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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanThailand: Aid Cuts Put Myanmar Refugees at Grave Risk
Click to expand Image Refugees collect water at Mae La refugee camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, March 5, 2025. 2025 Valeria Mongelli/Anadolu via Getty Images (Bangkok) – More than 100,000Myanmar refugees inThailand have lost access to essential food and medical aid due to US funding cuts, putting them at serious risk, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai government should immediately permit refugees to lawfully work and...
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:
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Niger Junta Dissolves Justice-Sector Unions
Click to expand Image Gen. Mohamed Toumba, the interior minister who was among the officers who ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023, addresses supporters in Niamey, Niger, August 6, 2023. 2023 AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File The military junta in Niger announced on August 7 the dissolution of four main justice-sector unions, undermining workers’ rights to freedom of association and the independence of the...
Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source:Universities Capitulate to Trump Administration’s Demands—But at What Cost?
In recent months, several universities have entered settlements with the Trump administration, signaling a lack of autonomy and domino effect for diminished academic freedom.
Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source:A Theory and Practice of Civil Society—And How It Can “Show Up” Today
Faced with rising authoritarianism, many call on “civil society” to act. But what can civil society do? Three keys ways are building on local knowledge, relationships, and community.
Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source:Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in 2025
Click to expand Image Turki al-Jasser. Private (Beirut) – Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025 without apparent due process, Human Rights Watch and theMiddle East Democracy Center said today. The June 14 execution of Turki al-Jasser, a journalist known for exposing corruption within the Saudi royal family, raises concerns that the Saudi government is using the death...
Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source:Australia: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for Vietnam
Click to expand Image Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, March 5, 2024. 2024 Hamish Blair/AP Photo (Sydney, August 11, 2025) – Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: August 10, 2025 | Source:Trump Should Raise Rights Issues with Azerbaijan Leader
Click to expand Image Sevinj Vagifgizi, editor-in-chief of the online publication Abzas Media, is seen as police squads surround demonstrators and push them back during a rally of journalists against a new media bill, in front of the Parliament building on December 28, 2021 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2021 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images US President Donald Trump is set to host Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Singing in the Midst of Pain
Being a singer in a band that fights for social justice is more than an artistic endeavor. It means being in service of a greater purpose.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:The Philanthropic Trap: How Charity Can Legitimize Systemic Problems
In a few decades, foundation assets have increased more than tenfold, yet social problems mount too. What is happening? We need to escape the philanthropic trap.
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril
Click to expand Image Al-Zeitoun C school in Gaza City, which an Israeli airstrike hit on September 21, 2024, killing at least 34 displaced Palestinians, including at least 21 children, who were sheltering there. 2024 Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gaza’s...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Macao: Ex-Lawmaker Held on National Security Charge
Click to expand Image Former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San during an interview in Macao, October 7, 2024. 2024 AP Photo/Bertha Wang (New York) – Macao authorities should unconditionally release the former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San (區錦新), who was arrested on national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. This is the first time the draconian Law on...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:Vietnam: Free Imprisoned Activists at Medical Risk
Click to expand Image Vietnamese activists, from left to right: Can Thi Theu and Le Dinh Luong. 2025 Private (New York) – TheVietnamese government should immediately release two wrongfully imprisoned activists who have developed serious health problems in prison, Human Rights Watch said today.Can Thi Theu, 63, a land rights activist, was recently hospitalized for abdominal pain and fever.Le Dinh Luong, 59, a...
Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Armed Group Massacres Dozens in Church
Click to expand Image The burial of people killed by the Allied Democratic Forces armed group at a church in Komanda, Ituri province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 28, 2025. 2025 Reuters/Stringer (Nairobi) – The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group killed more than 40 people, including several children, with guns and machetes during a nighttime church gathering on July 26-27, 2025, in eastern...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Cameroon Doubles Down on Excluding Opposition Candidate from Elections
Click to expand Image Cameroonian politician Maurice Kamto, newly nominated African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (MANIDEM) presidential candidate, speaks during a press conference in Yaounde on July 19, 2025. 2025 AFP via Getty Images On August 5,Cameroon’s Constitutional Councilbacked the electoral commission’s decision to bar Maurice Kamto, a key opposition leader and challenger to incumbent President...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Staff Picks for 2025 (So Far): Rebekah Barber
The stories Rebekah Barber curated from 2025 include examples of the powerful organizing work that is being done in the South.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Videos Highlight Urgency for Israeli Hostages’ Release
Click to expand Image Screen grab of August 1, 2025 video published by Hamas’ armed wing showing emaciated 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a tunnel sitting next to a chart that he says tracks his extremely limited food intake. 2025 Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades/AFP via Getty Images In recent days, two Palestinian armed groups have released videos of hostages that underscore the horrendous conditions they...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:What’s Next? Why Co-ops Are Essential in the Fight for Democracy
Building community-based economic infrastructure hasn’t been a major element of most democratic strategy. But co-op experience shows us it should be. Here is why.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:From Sunset to Sunrise: A Philanthropic Investment in Indigenous Sovereignty
What does decolonizing philanthropy require? Ultimately, it is about transferring assets to communities. Here’s a story of one “spend-down” effort that is doing precisely that.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Israeli Forces Occupied, Vandalized Schools
Click to expand Image Damage to a classroom in Naqqoura Intermediate Public School, Lebanon, January 31, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch Israeli forces occupied schools in southern Lebanon during hostilities between September and November 2024 and in the following weeks, used some of them as barracks, and appear to have intentionally vandalized, pillaged, and destroyed school property.The hostilities between Israel and...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:No Appointment, No Asylum: What Does True Asylum Justice Require?
The Trump administration shuttered the asylum app CBP One, leaving hundreds of thousands in limbo. But justice demands better than restoring the app.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:From Wish List to Reality: Managing Tech Change in Nonprofits
The first article in Afua Bruce's new column, The Impact Algorithm, calls for nonprofits to embrace structured change management when adopting new technologies, recognizing tech change as a strategic and people-centered transformation essential to mission success.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:Over a Million Queer Women Rely on Medicaid. What Happens If They Lose It?
Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to be low-income, more likely to be parents and more likely to rely on Medicaid. They could fall through the cracks of Trump’s new tax law.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:Study Looks at Impact of Wraparound Services for Low-Income College Students
In a new randomized controlled trial, a Texas-based nonprofit is seeking to show the impact of wraparound support for low-income college students.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:Afghanistan: Relentless Repression 4 Years into Taliban Rule
Click to expand Image Afghan returnees cross the border from Iran, on July 3, 2025, in Islam Qala, Afghanistan. 2025 Elise Blanchard/Getty Images (New York) – The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, by intensifying restrictions on the rights of women and girls, detaining journalists, and silencing all dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Afghanistan now faces one...
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:University Professors Are Latest Targets of FOIA Requests
Dozens of professors at UNC Chapel Hill were recently targeted with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Can Labor Organizers Transform a Moment into a Movement?
The past few years have seen a labor surge, but union numbers remain flat. At a June gathering in Detroit, some 300 organizers came together to try to change that.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Building Together: How to Create a Worker-Led Workforce Development System
The US workforce development system often fails workers. But in communities ranging from Detroit to San Francisco, a more effective worker-centered vision is emerging.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:What Is “Civil Society”—and How Is It Under Threat?
“Civil society” is a term that seems to cropping up everywhere lately. But what is “civil society” exactly, and how to politics impact it?
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:For Plastics Treaty, End Pollution at its Source
Click to expand Image A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is displayed by activists near the Shaw Centre venue of negotiations for the global plastics treaty, in Ottawa, Canada, April 23, 2024. 2024 Kyaw Soe Oo/Reuters Countries willresume negotiations in Geneva on August 5, 2025, on a global plastics treaty. Previous talks have stalled amiddeep divisions over key issues. To make the treaty...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:From Courts to Community Power: Trans Rights Advocates Respond to Skrmetti’s Fallout
The United States v. Skrmetti decision was a blow to trans rights movements. But LGBTQ+ advocates are mobilizing quickly and creatively to protect their communities without relying solely on the courts or state laws that may be undermined by the Trump administration.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Five Years Without Justice for Port Explosion Victims
Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut blast hold portraits of their loved ones on the fourth anniversary of the blast, August 4, 2024. 2024 AP Photo / Hussein (Beirut) –Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Tanzanian Opposition Leader’s Trial Again Postponed
Click to expand Image Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, a former Chadema party presidential candidate, at the magistrate court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 16, 2025. ( 2025 Emmanuel Herman/Reuters This week, aTanzanian courtpostponed the politically motivated treason trial of political opposition leader Tundu Lissu for thefifth time. Since treason is a capital offense, Lissu, who was arrested in April,...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Oregon’s Nonprofits Describe the Inequities in Government Funding Structures
Oregon’s human service nonprofits are facing a wage disparity compared to the for-profit and public sectors; the unique nature of their work remains undercompensated and overlooked by government funding structures.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes
Click to expand Image Palestinians at a US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site for humanitarian aid in the “Netzarim Corridor, "central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. 2025 Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images US-backed Israeli forces and private contractors have put in place a flawed, militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distributions into regular bloodbaths.The dire humanitarian...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Houthi Video of False Confessions an Apparent War Crime
Click to expand Image The Eternity C sinks after it was struck by a Houthi missile on July 8, 2025, on the Red Sea. 2025 Houthi Media Center/Getty Images Videos released by the Houthis on July 27, 2025, showing several crew members from a sunken ship who apparently have been detained for weeks is an outrage on their personal dignity, an apparent war crime.The Houthis, who control much of Yemen, attacked and sunk the...
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