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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)
November 7, 2023 The Daily Brief

Israel/Palestine: The Need for an Arms Embargo

Possible Wider Complicity in Gaza Crimes; Philippines Murder Broadcast Live; Turkey: Seven Years of Wrong; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.
November 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Proposal to Wreck Rights in France

“Death by a Thousand Cuts” to Rights in France; Fighting Back in Brazil; Gaza Crisis Testing Pillars of Democracy in US; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Support Our Work!

More than 200 young refugees demonstrate in front of the State Council building in Paris, December 2, 2022. Many have been sleeping, some for 6 months or longer, under the bridges in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris.
November 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

Three Questions on Saudi Sportswashing

What atrocities? Look, sportsball!; Crackdown on Pipeline Protesters in Uganda; Atrocities Continue Despite Truce in Ethiopia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Republishing the Daily Brief; Reminder: Our Schedule; Support Our Work!

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November 1, 2023 The Daily Brief

Political Violence in Bangladesh

Will Bangladesh Listen to Its Partners?; Unable to Flee in Gaza; Fighting for Freedom in Florida; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Please Support Our Work!

Police clash with Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters who are protesting for a fair election, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 28, 2023.