda Diallo?; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, December 17, 2019.

December 4, 2023 The Daily Brief

Russia’s Perverse Persecution of LGBT Folks

Russia Outlaws Non-existent Group; Afghanistan’s Unnamed Heroes; A Lynching in the DR Congo; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."

November 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

Climate Conference in the UAE; Hate by Numbers in Europe; Seeking Justice for Atrocities in The Gambia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Podcast: How Fossil Fuels Drive Climate Change and Repression; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

November 29, 2023 The Daily Brief

Pakistan Unleashes Abuse against Afghans

Pakistan’s New Wave of Abuse; Stoking Fear to Undermine Rights in Hungary; 16 Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

November 28, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Climate Triple Whammy in the UAE

Grim Trifecta for Migrant Workers in the UAE; Bangladesh’s Violent Crackdown; Domestic Violence in Kazakhstan; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

Purna during dialysis that lasts four hours each session, with the costs covered by the Government of Nepal, Butwal, Nepal, July 20, 2023.

November 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

Cut, Too, the Chase, Texas

Texas Officials Encourage Deadly Car Chases; New Ethnic Killings in Darfur; Iran’s Bloody Friday – Continued; Take Note: Other Key Stories.

A truck shown after crashing through a wood fence

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.

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