The Women’s Tennis Association's finals are being awarded to Saudi Arabia, a country where the male guardianship system denies women basic human rights.

The idea that women’s tennis would go to Saudi Arabia is an offense to pioneers of the sport. trib.al/S0TzqKU

📣! New today from Human Rights Watch !📣

Analysis of World Health Organization (WHO) data from 190+ countries exposes failures to adequately fund health care at the height of the pandemic, and trends that have worsened inequalities between countries over the past 20 years

More 👇 (w/ charts!)
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#Sudan : @HRW & 10 CSOs urge #EU to change approach, take genuine action as civilians pay high price for int'l inaction

🇪🇺 Put #Sudan on #FAC agenda
✍️ Sanction, hold accountable those committing violations
🇺🇳 Push UN Security Council to protect civilians

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Weekly Quiz!

Every Thursday, we test your knowledge with a 5-question #quiz on recent human rights news.

How many can you answer correctly?⬇️
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The Israeli government’s use of starvation as a weapon of war has proven deadly for children in Gaza.

Israel needs to end this war crime, stop this suffering, and allow humanitarian aid to reach all of Gaza unhindered. bit.ly/3TVZu7b

Readers’ Recommendations in Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief:

🔹The EU’s new Misery Pact
🔹Gaza
🔹Myanmar
🔹Hong Kong
🔹Cambodia
🔹Pakistan/Afghanistan
🔹Russia/Kazakhstan
🔹Arizona, US

Send us your suggestions: trib.al/FF0WqfO

Today marks the start of Black Maternal Health Week in the US. Structural racism, discrimination, and inequality play a major role in driving racial disparities in health.

HRW’s work shows how US policies are neglecting the reproductive healthcare needs of Black women. #BMHW24

The government's new 'foreign agent' bill is a blatant attempt to control, stigmatize and limit the influence of independent media & civil society. We believe it would directly harm workers' rights as well.
Our statement condemning the bill: shroma.ge/en/news-en/geo…

Quick Takes in today's Daily Brief:
🔵Low health care spending in some countries, even in the pandemic
🔵Thailand won’t deport kids to Myanmar
🔵a key step against surveillance in Greece
🔵systematic racial profiling by police in France
Read more: trib.al/OZJ0TOC

Weekly Quiz!

Every Thursday, we test your knowledge with a 5-question #quiz on recent human rights news.

How many can you answer correctly?⬇️
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“No, I’m not planning to move to Texas, and no, I don’t have 400 million clams lying around. But…”

🎧Listen to Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief: trib.al/2uHnkdc

#Nigeria : 10yrs after #BokoHaram abducted 276 Chibok schoolgirls, over 90 remain unaccounted for & more than 1600 children have since been abducted or kidnapped as the government’s plans to make schools safe continue to fall short. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1… Human Rights Watch

#Texas will reportedly be spending US$ 400 million to construct a massive new “Forward Operating Base” on the border with Mexico.

In his Daily Brief today, Andrew Stroehlein asks if there’s not maybe something better to spend the money on… trib.al/vakFEEU

Ten years after Boko Haram abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria, children are still at risk.

For many children across northern Nigeria, the pursuit of an education means facing the constant threat of abduction or kidnapping. bit.ly/3VZq8il