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Click to expand Image Protestors hold signs as they march towards the White House during a Free Kilmar Abrego and a nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against US President Donald Trump's policies and executive actions, in Washington, DC, April 19, 2025. 2025 RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate,...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:
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US/Panama: Mass Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals
Asylum seekers embrace upon arriving in Panama City, Panama on March 8, 2025. They had just been released from an immigration reception station in the Darién region of Panama after being expelled from the US. 2025 AP Photo/Matias Delacroix The United States carried out mass expulsions of 299 third-country nationals to Panama, subjecting them to harsh detention conditions and mistreatment, while also denying due...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:COP30 Should Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Rights
Click to expand Image Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announces investments at Parque da Cidade, the venue that will host the activities of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belem, Para State, Brazil, February 14, 2025. 2025 Agencia Estado via AP Photo Today, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:FIFA Has No Child Safeguarding Policy for 2026 World Cup
Click to expand Image FIFA World Cup Trophy is displayed at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, US, July 28, 2024. 2024 Alika Jenner/FIFA via Getty Images In two months, the FIFA Club World Cup, an international football tournament for club teams, will kick off in the United States, serving as a testing ground for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup next year. But FIFA has inexcusably not put a clear and comprehensive child...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Australia: Parties Address Human Rights Issues
Click to expand Image Parliament House of Australia in Canberra, March 20, 2024. 2024 George Chan/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo (Sydney) – Voters in the upcoming Australian election on May 3, 2025, should consider where political candidates stand on key human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today. Before casting their ballots, voters should weigh the candidates’ commitments to respecting, protecting and...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Australia 2025 Election Questionnaire
Below is a question-by-question compilation of responses by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the Liberal National Coalition and the Australian Greens. The Liberal National Coalition did not respond under each individual question but responded under relevant thematic subheadings. Human Rights Watch has matched their responses to the questions.Human Rights LegislationAustralia is the only Western democracy without a...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Banking and Community: A Conversation with Oscar Perry Abello
Community banks play a vital role in supporting community investing. By strengthening local banks, local communities can generate more equitable economic outcomes.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Standing Strong: Native CDFIs Mobilize to Protect Economic Sovereignty
In March, Native CDFIs—like all CDFIs—faced threats from a Trump administration executive order. Advocacy was successful, but the struggle for Native sovereignty continues.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Why Communities Must Reclaim the Power of Banking
Big banks didn’t always dominate finance. The fact that they now do has reduced local community investment. Restoring community banking could help remedy that.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Click to expand Image Destruction from an Israeli airstrike on September 25, 2024, in Younine, Lebanon. 2024 Human Rights Watch Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024 were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians.More and more evidence is emerging that Israeli forces repeatedly failed to protect civilians or adequately distinguish civilians...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Thailand: Prime Minister Should Raise Cross-Border Abuses in Cambodia
Click to expand Image Paetongtarn Shinawatra, before she became Thai prime minister, meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet during a visit to Phnom Penh, March 14, 2024. 2024 Pheu Thai Party (Bangkok) – Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra should raise outstanding human rights concerns with Cambodian leaders during her visit to Phnom Penh on April 23-24, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Prime Minister...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Thailand: Premier Should Raise Cross-Border Abuses in Cambodia
Click to expand Image Paetongtarn Shinawatra, before she became Thai prime minister, meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet during a visit to Phnom Penh, March 14, 2024. 2024 Pheu Thai Party (Bangkok) – Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra should raise outstanding human rights concerns with Cambodian leaders during her visit to Phnom Penh on April 23-24, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Prime Minister...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Indonesia: Increasing Attacks on the Media
Click to expand Image Students protest against a revision to the armed forces law outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2025. 2025 Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Jakarta) – Recent threats and attacks on journalists and news outlets inIndonesia are having a chilling effect on the country’s media, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indonesian government under President...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Tunisia: Harsh Sentences in ‘Conspiracy Case’ Sham Trial
Click to expand Image Several of the people tried and convicted in the “Conspiracy Case” on April 19, 2025, in Tunis, Tunisia. Top row (L-R): Noureddine Bhiri, Khayam Turki, Abdelhamid Jelassi, Ghazi Chaouachi, and Lazhar Akremi. Bottom row (L-R): Ridha Belhaj, Issam Chebbi, Chaima Issa, Jaouhar Ben Mbarek and Said Ferjani. Private (Beirut) –ATunisian court on April 19, 2025,sentenced 37 defendants to between 4 and 66...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Parables of Earth: Why We Must Bear Witness to Climate Disaster
In a time of denial and erasure of science by the Trump administration, how can we persuade, make meaningful change, and have a climate record?
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Texas Bill Would Criminalize Those Transporting Youth for Abortion Care
A harmful bill in the Texas legislature would criminalize transporting youth younger than 18, or funding their transportation, out of state to access abortion without written parental consent.The legislation, Senate Bill (SB)2352 and House Bill (HB) 4595, aims to stop young people from getting abortions by making it a second-degree felony, punishable with fines or jail time, to support them in their journey toward...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:UAE: Dissidents, Relatives Designated ‘Terrorists’
Click to expand Image Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 29, 2023. 2023 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo Emirati authorities have designated as “terrorist” 11 dissidents and their relatives and 8 companies, reflecting the country’s indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterrorism laws and contempt for due process.The UAE’s counterterrorism law allows the executive branch to designate individuals and entities as...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Vietnam: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies
Click to expand Image Dao Ba Cuong, a Vietnamese iron worker from Phu Yen province, staged protests inside his house after his son died in police custody. In April 2023, the police arrested and charged him with “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy” under article 331. Later that year, he was sentenced to two years in prison. 2025 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch TheVietnamese government has intensified its...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Nonprofits Under Fire: How the IRS Can—and Cannot—Revoke Federal Tax-Exempt Status
A nonprofit legal expert weighs in on what the government can actually do to affect an organization’s tax-exempt status.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Foundations Rally Behind Call for Unity
On April 9, the Council on Foundations issued a call for philanthropic groups to sign a statement of resistance and solidarity. Since then, nearly 400 organizations have signed, but what does this mean for the sector?
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:This Earth Day, Let’s Talk Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Click to expand Image Activists with painted hands protest against fossil fuels and for climate finance at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 22, 2024. 2024 Sean Gallup/Getty Images Earth Day, which in 2016 marked the opening for signature of the Paris Agreement on climate change, now takes place amidrecord-breaking global heat andrising fossil fuel production. Yet it also offers a vital...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nonprofit Organizations Continue to Fight Against Trans Erasure
In the wake of LGBTQ+ erasure attempts at the federal level, nonprofit leaders are pushing back.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Beyond the Moment: How Nonprofits Can Leverage Civic Engagement
Nonprofits play an essential role in strengthening democracy, especially in times of social and political unrest.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:One Man’s Ordeal Triggers Test of US Constitution
Click to expand Image Jennifer Vasquez Sura (C), the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, US, April 4, 2025. 2025 Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo This week, US federal court judges pushed back on the Trump administration’s abusive deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who, along with over...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:This Is What Open Class War Looks Like: Tracking the Latest at the CFPB
The courts have said that the Trump administration cannot eliminate the CFPB, but, in defiance of a court order, over 1,400 of 1,700 workers have received layoff notices.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Unlocking the Value of Circles
For nonprofit and movement activists, working effectively in teams is critical. Peer circles offer the benefits of relational skill-building, support and belonging, and a deepened ability to tackle complex problems.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:US Nonprofits Risk Losing Tax Status over Israel Criticism
US nonprofits have once again found themselves at the center of a contentious debate over free speech, political influence, and the limits of advocacy.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The Trump Takeover of the US Institute of Peace—What Nonprofits Need to Know and How to Prepare
On March 17, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectively shut down the US Institute of Peace (USIP), despite its status as an independent nonprofit. As lawsuits unfold in its wake, concerns have grown across the nonprofit sector about legal protections, preparedness, and the limits of executive authority.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Ensuring Essential Sun Protection for Persons with Albinism
Click to expand Image A man with albinism covers himself in sunscreen prepared by members of an NGO on August 18, 2016, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 2016 Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images Luisinho, a 26-year-old man with albinism whom I interviewed in Mozambique, faced a heartbreaking choice: either continue working outdoors under life-threatening sun exposure or quit his job selling second-hand clothes, thereby pushing...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump’s “Opening Salvo” in His War Against Criminal Justice Reform Starts With This Nonprofit
Was the Vera Institute’s federal funding cut because of its opposition to the Trump administration?
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Providence Nonprofits Reeling from Funding Cuts and Threats (And, Organizations—What You Can Do!)
Federal funding cuts leave the nonprofit sector in Rhode Island—which employs approximately 17 percent of the state’s workforce—desperately searching for alternatives. How will they fill the void?
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Why Harvard’s Decision Not to Comply with the Federal Government Matters
Harvard University recently lost $2.2 billion in federal funding for refusing to accept unreasonable demands from the Trump administration. In doing so, the university set an example of how not to comply.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Haiti: Escalating Violence Puts Population at Grave Risk
Click to expand Image A protester holds up a sign that reads in French, "Security is a right, Haiti deserves it" during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 2, 2025. AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph (Washington, DC)– Increasing violence inHaiti by criminal groups and clashes with “self-defense” groups are contributing to the dangerous insecurity facing the country’s population, Human Rights Watch said today. Criminal...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Türkiye: Students, Journalists on Trial for Protest
Click to expand Image Students protest against the detention of fellow students who joined demonstrations against the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kadiköy, Istanbul, April 8, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, April 17, 2025) –Türkiye is set to prosecute hundreds of people, mainly students, who protested the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in hasty, mass trials, scheduled to begin on...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Nonprofits Fight Back: Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Anti-Equity Orders
A new lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of advocacy nonprofits challenges three of Donald Trump’s anti-equity executive orders, arguing they violate free speech, due process, and civil rights protections, while endangering critical services for marginalized communities.
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