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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanEqual Justice USA to Close amid Federal Funding Cuts
In the wake of federal funding cuts in April, Equal Justice USA—a nonprofit that uses justice-centered strategies to address violence—has announced its pending closure.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:
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Iran: Authorities Amputate Three Prisoners’ Fingers in Acts of Torture
Click to expand Image Hadi Rostami. Kurdistan Human Rights Newtork (Beirut) –Iranian authorities used a“guillotine machine” to amputate fingers of three detained men in the late hours of July 30, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The three men, Hadi Rostami, 38, Mehdi Sharifian, 42, and Mehdi Shahivand, 29, had been convicted of theft after grossly unfair trials.An informed source told Human Rights Watch that the...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:When Civic Life Is Breaking, How Can We Rebuild It?
To rebuild civic life, it’s necessary to rebuild a culture of accountability to local communities and a culture of participation rooted in local democratic engagement.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:A Trillion-Dollar Debacle: How Trump’s Budget Bill Codifies Healthcare Apartheid
The United States has long had a two-tiered health system. Recent budget cuts to Medicaid, coupled with tax cuts for the wealthy, make inequality even worse.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:A Labor Movement That Matters: From May Day to Labor Day and Beyond
For too long, labor has operated in silos. Solidarity is required. May Day 2025 offered a glimpse of what can occur if labor and community together fight the billionaire agenda.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:UK Plans AI Experiment on Children Seeking Asylum
Click to expand Image Manston Detention Centre, in Kent, United Kingdom, is used by the government to detain and process people seeking asylum. In 2022 and in 2024, the government allegedly detained unaccompanied refugee children there by purposefully misclassifying them as adults. Ramsgate, England, June 24, 2025. 2025 Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The United Kingdom’s announcement on July 22 that it would use AI...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Saint Lucia High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
Click to expand Image A local market in Castries, St Lucia, Caribbean, April 2019. 2019 Fokke Baarssen/Shutterstock In a landmark victory for human rights, Saint Lucia has decriminalized consensual same-sex conduct. The High Court’s decision strikes down laws that criminalized intimacy between same-sex partners, whichare discriminatory and inconsistent with international human rights standards.Until this ruling, Saint...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:UK Acts to Protect Football from Rights Abusers
Click to expand Image UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visits Earth City FC at the Fluminense Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 2024. 2024 Press Association via AP Photo After years of promises from successive governments and parliamentary ping-pong, the United Kingdom parliament has finally delivered a game-changing reform to how football is governed in England and Wales.On July 21, the Football Governance...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso Releases Conscripted Journalists, Activist
Click to expand Image Guezouma Sanogo (L) and Boukari Ouoba. Private Earlier in July 2025,Burkina Faso authoritiesreleased five journalists and a human rights activist who had been unlawfully conscripted into the military after criticizing the country’s military junta. While a positive development, their release is also a stark reminder of others still missing, some since 2024, with no hint as to their whereabouts.On...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Bangladesh: Year since Hasina Fled, Rights Challenges Abound
Click to expand Image Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus (3rd L) visits three secret detention facilities known as "Ayna Ghor," which had been used as torture cells during the Awami League government's rule, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 12, 2025. 2025 Nayem Shaan/Drik/Getty Images (New York) – The interim Bangladesh government of Mohammed Yunus is falling short in implementing its challenging human rights agenda a year since...
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:US Moves to Kill Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
Click to expand Image Pollution rises from the stacks of the Miami Fort Power Plant, which is situated along the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio, July 11, 2025 2025 Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via AP Photo The Trump administrationproposed on July 29 to revoke the 2009 finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gases endanger public health, a move that would gut the government’s ability to regulate...
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:TĂĽrkiye: Turkmen Risking Deportation Reported Missing
Click to expand Image Caption: Turkmen activists Alisher Sakhatov (left) and Abdulla Orusov (right). 2025 THF (Berlin) – TwoTurkmen dissident bloggers have been missing since July 24, 2025, when they were reportedly released from aTurkish deportation center, Human Rights Watch said today. Turkish authorities should ensure that the bloggers, Alisher Sakhatov and Abdulla Orusov, are not returned to Turkmenistan, where...
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Why Economic Development Subsidies Are Racist—and What to Do About Them
In the name of job creation, state and local economic development subsidies reinforce structural racism. But increasingly, community activists are resisting these practices.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:How Philanthropy Can Lead in Building Ethical AI for the Public Good
Philanthropy must act decisively to ensure AI development and deployment advance equity, ethics, and the nonprofit sector’s ability to serve the public good.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Sixty Years After Medicaid Enactment, Progress Is Rolling Back
Sixty years after the enactment of Medicaid, provisions of the 2025 GOP tax bill seek to roll back progress, potentially leading to millions losing Medicaid, thousands of lives lost, and hundreds of hospitals closed.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation
Click to expand Image 2025 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch The Russian authorities carry out mass scale censorship online, throttle websites and online platforms they deem subversive, and increasingly carry out arbitrary and internet shutdowns intensified in scope.Russia has obligations under international law to ensure access to information, freedom of expression, and the right to privacy, including...
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Cameroon: Main Opposition Candidate Barred 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 (Nairobi) – The decision byCameroon’s electoral board to exclude Maurice Kamto, a key opposition leader and challenger to incumbent President Paul Biya, from the country’s...
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Angola: Protest Defendants Await Appeals a Year On
Click to expand Image People hold up a sign that reads “A country badly governed” during a march against rising fuel prices and the end of street vending in Luanda, Angola, June 17, 2023. 2023 ROGERIO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Johannesburg) – Nearly 200 people convicted inAngola a year ago after unfair trials are still imprisoned and waiting for their appeals to be heard, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 30, 2024,...
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Australia: Protect Whistleblowers from Retaliation
Click to expand Image Australian Parliament in Canberra at sunrise. Kinson C Photography via Getty Images (Sydney, July 30, 2025)– The Australian government should create a dedicated Whistleblower Protection Authority to support and protect public-interest whistleblowers, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee of the Australian Senate.Since February...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Proposed Legal Changes Threaten Civil Society
Click to expand Image Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left on the podium and on the video screens, addresses the parliament in Addis Ababa, November 15, 2022. 2022 AP Photo (Nairobi) – Ethiopian lawmakers should reject proposed amendments to the civil society law that would grant the government sweeping powers to restrict nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. Ethiopia’s partners...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Forget the Silent Auction: How to Focus Your Fundraising Energy
Rhea Wong answers your fundraising questions, emphasizing action over perfection, authentic donor engagement, and focus over busy-ness.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Burnout Rates Across Nonprofits Are Rising—but Flexible Reporting Could Help
Burnout in the nonprofit sector is, and will continue to be, an ongoing issue. But advocates see flexible, relationship-centered grant reporting as a solution to burnout and a step toward more equitable philanthropy.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:From Service to Power—Retooling the Nonprofit Sector
The nonprofit sector is large, employing nearly one in 10 US workers. This means nonprofits have potential power. Converting that potential into real power, however, requires a change in mindset.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:New Bill Could Curb Exploitation of US Gig Workers
Click to expand Image A food delivery driver in Lone Tree, Colorado, March 30, 2020. 2020 David Zalubowski/AP Photo The gig economy runs on hidden rules. Every day, millions of workers in the United States log into apps like Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon Flex to earn a living, without knowing how much they’ll be paid, how jobs are assigned, or if they might be kicked off a platform and why.A new bill in Congress could...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:US Labor Officials Seek to Roll Back Protections—the Time to Comment Is Now!
The US Labor Department this month issued over 60 proposed changes to worker protections. But most haven’t taken effect—yet. The time for public comment is now.
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Iraq: Damage to Kurdistan Region Oil Fields Puts Rights at Risk
Click to expand Image The Sarsang oilfield operated by HKN Energy, after a drone attack, in Duhok province, Iraq, July 17, 2025. 2025 Azad Lashkari/Reuters (Beirut) – Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, significantly damaged the region’s energy production, Human Rights Watch said today.The drone strikes mark a dangerous escalation in a...
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Myanmar: Arakan Army Oppresses Rohingya Muslims
Click to expand Image A family who fled from Buthidaung, Myanmar, at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, June 25, 2024. 2024 Mohammad Ponir (Bangkok) – The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group inMyanmar’s western Rakhine State, has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against the ethnicRohingya population, Human Rights Watch said today.The Arakan Army’s territorial gains in the state have been...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Addressing the Medical Debt Crisis, One Bill at a Time
The work of medical debt relief organizations is even more critical now as millions of people are expected to be funneled into medical debt following the passage of the GOP tax bill.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:The New Student Loan Regime—Pauses, Pain, and Limits on Forgiveness
The US student loan system has long been a mess. Under Biden, some progress was being made. But the Trump administration has more than reversed those gains.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Attacks on Journalists a Warning Sign for Civil Society
Escalating attacks on journalists in the United States during recent protests signal a broader threat to civil society, press freedom, and the democratic role of nonprofits.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Is Nothing Sacred? Western Apache Face Irreversible Loss for Copper Profits
In Arizona, copper mining threatens a Western Apache sacred site. In the name of securing domestic energy, Native American communities face mounting threats.
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Venezuela: Political Persecution a Year After Elections
Click to expand Image Relatives of detainees take part in a demonstration demanding the release of political prisoners in front of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Caracas on November 21, 2024. 2024 FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) –Venezuelan authorities are carrying out widespread abuses against critics through politically motivated arrests, a year after the presidential election, Human Rights...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Afghan Women Continue to Fight for Bodily Autonomy
Click to expand Image Afghan women walk past razor barricades along a roadside in Kabul on December 8, 2024. 2025 Ahmad Sahelarman/AFP via Getty Images Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating Taliban dress codes. The slew of arrests mark yet another continuation of the Taliban’s relentless attack on women’s autonomy, causing fear and...
Published on: July 28, 2025 | Source:Thailand/Cambodia: Protect Civilians Amid Border Clashes
Click to expand Image Cambodians who fled Thai-Cambodian border clashes line up to receive assistance in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, July 25, 2025. 2025 Heng Sinith/AP Photo (Bangkok) – Escalating border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia involving explosive weapons have killed and injured civilians since fighting began on July 24, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The two countries have longstanding...
Published on: July 26, 2025 | Source:How Nonprofits Can Help Shape AI Governance
As the influence of artificial intelligence grows, the lack of governance and representation in its development is increasingly problematic. Nonprofits can play a vital role in ensuring AI is equitable and community-informed.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source: