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Angola: Police Use Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters
Click to expand Image Angola's Rapid Intervention Force during a protest against the rise in fuel prices and transport costs in Luanda, July 12, 2025. 2025 Julio Pacheco Ntela/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) โ Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests while dispersing peaceful protesters in Luanda, the capital, on July 12, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.Police unnecessarily fired...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:
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What Does Gaza Solidarity Protest Look Like on Campuses Today?
In 2024, campus protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza were visible across the mediaโthis year, less so. But while tactics have shifted, the movement continues.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:A Disappointing Ruling in Italy with a Silver Lining
Click to expand Image The SOS MEDITERRANEE crew performs a rescue in the central Mediterranean, March 9, 2025. 2025 SOS MEDITERRANEE/ by Stefano Belacchi The Italian Constitutional Courtโs recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining: the court essentially said that the imperative to save lives justifies rescue ships...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Greece's Asylum Suspension Denies Rights, Puts Lives at Risk
Click to expand Image A Portuguese vessel in a Frontex operation in Lesbos, Greece, 2016. 2016 Frontex Greece hassuspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum โviolating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.The measure approved by Parliament on July 11 for a period of three months, blocks people coming by boat via North Africa...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:How Changing Mindsets Can Change the Economy
The ways funders and impact investors think about money often reinforces inequality, even when they seek to reduce it. Here are some ways to get out of this vicious circle.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:How an International NGO Plans to Fight the Digital Divide with a Satellite Company
The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiativeโs latest collaboration with a world-renowned satellite provider could help minimize the disparity in digital access seen in conflict-affected regions.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Anchoring Communities: How to Combat Displacement Through Asset Ownership
For many food justice organizations, ownership of spaces like markets, kitchens, and commercial food hubs is central to protecting communities from displacement.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Global: Caster Semenyaโs Court Victory a Win for All Athletes
Click to expand Image South Africa's Caster Semenya (C), answers reporters with lawyers Gregory Nott (L) , and Shona Jolly KC after Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules Strasbourg, eastern France, July 10, 2025. 2025 Antonin Utz/AP Photo (New York) โ In a landmark case for athletesโ rights, Caster Semenya,...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Summer Camp in a Climate-Changed World
From floods to droughts and heat waves, the climate crisis is changing summer camp. Can we still send our kids there?
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Resisting Authoritarianism: How to Activate Civil Societyโs Pillars of Support
Can authoritarianism be stopped? Five sectors (unions, businesses, faith institutions, professional associations, and security forces) play critical roles in answering that question.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trust in Nonprofits Holds Strong Despite Political Attacks
Amid political polarization, public trust in nonprofits remains high, though concerns grow about government influence and wealthy donorsโ motives.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:IRS Weakens Johnson AmendmentโNonprofits Push Back
The IRS has signaled a shift allowing churches to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, sparking concerns among nonprofit leaders over politicization and dark-money infiltration.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Thailand: Authorities Abuse, Exploit Myanmar Nationals
Click to expand Image A Myanmar migrant worker at his apartment in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 26, 2025. 2025 LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images Thai authorities are threatening, extorting, and detaining Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.The only way most Myanmar nationals can get legal status is as a migrant worker, who are excluded from a recent...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Standing Firm on Womenโs Right to Live Free of Violence
Click to expand Image Protesters march against gender-based violence in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South Africa, September 13, 2019. 2019 Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images Thereโs no question about it--we are in the midst of a destructive global backlash against womenโs rights.Against this regressive backdrop, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Human Rights Cannot Be Sidelined in Australia-China Meetings
Click to expand Image Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese (L) with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in Bali, Indonesia, November 15th, 2022. 2022 James Brickwood/Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images On July 12, Australiaโs Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is traveling to Beijing for another โannual leadersโ meetingโ with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They will discuss global and...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Cuba: Protesters Detail Abuses in Prison
A man is arrested during a demonstration against the government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, Cuba, July 12, 2021. 2021 YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images Protesters detained for participating in the peaceful July 2021 protests in Cuba have been subject to serious abuses in prison, including beatings, solitary confinement, and lack of medical care.While some were released, they say they remain under constant...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:US Terminates Protected Status for Afghans
Click to expand Image An Afghan woman walks among Taliban soldiers at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023. 2023 Ali Khara/Reuters The Trump administrationโs termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will take effect on July 14, leaving over 11,000 Afghans in the US subject to immediate detention and deportation. A TPS designation allows people from certain countries...
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:US Imposes Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur
Click to expand Image UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese during a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 5, 2025. 2025 Ritzau Scanpix/Sipa USA via AP Photo On July 9, the US government imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967...
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Get Funds Flowing: Lessons from the Boston Foundation
In times of crisis, funders donโt have to sacrifice values to move quickly.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Amid Heatwaves, a Growing Concern Rises About Data Centers
As the temperature continues to rise across the country, there is growing attention being paid to how data centers are putting pressure on the electric grid and impacting communities that are already vulnerable.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:US Lobbying Groups Target EU Corporate Accountability Law
Click to expand Image Smoke rises from a plant in Louisianaโs Cancer Alley, October 18, 2023. 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts, including by industry groups in the United States, to weaken the European Unionโs flagship corporate accountability law and its measures to tackle climate change.The 2024 EU law, called the...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Mozambique Begins Hearing into Policeโs role in Post-Election Violence and Killings
Click to expand Image Police fired tear gas during a nationwide strike called by Mozambique presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane to protest the provisional results of an October 9 election, in Maputo, Mozambique, October 21, 2024. 2024 Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters On July 7, the former commander-general of the Mozambican police, Bernardino Rafael, whom the Presidentdismissed in January 2025,appeared before the Office of...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Revised UK Social Security Bill Still Harms Rights
Click to expand Image Disability rights activists gather to protest against cuts to social security outside Downing Street, London, UK, March 26, 2025. 2025 Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Image/Shutterstock The United Kingdom governmentโsdraft law tocut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within the ruling party, forcing the government to roll back some of the legislation in order to win a...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:How to Navigate the Modern Nonprofit Job Search
Nowadays, finding a jobโlet alone one in the nonprofit sectorโcan feel daunting. Despite the tumult in the sector, there are concrete, practical steps you can take to improve your chances of landing the job you want.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:A Year On, Guinean Activists Still Missing
Click to expand Image A poster created by the opposition coalition, National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (Front National pour la Dรฉfense de la Constitution, FNDC) showing Mamadou Billo Bah (L) and Oumar Sylla, known as Fonikรฉ Menguรฉ (R). 2024 National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (Nairobi) โ Guineaโs military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political...
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:South Korea: Older Workersโ Low-Paid, Precarious Work
Click to expand Image A โrecruitment bulletin boardโ at a job fair for older people in Suwon, near Seoul, South Korea, October 2019. 2019 YONHAP/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock South Koreaโs age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main jobs and into low-paid, precarious work.Inadequate social security compounds this loss of income, creating a system that punishes...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:How Can the Nonprofit Field Better Support Volunteerism?
Failing to invest in their volunteers costs nonprofits resources and capacity. But nonprofit staff, nonprofit organizations, and foundations can change that.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:UN Funding Crisis Threatens Work of Human Rights Council
Click to expand Image The Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. 2024 Hannes P Albert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC)expressed concern at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rightsโ announcement thatcertain activities mandated by the council cannot be delivered due to a lack of funding. The council has sought clarity on why certain activities...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Return to Office: Whatโs Happening in the Nonprofit Sector and Why?
In 2020, millions of nonprofit jobs became remote overnight. Many nonprofits have since switched back, reversing many of the equity gains remote work had brought.
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Peru: Congress Undermines Fight against Organized Crime
A demonstrator holds a sign which reads, "For our lives, we march today", as people attend a protest against crime and insecurity, in Lima, Peru March 21, 2025. 2025 REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda Laws passed by Peruโs Congress have undermined the independence and capacity of judges and prosecutors to fight organized crime.Homicides, extortion, and illegal mining have exponentially grown in the last years, affecting the...
Published on: July 08, 2025 | Source:Latine Community Groups Mobilize to Defend Medicaid Against Cuts
The Republican budget bill passed last week cut Medicaid by over $1 trillion over 10 years. Latines are disproportionately affectedโand they are fighting back.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:272 Million Children out of School a Major Wake Up Call
Click to expand Image Children in a primary school in Northern England raise their hands in class. 2019 Danny Lawson PA Wire/PA Images Last week in Sevilla, Spain, governments gathered at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. Among key outcomes was theCompromiso de Sevilla, which receivedmixed feedback. It includes a pledge to โsupport adequate financing to ensure inclusive, equitable, and...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:New York and Other States Move to Fix Nonprofit Contracting Delays
The current system of government contracts imposes unnecessary financial strain on cash-strapped organizations. Now, some state and local governments are attempting to fix how they fund the nonprofits they rely on for essential public services.
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Inter-American Court Says Countries Must Prevent Climate Harms
Click to expand Image Residents look out at the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, amid a drought in Humaita, Brazil, September 7, 2024. 2024 Edmar Barros/AP Photo The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion on July 3, 2025, that countries must protect the climate system as part of their human rights obligations under the American Convention on Human Rights and other human rights law. It...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source:Prominent Activist Remains Detained in Niger
On July 4, a court in Nigerโs capital, Niamey, rejected an appeal filed by prominent human rights activist and government critic Moussa Tiangari. Held in detention since December 2024, the appeal was Tiangariโs third attempt to get the politically motivated case against him tossed out. Click to expand Image Moussa Tiangari, Niamey, Niger, June 2024. 2024 Amnesty International Tiangari, 55, is the secretary general of...
Published on: July 07, 2025 | Source: