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Ukraine: Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians
Click to expand Image 2025 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch In 2024, Russian drone strikes killed dozens of civilians and injured hundreds more in the city of Kherson, in apparently deliberate or reckless attacks that constitute war crimes.The attacks have the apparent purpose of instilling terror in the civilian population in Kherson, part of a widespread attack against that population.These attacks underscore the...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:
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Niger: Six Month-Long Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Moussa Tiangari Must End
Click to expand Image Moussa Tiangari, Niamey, Niger, June 2024. 2024 Amnesty International (Nairobi) โ Nigerโs authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent,Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the World Organisation Against Torture...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Israel, Yemen: Investigate Airport Attacks as War Crimes
Click to expand Image A Yemeni officer inspects the damage following Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, May 7, 2025. 2025 Osamah Abdulrahman/AP Photo (Beirut) โ TheIsraeli airstrikes onYemenโs Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and May 28, 2025, were apparently unlawful indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilian objects and should be investigated as war crimes, Human...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:The Digital Divide and Climate Disasters
Internet access is critical for disaster recovery. But is the solution broader than simply working to get underresourced areas better connected?
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Justice Delayed in Central African Republic
Click to expand Image Joseph Figueira Martin in southern Mauritania in May 2022. 2022 Private Last week marked one year since Joseph Figueira Martin wasarrested in theCentral African Republic. The former analyst for the International Crisis Group wasarrested by Russian forces in Zemio, in the southeast, where he wasconducting research for FHI 360, an American organization aimed at reducing poverty, expanding economic...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Advocates Discuss How Best to Support the Autism Community
The Trump administration views autism as a disease to be cured. Autism advocates reject this false framingโand call for research and policy that supports their community.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Libya: Barriers to Justice
Click to expand Image A member of the Libyan judicial police guards detainees at a Misrata prison, Misrata, Libya, April 27, 2022. 2022 Sipa via AP Images Libyaโs fragmented justice sector is marred by serious due process violations and laws that violate international norms. The judiciary is unwilling and unable to meaningfully investigate serious crimes.Violations of the magnitude and persistence documented in Libya...
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Gulf States: Protect Workers from Extreme Heat
Click to expand Image Construction workers in the Ahmadi Governorate in Kuwait, January 27, 2025. 2025 Xinhua/Shutterstock (Beirut) โ Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer of extreme heat conditions without adequate protection, Human Rights Watch said today. The countries ignore thescientificevidence on the limitations of calendar-based midday work bans to shield...
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Whistleblower Convicted for Exposing Corruption in Court System
Click to expand Image The Kyrgyzstan flag is raised at Ala-Too Square, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 3, 2022. 2022 Vladimir Voronin / AP (Bishkek, May 30, 2025) โ AKyrgyz court onMay 27, 2025, convicted former National Academy of Sciences researcher and whistleblower,Zhoomart Karabaev, of โincitement of mass disorderโ and calling for disobedience to authorities, sentencing him to three yearsโ probation, Human...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Shifting the Balance: Centering Local Leadership in Global Nonprofit Partnerships
In the nonprofit sector, international partnerships can achieve great things. Yet without a strong sense of ethics, such partnerships can often cause more harm than good.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Yemen: A Year On, Houthis Should Free UN, Civil Society Staff
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) โ The de facto Houthi authorities inYemen should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who were arbitrarily detained over the course of...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Uzbekistan
Earlier this month, Sharifa Madrakhimovaโs passport was tampered with and destroyed, preventing her from traveling abroad to accept an award honoring her work defending human rights in Uzbekistan. Shortly afterward, Abdurakhmon Tashanov, another prominent rights defender, was ordered to pay several thousand dollars in a civil defamation case for an innocuous Facebook post. Click to expand Image Sharifa Madrakhimova...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The arc of the moral universe: Reflecting on 5 years since the murder of George Floyd
Five years after the murder of George Floyd, our CEO, Dylan, reflects on how the world and Peace Direct has changed since. Exploring the duty we all have to continue to dismantle structures and systems built on racism. The post The arc of the moral universe: Reflecting on 5 years since the murder of George Floyd appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Passage of GOP Tax Bill Would Worsen Medical Debt Crisis
As millions of people in the United States struggle with medical debt, the potential passage of the GOP tax bill could worsen the crisis.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A Liberatory Approach to Centering Race in Leadership
NPQโs series on Liberatory Leadership as a practice continues with asking ourselves why liberatory leadership matters for racial justice.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Know Your Farmer: Addressing the Heart of Food Insecurity in Kensington
Kensington, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, is getting a fresh-produce corner store to tackle the lasting impacts of food apartheid.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:How to File a Temporary Restraining Order Against the Trump Administration
As nonprofits, including climate groups, fall under attack, can a temporary restraining order be a solution to stall the Trump administration?
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Indonesia: Renewed Fighting Threatens West Papua Civilians
Click to expand Image Villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and the West Papuan militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency. 2025 Suara Papua (New York, May 29, 2025) โ An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the largely Indigenous population, Human Rights Watch said today. All...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Thailand: New Insurgent Attacks on Civilians Despite Pledge
Click to expand Image Thailand's commander of the 4th Army Region Lt. Gen. Paisan Nusang (C) and officials inspect the site of an insurgent attack outside the district office of Sungai Kolok in the southern Thailand province of Narathiwat on March 9, 2025. 2025 Madree Tohala/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok, May 29, 2025) โ Separatist insurgents in Thailandโs southern border provinces should uphold their pledge and...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Ministerial Taskforce Should Speak Up on School-Related Sexual Violence
Click to expand Image Secondary school girls in a classroom in a middle secondary school in Sรฉdhiou, southern Senegal. Photo by Elin Martรญnez. 2017 Human Rights Watch Every day, children are subjected to various forms of violence, including humiliating, degrading and deeply harmful acts, in and around schools, often by the very teachers and education personnel who should be protecting them. In many contexts, students...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:European Commission Endorses Exporting Asylum Seekers
Click to expand Image Officers from the German Federal Police take a man on a deportation flight to Pakistan. Frankfurt, February 25, 2025. 2025 Boris Roessler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo The European Commission has publisheda proposal that would allow EU member states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, on the basis of procedures with limited safeguards and illusory promises of...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:Beyond Grant Capital: What the Buen Vivir Fund Experience Teaches Us
The Buen Vivir Fund received global acclaim but closed unexpectedly. Two years after its closure, its learnings and ethos continue to live on as a new fund is formed.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:EU Commission President Receives Award for Green Deal Laws She is Undoing
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives to attend a meeting with leaders of the European chemical industry at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 12, 2025. 2025 Nicolas Tucat/AP Photo In June 2024, the EUadopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global value chains. It also introduced new plans to limit CO2...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:South Korea: New Reform Party Addresses Rights Questions
Click to expand Image Officials demonstrate ballot counting during a simulation of election procedures for the presidential election at South Korea's National Election Commission in Gwacheon, April 10, 2025. 2025 Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (Seoul) โSouth Koreaโs New Reform Party responded to a Human Rights Watch questionnaire on key human rights issues facing the South Korean people, Human...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:US Congress Moves to Weaken Controls on โSuper-Toxicsโ
Click to expand Image Smoke rises from a plant in Louisianaโs Cancer Alley, October 18, 2023. 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch Last week, the United States Congress passed a sweeping rollback of crucial pollution control standards. The resolution cancels a Biden-era rule guaranteeing continued emissions controls on facilities emitting substantial amounts of seven โsuper-toxics,โ including lead compounds, arsenic,...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Iran: Execution Spree Continues Unabated
Click to expand Image Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Pakdasht, south of Tehran, March 2005. 2005 Reuters (Beirut) โIranian authorities are carrying out a horrific execution spree, with at least 113reported executions in the first 25 days of May 2025 alone, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should urgently press Iranโs authorities to...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Peace Feast: June 2025
Join us for a Syrian cooking class and dinner in London on June 17th 2025. Each ticket supports local peacebuilders bringing communities together around the world. The post Peace Feast: June 2025 appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Solidarity Economy Organizers Gather in Atlanta to Build Toward Liberation
In Atlanta, over 300 movement activists gathered to consider how to advance a solidarity economy movement through economy, politics, and culture.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Western Australia Announces Reparations for the โStolen Generationsโ
Click to expand Image An Aboriginal flag in Perth, Australia, October 7, 2023. 2023 Matt Jelonek/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Western Australia state governmentannounced a new reparations program for the โStolen Generations,โ Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families under racist policies that began in the early 1900s and lasted into the 1970s. The action follows decades of activism by First...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Merging Missions: Starting with Relationships and Shared Authority
Building real trust and equity during a collaborative merger starts with deep relationship-building, mutual accountability, and power-sharing.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:France-Indonesia Strategic Partnership Shouldnโt Neglect Rights
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Elysรฉe Palace in Paris, France, July 24, 2024. 2024 Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo French President Emmanuel Macron will soonmeet in Jakarta as well as in the Borobudur temple, Central Java, with Indonesiaโs President Prabowo Subianto to further strengthen relations between their two countries,...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:New Research on Extreme Heat Harm During Pregnancy
(Washington, DC) โ Extreme heat exposure affects pregnancy and newborn health where higher temperatures are associated with increased rates of preterm birth and stillbirth as well as greater rates of hypertension in pregnant women, said Human Rights Watch today. Emerging research suggestscare work, such asmothering newborns, is also negatively affected. โIn Sierra Leone we already have high rates of preterm birth,...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Anti-LGBT Law Unleashed Abuse
Click to expand Image Illustrations 2025 Dianah Lala Bwengye for Human Rights Watch Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against LGBT people in the two years since the Anti-Homosexuality Act became law.The Ugandan authorities have spread misinformation and hatred against LGBT people, making existing discrimination even worse.The Ugandan authorities should end their crackdown on...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rights of Detained Migrants at Risk
Click to expand Image A migrant family from Afghanistan approaches Croatia's border near Bosanska Bojna, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to reach the European Union, in January 2021. 2021 Photo by Damir Sagolj/Getty Images Bosnia and Herzegovinaโs treatment of detained migrants should raise concerns for governments considering sending additional migrants to the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Processing delays,...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Australia: Children Suffering Under Criminal Legal System
Click to expand Image A concrete exercise yard at the Cairns watch-house in which authorities detained children, in Queensland, Australia, 2024. 2024 Inspector of Detention Services, Office of the Queensland Ombudsman (Sydney, May 26, 2025) - Australiaโs reelected Labor government should show national leadership by raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility and ending the incarceration of children as young as...
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: