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Qatar: Five-Year Sentence for Bahaโi Dignitary on Abusive Charges
Click to expand Image Remy Rowhani Private. (Beirut) โ A Doha court sentenced the chair of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahaโis inQatar to five years in prison on August 13, 2025, based solely on exercising his rights to freedom of speech and religion, the Bahaโi International Community and Human Rights Watch said today. Qatari authorities should urgently quash the conviction and release him.Qatari...
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:
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Lebanon: Judicial Reforms Positive, But Fall Short
Click to expand Image Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and members of the Lebanese government attend a parliament session in Beirut, July 15, 2025. 2025 Emilie Madi/Reuters (Beirut) โ A law that Lebanonโs parliament adopted on July 31, 2025, includes positive reforms for Lebanonโs judiciary but falls short of guaranteeing judicial independence, Human Rights Watch said today.The law includes some advances in...
Published on: August 15, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Rights Defender on Trial After Publishing Activistโs Letter
Click to expand Image Rita Karasartova. Private (Bishkek) โ The trial of aKyrgyz human rights defender who published a letter from a political activist on her Facebook page is scheduled to start on August 15, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Rita Karasartova is charged with organizing mass riots under article 278 of the criminal code and publicly calling for the violent seizure of power under article 327, facing a...
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:We the People: Why a US Multiracial Democracy Depends on Black Institutions
The message is not new, but it remains vital to keep in our sights: if the United States is to ever build a truly multiracial democracy, Black institutions must play a central role.
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:What Do You Do When Your Nonprofit Staff Want Raises We Canโt Afford?
In this issue of Ask a Nonprofit Expert, NPQโs interim CEO and editor-in-chief, Sara Hudson answers reader questions about juggling nonprofit staff wellbeing and organization finances
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Iran: Detainees Ill-Treated and Disappeared After Israeli Evin Prison Attack
Click to expand Image A room in Evin prisonโs medical clinic showing significant damage after the June 23 Israeli strikes, raising healthcare concerns for the hundreds of prisoners whom authorities returned to Evin on August 8. Photo taken on July 1, 2025. 2025 Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via AP Iranian authorities subjected detainees held in Evin prison, including arbitrarily detained human rights defenders and...
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Iran: Israeli Attack on Evin Prison an Apparent War Crime
Click to expand Image An external view of the destruction of buildings in Evin prison's northern premises after the Israeli strikes on June 23, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Photo taken on July 1, 2025. 2025 Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Israeli forces unlawfully attacked Evin prison in Tehran on June 23, 2025, absent any evident military target, killing and injuring scores of civilians including prisoners, their family members,...
Published on: August 14, 2025 | Source:Peru: Amnesty Bill Signed into Law
President Dina Boluarte during an ordinary session of the National Council for Citizen Security in Lima, Peru, on March 18, 2025. 2025 Presidencia del Perรบ (Washington DC) โPeruvian President Dina Boluarte has signed into law an amnestybill that grants impunity for serious crimes committed during the countryโs internal armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.Peruโs Congress passed thelaw on July 9, 2025, and...
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Staff Picks for 2025 (So Far): Alison Stine
How can we as a nation reassess, renew ourselves, and stay ready? Here are Alison Stine's staff picks for 2025.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Class Not Dismissed: Mamdani, Nonprofits, and the Fight for Economic Justice
If there is any bright spot in the Trump administrationโs dog days, itโs that nonprofits are reigniting their struggle for economic justice.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:The Long Reach of Trumpโs Climate Agenda
While much attention has focused on the immediate damage of the Trump administration on climate, whatโs the long-term judicial reachโand how can the next generation fight back?
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Study Finds Widespread Self-Censorship in the Philanthropic Sector
A recent study reveals that major US foundations have remained silent or scrubbed DEI content from their websites in response to the Trump administrationโs crackdown on โwokeโ initiatives.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:Legal Defense Funds Protect Nonprofits Under Political Attack by Trump Administration
New legal defense funds and nonprofit law firms are stepping in to provide critical support to nonprofits under attack, even as traditional law firms retreat.
Published on: August 13, 2025 | Source:US: Rights Report Mixes Facts, Deception, Political Spin
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance near the White House in Washington, DC, January 21, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Evan Vucci (Washington, DC) โ The Trump administrationโs omission of key sections and manipulation of certain countriesโ rights abuses degrade and politicize the 2025US State Department human rights report, Human Rights Watch said today....
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Trump-Putin Meeting Sidelines Civilian Protection, Justice
Click to expand Image Hundreds gather in New York City, on March 9, 2025, for the Unite for Ukraine March. 2025 Bender/NurPhoto via AP United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15, reportedly to discuss ending Russiaโs war in Ukraine. Absent from the discussions will be Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelensky. And according to the publicly available agenda,...
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Can We All Become Nonprofit Consultants?
The rise in nonprofit consulting reveals deeper sector-wide disillusionment and urges a reimagination of meaningful, sustainable nonprofit work.
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Building Blocks of a Public Policy Agenda for Volunteerism
To support volunteerism, public policy has an important role to play. Here is a framework of what supportive policy for nonprofit volunteers might look like.
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:How Harford Foundation Reimagines Scholarships for Debt-Free College
A Hartford-based community foundation is reimagining student support by launching a $30 million scholarship initiative that pairs generous financial aid with wraparound services to help local youth attend and complete college debt-free.
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Chad: 20-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader
Click to expand Image Demonstrators in Paris, France wave Chadian flags during a rally calling for the release of Succรจs Masra, May 31, 2025. 2025 Umit Donmez / Anadolu via AFP (Nairobi) โ The guilty verdict and 20-year sentence imposed on August 9, 2025, on Succรจs Masra, leader ofChadโs main opposition party, is the culmination of a trial based on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said today.Masra,...
Published on: August 12, 2025 | Source:Thailand: 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) โ 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: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 workersโ rights to freedom of association and the independence of the...
Published on: August 11, 2025 | Source:Universities Capitulate to Trump Administrationโs DemandsโBut 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 SocietyโAnd How It Can โShow Upโ Today
Faced with rising authoritarianism, many call on โcivil societyโ 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) โ 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) โ 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 forcesโ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gazaโs...
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) โ Macao authorities should unconditionally release the former lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist Au Kam San (ๅ้ฆๆฐ), 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) โ 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) โ 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,Cameroonโs Constitutional Councilbacked the electoral commissionโs 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 Hostagesโ Release
Click to expand Image Screen grab of August 1, 2025 video published by Hamasโ 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: