The Daily Brief

December 6, 2022 The Daily Brief

Leveraging Civilian Harm as a Tactic of War; Voting Rights on Trial in the US; Myanmar’s Murder Machine; Take Note; Quote of the Day: Ukraine; Send Us Your Thoughts: Human Rights Day!

Doctors operate with phone flashlights during a power outage in Kyiv. Numerous missile and drone attacks in October and November have deprived millions of Ukrainians of at least temporary access to electricity, water, heat, and related vital services. Kyiv, November 30, 2022.
December 5, 2022 The Daily Brief

Hacking Attack on HRW and Others; An EU Action Plan for More Abuse; What the Protests in China Mean; Take Note; Daily Brief on the Streets: Australia; Weekend Protests; Quote of the Day: Libya; Send Us Your Thoughts: Human Rights Day!

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December 2, 2022 The Daily Brief

Absurd Sentence for Peaceful Protest; Who’s NOT a “Foreign Agent” in Russia Now?; The Price of Justice; Take Note; Listen Again; Quote of the Day: Colombia; Send Us Your Thoughts: Human Rights Day!

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December 1, 2022 The Daily Brief

Hungarian Ruling Party’s Data Domination; EU Warns Musk on Twitter; In Chains in Ghana; Take Note; Help Us with Our End-of-Year Quiz; Quote of the Day: Cambodia; Send Us Your Thoughts: Human Rights Day!

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November 28, 2022 The Daily Brief

“Yes to Freedom!” in China; Reader Tip: Afghanistan; Dutch Apology for Slavery; Take Note; On Our Terms: “Civil Society”; Listen: Turkey Is Not Safe; Quote of the Day: China.

A protester holds up a sign which reads "Commemorate Urumqi Nov 24 compatriots who died" in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
November 25, 2022 The Daily Brief

Qatar’s PR Failure; Russian Repression Deepens; Good News on Iran; Take Note; Longer Thoughts on Twitter; Listen Again; Quote of the Day: China; Photo of the Week: Geneva.

 Workers lay the turf inside the Lusail Stadium, the venue for the 2022 Qatar World Cup final, in Lusail, Qatar, November 18, 2021.
November 23, 2022 The Daily Brief

A Proposal to Advance Justice in Iran; Good News in Turkey; Separatist War Crimes in Thailand; Take Note; Listen: Workers’ Rights; Readers Respond: Accountability Mechanism; Quote of the Day: Cambodia.

Iranian demonstrators in the streets of the capital, Tehran.