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Click to expand Image People pay their respects during a demonstration near a small memorial for Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez on September 13, 2025 in Franklin Park, Illinois, US. 2025 Brandon Bell/Getty Images On September 12, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot at Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican migrant, near Chicago. CCTV footage of the incident calls ICEβs account into...
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South Sudan: Ensure Due Process, Fair Trials of Opposition
Click to expand Image South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, February 5, 2023. 2023 AP Photo/Ben Curtis (Nairobi) β South Sudanese authorities should uphold due process for the opposition leader and First Vice President Riek Machar, other opposition members, and affiliates facing charges,...
Published on: September 16, 2025 | Source:After the Uprising: The Legacy of 2020βs Nonprofit Leadership Revolution
Women and people of color achieved meaningful gains in 2020, but now see dwindling support, political backlash, and persistent systemic challenges.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:A Nepali Community Media Outlet Is Using TikTok to Counter Disinformation
In 2012, Khasokhas was formed to provide digital news to the US Nepali community. The publication is increasingly relying on short-form videos to counter disinformation.
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Cluster Munitions: States Should Uphold Ban Treaty
Click to expand Image In Paksong district of Saravane province, Laos, a clearance technician from Norwegian Peopleβs Aid uses a GPS device to record the coordinates of cluster munition remnants in a rice field where 178 BLU-26 submunitions were found. 2025 Norwegian People's Aid Countries that are not party to the treaty banning cluster munitions, including Russia and Ukraine, continued to use cluster munitions in...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Israeli Forcesβ Attack on Sanaa Kills Journalists
Click to expand Image People inspect damage on September 13, 2025, in Sanaa, Yemen days after an Israeli strike hit the center of the city. 2025 Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images A new report by Human Rights Watch documents attacks by all the warring parties in Yemen on journalists. An attack on a media center in Sanaa, the capital, by Israeli forces on September 10, is one more example of the danger for media...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Militias, Army Threaten South Kivu Civilians
Click to expand Image A protester holds a placard reading in Swahili "return (General) Gasita we didn't want!" as others gesture towards a Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forces soldier during a demonstration in Uvira on September 8, 2025. 2025 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) β Congolese military forces and acoalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians in Uvira, South Kivu province, in...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Libya: Investigate Cases of Two Missing Lawmakers
Click to expand Image Left: Seham Sergewa, Libyan politician and member of the House of Representatives abducted in Benghazi on July 17, 2019, attends a session at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015. Private. Right: Ibrahim al-Drissi, a member of the Libyan Parliament, casts his vote for its president during a session in Tobruk, August 4, 2014. Reuters (Beirut) β Libyan authorities should urgently...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Massacre Civilians
Click to expand Image Screenshot of a video circulated on social media in February 2025 reportedly showing Ousmane Dicko, younger brother of Jafar Dicko, JNIM leader in Burkina Faso. 2025 Private Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northernBurkina Faso since May.Since the start of their insurgency in Burkina Faso in 2016, the Islamist armed groups have repeatedly...
Published on: September 15, 2025 | Source:Ethiopian Health Professionals to Resume Striking
Click to expand Image A doctor visits a patient at the emergency ward of the Suhul General Hospital in Shire, Ethiopia, October 11, 2024. 2024 MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images Health professionals in Ethiopiaplan to resume striking on September 15 to demand better wages and living conditions, marking the second round of strikes in recent months.Following months of organizing spearheaded by theEthiopian Health...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Why Protecting Democracy Means Protecting Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are vital to civil society. But the current administration is trying to tell a different story.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:When Did Caring for Americaβs Most Vulnerable Kids Become Political?
Though it survived elimination, Head Start is under threat. Now that they have been directed to ban undocumented children, providers wonder if politics has changed the program forever.
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:Turkiye: Social Media, Messaging Platform Disruptions
Click to expand Image People check their phones at a market in central Istanbul, TΓΌrkiye, July 18, 2019. 2019 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti (Istanbul, September 12, 2025) βTΓΌrkiyeβs slowing down (throttling) of social media and messaging platforms at moments of social or political importance is denying people important information and impeding democratic participation, 15 groups including Human Rights Watch said in a...
Published on: September 12, 2025 | Source:What Are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Measure Nonprofit Success?
For Ask a Nonprofit Expert, Jeanne Bell, author, leadership strategist, and former CEO of CompassPoint, answers a readerβs question about measuring nonprofit success.
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:WHO Guidance Win for People with Albinism, Diabetes
Click to expand Image Insulin injection for type 1 diabetes. 2017 Science Photo Library via Reuters What may seem like a technical exercise in global health bureaucracy, the World Health Organizationβs (WHO) update to its Essential Medicines Lists, will in fact have life-changing consequences for millions of people around the world. By adding therapeutic sunscreen and rapid-acting insulin analogues on September 5, the...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Coalition Challenges OpenAIβs Nonprofit Governance
A growing coalition is pressuring regulators to investigate whether OpenAIβs nonprofit structure is being used to divert charitable assets toward private profit, raising broader questions about accountability in AI governance.
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Zambia: Acid Spill Jeopardizes Residentsβ Health
Click to expand Image A breach at a dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe, Zambia, from video taken on February 19, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Richard Kille, file (Johannesburg) βZambian authorities should address recent reports that polluted water and soil from an acid spill in Zambiaβs copper mining region pose a serious health risk, Human Rights Watch said today.On February 18, 2025, a dam in Chambishi,...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Morocco: Exonerate, Release Activist Sentenced for Blasphemy
Click to expand Image Ibtissame Lachgar holding her One Law For All award at the Secular Conference. 2018 Nederlandse Leeuw/Wikimedia (Beirut) β Moroccan authorities should urgently overturn the 30-month sentence of an activist convicted on blasphemy charges for wearing a t-shirt authorities deemed offensive, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities need to ensure that the right to free expression is respected....
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Flotillas Highlight Urgency to Lift Israelβs Blockade of Gaza
Click to expand Image Ships that are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza are anchored off the coast of Sidi Bou Said in Tunis, Tunisia, September 9, 2025. 2025 Anis Mili/AP Photo In the absence of international action to stop the Israeli government from continuing its gravecrimes against Palestinians in Gaza, people from around the world are embarking on flotillas aimed at breaking Israelβs illegal...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Yemen: Journalists Under Assault
Click to expand Image A journalist during a reporting assignment on the front-line in Taizz, Yemen, where a sniper was reportedly targeting civilians. 2025 Ahmed al-Basha Yemenβs warring parties β particularly the Houthis, the Southern Transitional Council, and the Yemeni government β have committed serious human rights violations against journalists in Yemen.Targeting journalists and media institutions has encroached...
Published on: September 11, 2025 | Source:Designing Counternarratives for the Nationβs 250th Anniversary
In Asheville, NC, Black and Indigenous narrative leaders came together this summer to imagine new stories of liberation as the United States nears its 250th anniversary.
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:Pakistan Floods Highlight Urgent Need for Reforms
Click to expand Image Rescue workers evacuate villagers from a flooded area in Jalalpur Pirwala, Multan district, Pakistan, September 8, 2025. 2025 Asim Tanveer/AP Photo Catastrophic floods from heavy rainfall in Pakistan this past week displaced at leastfour million people, destroyedthousands of acres of crops, and severely damaged critical infrastructure. At least900 people died. Thousands of those displaced are in...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:How to Avoid Greenwashing and Trump-Proof Your Nonprofit Advocacy
Are the policy advocates that your nonprofit hires aligned with your views? Often, the answer is noβand that can harm you. Hereβs how to avoid funding your opponents.
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:TΓΌrkiye: Drop Case Against Bar Association
Click to expand Image Lawyers from Istanbul Bar Association protest the detention of Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer to jailed mayor Ekrem Δ°mamoΔlu, and other detained lawyers. Istanbul, June 23, 2025. 2025 Δ°stanbul Bar Association (Ankara, September 10, 2025) β Criminal and civil proceedings against the executive board of the Istanbul Bar Association are incompatible withTΓΌrkiyeβs international human rights obligations and...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:Egypt: Mass Crackdown Targets Online Content Creators
Click to expand Image A message is typed on a smartphone, July 2022. 2022 Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images (Beirut) βEgyptian authorities have since July 2025 carried out an abusive campaign of mass arrests and prosecutions targeting online content creators, Human Rights Watch said today.Based onInterior Ministry statements, the authorities arrested or prosecuted for online content at least 29...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Unpaid for Months
Click to expand Image Migrant workers at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2024. 2024 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Photo (Beirut) β Hundreds of migrant workers employed inSaudi Arabia by the manufacturing and supply company Sendan International did not receive their salaries for up to eight months, Human Rights Watch said today. They include workers employed in state-owned oil company Aramco project...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:EU: Georgiaβs Rights Crisis Needs Urgent Response
Click to expand Image People march in support of an independent public broadcaster in Tbilisi, Georgia. March 7, 2025. 2025 Sebastien Canaud/NurPhoto via AP NGOs joint statement on Georgia (Brussels, September 10, 2025) β The European Union and its member states should use all available diplomatic and legal tools to press theGeorgiangovernment to end its persecution of independent civil society and the media, nine...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:Niger: Islamist Armed Group Executes Civilians, Burns Homes
Click to expand Image Nigerien military police stand guard outside airbases in Niamey, as supporters of Niger's military junta gather on August 27, 2023. 2023 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) β The Islamist armed group Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has escalated attacks on civilians in Niger since March 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks violated international humanitarian law and are...
Published on: September 10, 2025 | Source:Nepal: Police Fire on βGen Zβ Protest
Click to expand Image Students protest against corruption and the governmentβs ban on social media platforms in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 8, 2025. 2025 Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto via AP (Bangkok) β Police inNepal used lethal force to suppress youth protests on September 8, 2025, thatkilled at least 19 people and injured over 300, Human Rights Watch said today.Young people, identifying themselves as βGen Z,βorganized a...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Trump Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care to Federal Workers, Families
Click to expand Image Liv Y., center, holds a transgender pride flag as people gather to protest against the Trump administration near the Washington State Capitol building, in Olympia, Washington, February 5, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File The Trump administrationannounced last month that it would remove gender-affirming care from the health care services covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits...
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Indiana Slashes Teacher Education Degrees amid a National Educator Shortage
Cuts to teacher education programs in Indiana mirror the national pressure placed on universities as the United States makes it harder for teachers to teach and for students to learn.
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:Volunteers and Nonprofits Are Drivers of Democracy
Nonprofits regularly depend on volunteers to meet their missions. Do you know what else depends on volunteers? Democracy. Time to get to work on that!
Published on: September 09, 2025 | Source:How Getting a Library Card Is a Salute to Democracy
Public libraries have always been an accessible institution for many Americans. But now, more than ever, we can appreciate how fiercely libraries strive to represent our values in their pursuit of authentic democracy.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Katrina Destroyed New Orleansβ Early Childhood Education. Twenty Years Later, Itβs a Model for Success.
After the hurricane shuttered New Orleansβ child care centers, providers didn't just reopen their doors β they built a more equitable system from the ground up.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Clamoring for Equity: Now Is a Builderβs Moment
Today, faced with a rising tide of authoritarianism, many in nonprofits and philanthropy are lying low. But what is required is something else entirely: building for the future.
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source: