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March 4, 2024 The Daily Brief

Second Class in Yemen

Women Restricted by All Sides in Yemen; Quick Takes: Iraq; Mozambique; Ukraine; Readers’ Recommendations; Please Support Our Work!

Women walk at the “Change Square” outside Sanaa University’s gate, Sanaa, Yemen. 
February 29, 2024 The Daily Brief

Carbon Credit Casualties in Cambodia

Problems with Carbon Offsetting; Quick Takes: Türkiye/Syria; Saudi Arabia; Chad; ASEAN; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Two women harvesting rice in a rural rice field
February 28, 2024 The Daily Brief

Talking Truth to Tyranny

Words to Remember from Russia; Quick Takes: China/Tibet; Burkina Faso; Algeria; Readers’ Recommendations.

Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024.
February 27, 2024 The Daily Brief

Video Should Spark Reform in Japan

Japan’s “hostage justice system”; Quick Takes: Afghanistan; Russia; Egypt; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Yamato Eguchi speaking at the "hostage justice" survivor event at the Japanese National Diet, Tokyo, November 10, 2023.
February 26, 2024 The Daily Brief

Israel Defies Court, Starves Gaza

Israel Fails to Comply with World Court; Quick Takes: Indonesia; Egypt; Uzbekistan/Kazakhstan; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.
February 22, 2024 The Daily Brief

Anniversaries and Atrocities

Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine; Quick Takes: Panama; Yemen; China; Readers’ Recommendations.

Trail of death left behind in Bucha following the Russian forces’ occupation in March. Bucha became a veritable crime scene, with extensive evidence of dozens of summary executions, other unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, and torture, all of which would constitute war crimes and potential crimes against humanity.
February 21, 2024 The Daily Brief

A Spectacular Silence

Global Political Will and Sudan; Quick Takes: Sri Lanka; Transnational Repression; UK/Gaza; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Families escaping Ardamata in West Darfur cross into Adre, Chad, after a wave of ethnic violence, November 7, 2023. Survivors recounted executions and looting in Ardamata, which they said were carried out by RSF and allied Arab militias. © 2023 REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig