The Daily Brief

July 19, 2023 The Daily Brief

Tunisian Terror and “Team Europe”

Tunisia’s Abuses of Black Migrants and Asylum Seekers; Russia Killing Ukrainian Civilians as They Sleep; Further Repression on LGBT Rights in Russia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Ukraine; Quote of the Day: Myanmar.

A group of Black migrants and asylum seekers of multiple African nationalities, including a woman and her baby, stranded in the desert for days after expulsion from Tunisia, stand in the buffer zone at the Tunisia-Libya border facing an Al Jazeera news crew and Libyan soldiers, July 11, 2023.
July 18, 2023 The Daily Brief

When You’re an Adult but Don’t Control Your Life

Male Guardianship Rules in the Middle East; Russia Renews Blockade of Food to the World; Protect Peaceful Protests in Kenya; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Our Very Humanity.

Women hold signs in Arabic during a protest
July 17, 2023 The Daily Brief

Nicaraguans Plead for International Help

Americas and European Leaders Need to Act; A Global Day of Justice; Myanmar Activist and Family Abducted in Malaysia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: The EU and Tunisia.

A mural showing images of Nicaraguans killed during the 2018 social security reform protests under the words “memory and justice for Nicaragua”  adorns a wall at the Nicaragua Nunca Más human rights organization in San Jose, Costa Rica, February 20, 2023.
July 14, 2023 The Daily Brief

Europe’s “Let Them Die” Policy, One Month after Mass Drowning

European Leaders’ Appalling Failure; Mali’s Emergency Deepens; Egypt’s New Entry Rules Leave Sudanese in Peril; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Germany's Refusal to Reckon with its Colonial Crimes; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: Asylum in Ireland.

This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, shows scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece.(Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)
July 13, 2023 The Daily Brief

Refugees Terrorized in Bangladesh

Rohingya Have Nowhere to Turn; Ethiopia Investigation “Quietly Liquidated”; Turkey’s Gezi Show Must Not Go On; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: The Struggle against Power.

Security force officers stand guard after the killing of Rohingya community leader Mohib Ullah in the Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, October 2021.
July 12, 2023 The Daily Brief

How Do You Tell a Story Like Belarus?

Reporting Everyday Brutality; Hate Rising in Cameroon; Hong Kong’s Expansive Repression Hits Japan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief en Español; Quote of the Day: Biometric Data and Humanitarian Aid.

Belarusian lawyer Yulia Yurhilevich (L) and journalist Pavel Mazheika, June 26, 2018.
July 11, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Town Destroyed

Misterei, West Darfur, Burned to the Ground; Dumped in the Desert by the EU’s Latest Partner; Bahrain Persecuting Shi’as; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Russia/Ukraine; Quote of the Day: Srebrenica.

Burned down dwelling in Misterei, Sudan, after the May 28 attack.
July 10, 2023 The Daily Brief

When Is a Trial a War Crime?

Russia’s Sham Court Cases against Ukrainian Soldiers; Volkswagen Plans Xinjiang Audit; Banned for Rainbow Logo in Iraqi Kurdistan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Human Rights News Quiz!; Daily Brief in the News: Ukraine; Quote of the Day: Environmental Negotiations.

Soldiers of Ukraine's “Azov” Brigade attend a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 14, 2023.
July 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

The Killing That Comes after the Conflict

Ukraine and the Scourge of Cluster Bombs; Equality Now in Nepal; UN Peacekeepers Leaving Mali; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: UK and Rwanda.

The carrier section of an 9M27K-series Uragan rocket lodged in the ground near a family’s home in Hlynske village, apparently fired from the west, where Ukrainian forces controlled territory while the area was under Russian occupation in 2022.  Each rocket delivers 30 9N210 or 9N235 submunitions.