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Asian American community news media help their audiences participate in civic life, a role that has become even more important as immigrants face increased repression.
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New Houthi Arrests of UN Staff
Click to expand Image A United Nations team visits with officials of Yemen's Supervisory Committee in Al Hudaydah province, Yemen, May 17, 2023. 2023 Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images Forces belonging to the Houthis, who control much of Yemen, raided several United Nations offices and detained at least 19 UN staff on August 31, adding to dozens of UN and civil society staff already detained since 2024. The previous arrests...
Published on: September 08, 2025 | Source:Can Non-Native Funders Embrace a Native Worldview?
How can philanthropy support Native people? Money helps, but it also requires rooting giving in values of reciprocity, responsibility, relationships, redistribution, and respect.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Proposed PSLF Changes Would Undermine Nonprofits and Public Service Careers
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program has helped nonprofit workers and organizations sustain their work. However, it is now one of the many programs the Trump administration is threatening.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Momentum Grows for New Treaty on Right to Education
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. 2021 Bede Sheppard/Human Rights Watch Momentum is mounting for a new global treaty to secure every child’s right to free education. This week, countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva to advance negotiations on an optional protocol to theConvention on the Rights of the Child.The proposed treaty wouldclose a gap in...
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Pacific Leaders Should Act Collectively on Climate Relocation
Click to expand Image Leaders assemble at the 2024 Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, August 26, 2024. 2024 AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay Pacific leaders preparing to gather for the Pacific Islands Forum in Solomon Islands this month have accepted a collective responsibility: to act decisively for the many Indigenous communities already living the sobering realities of climate displacement.Over the last...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Pay Black Women Like Democracy Depends on It
As Black women continue the fight to protect democracy, it’s time to talk about fair compensation for those working within democratic organizations.
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:“It Is Good to Be with Family, Movement Family”—Labor’s on the March
As part of a wave of protests against the administration of Donald Trump, an old tradition of Labor Day marches has a revival. And it’s not a moment too soon.
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Twenty Years After Katrina: Lessons in Climate, Justice, and Solidarity
Two decades after Katrina, community leaders offer lessons for nonprofits on how to support local organizations navigating climate disasters in an era of democratic erosion.
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:The Lion Within—Learning the Importance of Saying “No” in the Workplace
Sometimes standing up for yourself in the workplace means not going along to get along—the supposed “safety” of laying low can be the most dangerous path of all.
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:TĂĽrkiye: Trial of Gendarmes for Death in Custody, Torture
Click to expand Image Ahmet Güreşçi died shortly after being transferred to a hospital from gendarmerie custody on February 11, 2023, in Altınözü, Hatay province, Türkiye. 2023 Private (Istanbul, September 4, 2025) - The trial of 13 law enforcement officers charged with the death in custody of Ahmet Güreşçi and the torture of his older brother Sabri Güreşçi on February 11, 2023, offers a rare opportunity for justice,...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Zambia:Â South African Firm Transferring Toxic Lead
Click to expand Image Trucks at the “Black Mountain,” the concession of Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste, Kabwe, Zambia. 2023 Trajectory Media/Al Jazeera English (Johannesburg, September 4, 2025) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations
Click to expand Image Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017. 2017 Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Iran: Missile Strikes on Israeli Civilians Likely War Crimes
Click to expand Image Damage caused by an Iranian missile strike that killed nine civilians, including three children, in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, on June 15, 2025. Photo taken on July 1, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Indonesia: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detention
Click to expand Image Protesters brandish brooms as a symbol of their calls for reform, and ending police brutality and lawmakers’ perks, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, September 3, 2025. 2025 Willy Kurniawan/Reuters (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities have detained more than 3,000 people in a nationwide crackdown during anti-government protests since late August 2025, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso Criminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
Click to expand Image The National Assembly of Burkina Faso in downtown Ouagadougou. 2013 Sputniktilt/Wikimedia Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assemblypassed a law on September 1, 2025, that makes consensual same-sex relations a criminal offense, a major setback for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Under this new law, people found guilty of homosexuality could face two to...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Black Women’s Unemployment Signals Trouble for All
Rising unemployment rates for Black women signal a deeper issue in our economy. Funders and policymakers are critical to turning the trend around.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:China’s Military Pageantry Masks Popular Discontent
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops ahead of a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, September 3, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Andy Wong As the Chinese governmentcelebrated the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in World War II and the country’s military might this week, criticism of the Chinese Communist...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Coalition Sues EPA to Restore Funding for Environmental Justice
A coalition of nonprofits, local governments, and tribes is suing the EPA over the Trump administration’s cancellation of $3 billion in environmental justice grants, arguing the move is unconstitutional and threatens vital community projects.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Tajikistan: Investigate Deaths of Five Pamiri Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image The Tajikistan flag. 2022 Maksim Konstantinov, Sipa via AP Images (Berlin, September 3, 2025) – Tajikistan authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the deaths in custody of five ethnic Pamiri activists during 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The deaths highlight grave concerns about the Tajik authorities’ treatment of ethnic Pamiris, a historicallypersecuted cultural, religious,...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Iran: Authorities Unleash Wave of Oppression After Hostilities with Israel
Click to expand Image A member of Iran's security forces stands guard at Enqelab square in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025. 2025 Vahid Salemi/AP Photo (Beirut) –Iranian authorities are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities withIsrael, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The deepening crisis underscores the urgent need...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru
Click to expand Image Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018. 2018 Jason Oxenham/AP Photo Last week, the Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is alsoproposing newlegislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural rights.The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Japan: Cambodian Authorities Harass Exiled Dissidents
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet attend a news conference after a bilateral talk at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, May 30, 2025. 2025 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Photo Cambodian authorities are harassing Cambodians living in Japan who are publicly critical of Cambodia’s government and also harassing their relatives in Cambodia.The Cambodian...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Indonesia Authorities Should Use Restraint During Protests
Click to expand Image An Indonesian police officer fires tear gas during a demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 28, 2025. 2025 Dicky Bisinglasi / SOPA Images/ Sipa USA via AP Photo (Bangkok) – Clashes inIndonesia between protesters and security forces have killed at least seven people and injured dozens morein 42 regions across the country since August 25, 2025. The Indonesian government’s announcement of new...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Home of Prominent Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Bombed
Click to expand Image Job Sikhala, former legislator and member of the Zimbabwean opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change, climbs into a prison truck at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 24, 2024. 2024 Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images In the early hours of August 30, unidentified perpetrators bombed the home of Job Sikhala, a prominent critic of Zimbabwe’s government. Video shared on...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Cambodia: Revised Law Endangers Citizenship
Click to expand Image Front side of the National Assembly of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, May 7, 2019. Daniel Kalker/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) –Cambodia’s National Assembly passed amendments to its citizenship law on August 25, 2025, that allow the government to silence dissent by reworking Cambodian citizenship, Human Rights Watch said today. The amended citizenship law strips nationals, naturalized...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Labor Day 2025: What’s Next for Unions?
Unions have had many organizing wins, but their numbers remain low, and they face new threats. Nonetheless, the building of a more powerful union movement is possible.
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Rights Activists Acquitted After Year-Long Trial
Click to expand Image Police officers outside the Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 6, 2021. 2021 Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images (Johannesburg) – AZimbabwe court’s acquittal of three human rights activists on disorderly conduct charges more than a year after their arrest highlights the authorities’ misuse of the criminal justice system against dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. Zimbabwean authorities...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Mexico: Electoral Process Undermines Judicial Independence
Click to expand Image Federal court workers in Mexico City protest against a proposal that would remove and replace all judges in the country in popular elections, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. 2024 Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo (Washington, DC) – A constitutional change replacing half of the federal judiciary with judges elected by popular vote has undermined judicial independence inMexico, Human Rights Watch said today as the...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Colombia: Don’t Cut Ombudsperson’s Office Budget
Headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Bogotá, Colombia, June 15, 2020. DefensorĂa del Pueblo 2020 (Bogotá) – Proposed budget cuts toColombia’s Ombudsperson’s Office would be a blow to the protection of human rights in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The Ombudsperson’s Office requested a very modest budget increase for 2026, partly to keep pace with the roughly 5 percent annual inflation rate and partly...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:UK: Rights Protections Needed in Gulf Trade Pact
Click to expand Image UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2024. 2024 Press Association via AP Images (Beirut) – The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is signed, a coalition of 14 human rights...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Belarus Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers
Click to expand Image A rally in support of the Belarusian independence movement in Warsaw, Poland, August 9, 2025. 2025 Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA via AP Photo Last week, Belarusian authorities declared the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) an “extremist formation.” The action against the group, which works to protect the rights to a defense and a fair trial, is the latest attack on the country’s...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:US Barriers to Disaster Aid Challenge Human Rights Principles
Click to expand Image Director of Divisional Emergency Response of the Salvation Army William Trueblood (L) distributes food outside the Cayce United Methodist Church in Cayce, Kentucky, US, December 15, 2021, five days after tornadoes hit the area. 2021 Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images The Washington Postreports that the US government is requiring organizations receiving federal funding, including from the Federal...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Sudan: UN Should Act to Protect Starving Civilians
Click to expand Image People who fled the Zamzam displacement camp after it fell under RSF control, line up for food rations in a makeshift encampment near the town of Tawila in Sudan's western Darfur region, April 13, 2025. 2025 AFP via Getty Images (New York) – United Nations Security Council members should urgently act to protect civilians in western parts of Sudan from unlawful attacks and starvation, Human Rights...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:EU-US Trade Deal Threatens EU Corporate Accountability Law
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands after reaching a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025. 2025 Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo The European Parliament should ensure that the European Union’s flagship corporate accountability law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), does not become a victim of the EU-US...
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