The Daily Brief

April 19, 2023 The Daily Brief

Will the UN Pull Out of Afghanistan?

Taliban Bars Local Women Working at UN; New Wave of Arrests in Iran; An Unmissable Opportunity in Nepal; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Egypt.

Burqa-clad women walk on a street in Ghazni City, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
April 18, 2023 The Daily Brief

When Lula Went to China

A Missed Opportunity to Speak Out; Good News: Myanmar Junta Fails to Fool Court; Angola’s Abuse of Congolese Migrant Women; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Libya.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R), along with Chinese President Xi Jinping, attends a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 14, 2023.
April 17, 2023 The Daily Brief

UK Failing Windrush Generation – Again

A List of UK Failures and Engrained Racism; Civilians at Risk Amid Clashes in Sudan; Outrageous Sentence for Kremlin Critic; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: France and China.

Thomas Tobierre, 69, who applied to the Home Office’s Windrush Compensation Scheme as a primary applicant, says he realized that the scheme was set up to deny claimants their right to an effective remedy.
April 14, 2023 The Daily Brief

Good Clothes, Fair Pay

HRW Supports #GoodClothesFairPay Campaign; Decade-Long Detention Ordeal in Emirates; Florida Abortion Ban; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Twitter Space Reminder; Weekly Quiz; Quote of the Day: Peng Shuai – WTA.

#GoodClothesFairPay
April 13, 2023 The Daily Brief

Russian Torture Center in Ukraine

Ukrainian Civilians Tortured in Occupied Kherson; Palestinian Authority Hampering Human Rights Work; Microsoft: Hold Off On Data Center in Saudi Arabia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: China - Xinjiang.

A cell at a preliminary detention center that is believed to have been used by Russian forces to torture civilians in Kherson, Ukraine, November 16, 2022.
April 12, 2023 The Daily Brief

Tunisia Backsliding Towards Authoritarianism

Tunisia Backsliding Towards Authoritarianism; Malaysia Abolishes Mandatory Death Penalty; Chinese Activists Jailed; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Brazil.

Kais Saied during the sworn ceremony in Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia on October 23, 2019.
April 11, 2023 The Daily Brief

Russia’s Supersized Repression

Kremlin Should Release Prominent Dissident Kara-Murza; Democracy in Jeopardy in Tennessee; Restyling of an Abusive Law in Sri Lanka; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Remembering Benjamin Ferencz, International Justice Icon; Quote of the Day: Vietnam.

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow.
April 6, 2023 The Daily Brief

Chilling Message Before Climate Summit

#COP28 Host Doesn’t Tolerate Any Criticism; Thailand’s Fundamentally Flawed Election; Good news from Brazil; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz; Quote of the Day: Thailand.

Abu Dhabi, UAE
April 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

Turkish Police Abuse Quake Survivors

Earthquake Victims Face Beatings, Torture; UK Aping Australia’s Abusive and Unlawful Migration Policies; Fatal Fire Highlights Deadly Consequences of US Border Policies; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Burkina Faso.

Two police officers watch removal of rubble from buildings that collapsed in the February 6 earthquakes, Hatay, Turkey, March 23, 2023.