The Daily Brief

June 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

Spying for Human Rights

On Intelligence Gathering and Human Rights; Voices of Those Who Fled Sudan’s Conflict; Food Cuts for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Senegal.

Carrying an exhumed body at a mass burial site, Izium, Ukraine, September 23, 2022.
June 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

Good News: Arrest of Rwanda Genocide Suspect in South Africa

Arrest in South Africa of a Fugitive Wanted for Mass Atrocities; The Politics of Hate in the US and Russia; Police Violence against Street Traders in Angola; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Rohingya in Bangladesh.

1994 Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in the Cape Town Magistrates court in Cape Town, South Africa, May 26, 2023.
June 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

There’s No Forgetting Tiananmen Massacre

China Should Acknowledge Tiananmen Massacre; A boost for Marriage Equality in South Korea; Dangerous Heat, Deadly Consequences for Migrant Workers in Gulf States; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Watch and Listen: Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Law; Quote of the Day: UN/Sudan.

Liu Xiaobo addresses the crowd at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 1, 1989.
June 1, 2023 The Daily Brief

Ethnic Cleansing Ongoing in Ethiopia

Ethnic Cleansing Ongoing in Ethiopia; Jail Term for Parody Maker Is No Laughing Matter; Indigenous Rights Shouldn’t Have an Expiry Date; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Australia.

Displaced people from Western Tigray stand outside a school where they are sheltering in Mekele, Ethiopia, February 24, 2021.
May 31, 2023 The Daily Brief

Fighting to Eliminate Cluster Bombs

Convention on Cluster Munitions Turns 15; Good News for Protecting Kids Online; Grim Update: Uganda; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: El Salvador.

Cluster Munitions Threaten Civilians
May 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

Japan’s “Hostage Justice System”

Guilty until Proven Innocent in Japan; More on Russia’s Mass Abductions of Children; A Step Forward for Equality in Namibia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Watch and Listen: Israel/Palestine; Quote of the Day: DR Congo.

Japan’s system of “hostage justice” denies criminal suspects the rights to due process and a fair trial.
May 26, 2023 The Daily Brief

“All Sorts of Strange Ideas” from Poland’s Ruling Party

Sidelining Science and Sense in Sex Education; From Jubilation to Frustration for Victims of Chadian Dictator; Questions and Answers on Universal Social Security; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: Egypt.

People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland.
May 25, 2023 The Daily Brief

Seriously, Microsoft?

Microsoft and Saudi Arabia; Lao Activist Gunned Down in Thailand; Paralyzed Transparency in Mexico; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Nigeria.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
May 24, 2023 The Daily Brief

What Was the UN Thinking?

Key UN Official Met with ICC Fugitive; Uzbekistan Treating Religion as a Threat; From Influencer to Prisoner in Vietnam; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Mexico.

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
May 23, 2023 The Daily Brief

No Return to Repression

Myanmar Junta’s Propaganda Fails on Every Level; Nobel Winners Call for Release of Belarus Rights Defender; Press Freedom Is for Students Too; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Australia.

Repatriation camps built for Rohingya refugees are surrounded by barbed-wire in Rakhine State, Myanmar.