The Daily Brief

May 17, 2023 The Daily Brief

Become Russian or Suffer

Become Russian or Suffer; Victims of ISIS Still Waiting for Compensation; A Difficult Balancing Act For Agencies in Afghanistan; Weekly Quiz; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Disability Rights Poland.

A newly built apartment block, part of Russia’s efforts to swiftly reconstruct severely damaged Mariupol, occupied by Russia since May 2022.
May 16, 2023 The Daily Brief

Justice Needed For The World’s Worst Crimes

Justice Needed For The World’s Worst Crimes; ‘Nakba’ Anniversary Highlights Israeli Repression; Another Attack on Rights in Italy; Take Note: Other Key Stories; HRW’s Webby Awards Win; Quote of the Day: China.

The entrance of the Cour de Cassation, France's highest judicial court housed in the Palais de Justice in Paris.
May 15, 2023 The Daily Brief

Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels; Let’s Talk About Chemical Weapons; Social Media & Turkey Elections; Take Note: Other Key Stories; HRW Wins Two Webby Awards; Quote of the Day: Turkey.

A burning flare seen at an oil extraction area located in Lakie, Lubusz Voivodeship.
May 12, 2023 The Daily Brief

Biden’s Deadly “Asylum Ban”

Biden Recycling Trump’s Inhumanity at Border; Iran’s Surge of State Murders; Australia, Bring Them Home!; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Daily Brief in the News: Turkey; Listen Again: US Border; Sudan; Chocolate; Quote of the Day: Vietnam.

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on May 11, 2023.
May 11, 2023 The Daily Brief

Principles, Practicality, and Pakistan

Human Rights Standards Exist for a Reason; Is the US Starting to Take Torture Seriously?; ASEAN Fails to Address Myanmar Junta’s Abuses; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Take Action: Good Clothes, Fair Pay; Quote of the Day: Jordan.

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan throw stones after police fire tear gas to disperse them protesting against the arrest of Khan in Lahore, Pakistan.
May 10, 2023 The Daily Brief

Turkey: Information Control, Election Control?

Turkey Heads to the Polls; Good News: Education Expanding Globally; Under the Taliban Lash in Afghanistan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Chatting about Chocolate Today; Daily Brief in the News: UK; Quote of the Day:.

Screens from simultaneous broadcasts by different news channels display Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, top, speaking during a rally in the eastern city of Van, on May 5, 2023. Photo taken at Halk TV headquarters.
May 9, 2023 The Daily Brief

Seeking Justice for Atrocities Now Illegal in Russia

Seeking Justice Now Illegal in Russia; Iraqis Can’t Return to Rubble; Progress on Education in Sierra Leone; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Sudan; Quote of the Day: Myanmar.

Police officers detain a man holding a poster that reads "no war" during an unsanctioned protest on March,13,2022 at Manezhnaya Square in front of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.
May 8, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Royal Distraction

UK Government Dismantling Rights; Myanmar’s Assembly Line of Arrests and Amnesties; A Victory against Hatred in Poland; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Chatting about Chocolate; Quote of the Day: Russia.

Police detain a protester on the day of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla's coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023
May 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

Blocking History, Breeding Ignorance

On Efforts to Cover Up US History; The Karma Massacre; Detained and in Deadly Danger in Egypt; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: Child Labor in the US.

A sculpture of African slaves by Ghanaian artist, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, at the beginning of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.