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Syria: New Government Restricts Aid Operations
Click to expand Image Syrian port workers move on a truck carrying goods at the port of Latakia, Syria, December 17, 2024. 2024 Leo Correa/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Syrian transitional government’s stringent application of registration and operational requirements on aid groups is hampering their ability to scale up operations, Human Rights Watch said today. While the authorities have signaled a willingness to engage...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:
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Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
Click to expand Image The village of Mahouna in western Burkina Faso, March 18, 2022. 2022 Mapillary (Nairobi) – TheBurkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Mass killings of civilians by government security forces, militias, and...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Vietnam: End Persecution of Human Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Trinh Ba Phuong. Private (Bangkok) – TheVietnamese authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong and drop all charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today.In April 2025, the authorities in Quang Nam provincecharged Trinh Ba Phuong under article 117 of the penal code with anti-state propaganda. He was already serving a 10-year prison sentence...
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Mali Opposition Politicians Feared Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image People protesting the junta's decision to ban political parties at the Palais de la Culture in Bamako, Mali, April 29, 2025. 2025 Private In Mali on Thursday, two political opposition leaders went missing, sparking fears they may have been forcibly disappeared.Abba Alhassane, 68, is the secretary general of the opposition party Convergence for the Development of Mali (Convergence pour le...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Beyond Wishful Thinking: How to Build Lasting Youth Political Infrastructure
Can young people in the United States be at the center of a movement for multiracial democracy? Yes, but only if there is investment in long-term political infrastructure.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:A Board’s Bold Leap: Radical Change and the Power of Trust
To combat the natural pull toward the familiar, a courageous board embraced radical change to sustain their mission—made possible by deep trust between its CEO and board chair.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People
Click to expand Image People from trans rights groups and community organizations take part in a rally following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman in equalities law. 2025 Lesley Martin/AP Images (London) – A United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on April 16, 2025, threatens the rights of trans people, Human Rights Watch said today. In For Women Scotland v. The Scottish Ministers, the court ruled...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Belarus: Political Retaliation against Businesses
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2021. 2021 Sean Gallup/Getty Images (Berlin, May 9, 2025) – Belarusian authorities have retaliated against companies and their workers that supported peaceful anti-government protests or spoke out about human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. They also targeted exiled Belarusian...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Sweden Should Stop Detaining and Deporting Sex Workers
Click to expand Image People demonstrate in support of sex workers, April 14, 2018. 2018 Alain Apaydin/Sipa via AP Images So far this year, police in Sweden have detained at least 13 women—including several foreign nationals, some who were subsequently deported—allegedly because they are sex workers, according to a news report. However, selling sex is not a crime in Sweden.The actual number of such cases may be...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya
Click to expand Image Men at a detention center in Tripoli, Libya, June 8, 2017. 2017 Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images (New York) – TheUnited States should not forcibly transfer migrants toLibya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings, Human Rights Watch said today. Based onnumerous mediareports citing US officials,...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Social Media Companies Should Resist Turkish State Censorship
Click to expand Image People check their phones at a market in central Istanbul, Türkiye, July 18, 2019. 2019 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti As of Thursday morning, internet users in Türkiye can no longer access the Turkish-language X account ofjailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. This comes after a Turkish court arbitrarily ordered X to block the account, which has 9.7 million followers. Though X initially complied, the...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Indonesian Court Restricts Criminal Defamation Lawsuits
Click to expand Image Daniel Tangkilisan (C), the environmentalist who filed the petition, and Todung Mulya Lubis (L-C) and other lawyers from the LSM law firm, at Indonesia’s Constitutional Court in Jakarta, April 29, 2025. 2025 LSM Law Firm In an important step towards protecting online speech, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on April 29 issued two rulings thatprovide important clarifications to the country’s...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Justice Vital for Durable Peace in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Click to expand Image Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner (L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), and Foreign Minister of Rwanda Olivier Nduhungirehe, signing the Declaration of Principles at the US State Department, Washington, DC, April 25, 2025. 2025 Graeme Sloan/Sipa via AP Photo United States-led efforts to end the current armed conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:For Mother’s Day, Ugandan Moms of LGBT People Speak Out
Play Video (Nairobi)– Ahead of a soon-to-be-released Human Rights Watch report examining the impact ofUganda’sdraconian Anti-Homosexuality Act on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, a group of Ugandan mothers of LGBT people are gathering on May 8, 2025, to call for protection, dignity, and equal rights for their families, Human Rights Watch and Chapter Four Uganda said today.The...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Toward a Purpose of Transformation: A Conversation with Dimple Abichandani
A conversation on transforming philanthropy with author and philanthropic leader Dimple Abichandani.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Beyond Dialogue: Igniting Racial Justice in a Shifting Political Landscape
In Puerto Rico, Black philanthropic executives from the US mainland, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean came together to build a stronger international racial equity movement.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Greece: Media Freedom in Crisis
Click to expand Image Newspapers hanging on a kiosk in the center of Athens, Greece on March 24, 2022. 2022 Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via AP The pervasive and deliberate constraints on journalism in Greece are creating an environment in which critical reporting is stifled, and self-censorship becomes the norm.Journalists face state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation by pro-government actors, and abusive...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong: 87 Groups Condemn Arrests of Activist’s Relatives
Click to expand Image Anna Kwok, executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, at a rally in support of Hong Kong 47, Washington DC, November 19, 2024. 2024 May Yeung / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo May 7, 2025 Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Hong Kong Government’s Targeting of Exiled Activists’ Families (New York) – Hong Kong authorities’ unjust arrests of the father and...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Guatemala Announces Crucial Water Law Dialogue
Click to expand Image A woman collects water to drink from a well in Santa María Chiquimula municipality, Totonicapán department, Guatemala, March 11, 2025. 2025 Víctor Peña for Human Rights Watch Last week, the Guatemalan government initiateda participatory dialogue to inform the creation of a national water law, a crucial first step toward addressing the country’s water and sanitation crisis.Guatemala hasmore...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:How Can a Perpetual Purpose Trust Build Community?
An emerging model known as a perpetual purpose trust is being used to develop community-owned affordable housing, businesses, and commercial property.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:In Asheville, A Community Gathers to Consider What “Resiliency” Requires
A little over six months after Hurricane Helene devastated large swathes of western North Carolina, a community-based conference considered how to build for its future.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Rebuilding Syria
Peace Direct is raising vital funds and awareness for local peacebuilders in Syria as they begin building a safer future after 13 years of brutal conflict. The post Rebuilding Syria appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:UN Needs to Protect its Vital, Yet Underfunded, Human Rights Work
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, July 16, 2024. 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo Major-power cutbacks and delayed payments amidst conflict and insecurity are testing the very principles and frameworks upon which the international human rights infrastructure was built nearly 80 years ago. Human rights need defending now more than ever, which is why the United Nations...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:New Canadian Prime Minister Should Prioritize Rights
Click to expand Image Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers his victory speech in the Canadian Federal Election in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 28, 2025. 2025 Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Photo On April 28th, Canadians voted to elect a Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The election took place amidst a looming trade war and threats by United States President Donald Trump to turn Canada into...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Competition for Minerals Should Respect Rights and the Environment
Click to expand Image Nickel mining in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 29, 2023. 2023 Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters Governments around the world are increasingly competing for so-called “critical” minerals. The United States, the European Union, and China have all recently negotiated agreements with producer countries seeking the lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and other minerals used inrenewable...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Civil Rights Watchdog under Assault by Trump Administration
Click to expand Image People pass the Department of Justice during a march against Trump administration policies in Washington, DC, March 4, 2025. 2025 Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP Photo One of the most effective and enduring institutions won by the Civil Rights Movement – the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – is under assault.The Trump administration is attempting to remake the...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Rights Groups Spotlight Russia’s Abuses in Crimea
Click to expand Image Crimean Tatars holding their flag during rallies near the Crimean parliament building on February 26, 2014, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Crimea. 2014 Baz Ratner/Reuters A series of policy discussions and events in Brussels between May 12-16, 2025, will spotlight the grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law Russia has committed since it began occupying...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?
Study after study has documented how the nonprofit sector has failed to engage in effective advocacy to preserve the public good. Now we are paying the price. Will we do something about it?
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The Plan and the Pivot: Embracing Ambivalence in Leadership
Strong leadership requires balancing strategic clarity with adaptive responsiveness—and embracing ambivalence as a powerful tool for deeper insight, humility, and informed decision-making.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Torture, Death of a Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Custody
Click to expand Image A commemoration for Ukrainian journalist Victoriia Roshchyna who died in Russian custody, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 11, 2024. 2024 Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old Ukrainian investigative journalist,disappeared in the Russia-occupied part of the Zaporizka region of Ukraine in August 2023. A year...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Top African Rights Court to Consider States’ Climate Obligations
Click to expand Image Villagers fetch water from a makeshift borehole during a drought in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, July 2, 2024. 2024 Aaron Ufumeli/AP Photo A coalition of African lawyers and civil society groups has askedthe African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on 55 African Union member states’ human rights duties in the climate emergency.Led by the Pan African Lawyers Union and the African...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Bangladeshi Women’s Rights Opposed by Hardline Religious Groups
Click to expand Image A candlelight vigil marks International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 8, 2021. 2021 Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via AP Photo On Saturday,nearly 20,000 supporters of the Islamist organizationHefazat-e-Islam rallied in the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, to protest, among other issues, proposed government reforms to support gender equality and women’s rights.The protesters, who...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Mali’s Return to Democracy Suffers New Blow
Click to expand Image People protesting the junta's decision to ban political parties at the Palais de la Culture in Bamako, Mali, April 29, 2025. 2025 Private In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers on April 30, 2025, effectivelybanned all political parties. The previous day, a national conference organized by Mali’s military junta hadrecommended that Gen. Assimi Goïta remain as...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Cancer Research in the US Is World Class Because of Its Broad Base of Funding—with the Government Pulling Out, Its Future Is Uncertain
Without federal support, the lights will turn off in many labs across the country.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:How Interior Design Can Improve Health Justice
Interior design can be a powerful tool for health justice when it centers BIPOC values, thus creating spaces that feel safe, welcoming, and culturally affirming.
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