United States “President Woodrow Wilson transformed government into an engine of white supremacy….The goal was to drive African Americans from influential jobs and confine them to a ‘controlled and exploitable class of laborers.’” Read New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/military-bases-renaming-commission.html?referringSource=articleShare … Continued
Women of color in the United States encounter racism when it comes to their sexual and reproductive health, a situation exacerbated by gender and class discrimination — report submitted to UN committee examining racism. https://trib.al/Jw8SPAP
The Taliban’s severe restrictions on Afghan women are having a cataclysmic effect on their ability to access healthcare. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/healthcare-women-afghanistan-under-taliban
“On 25 April 2022, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced university students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi to 16 years in prison on spurious national security charges after a grossly unfair trial. Their convictions were based on “confessions” which both … Continued
Amnesty Internation confirmed the Iranian authorities used a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of a man convicted of theft on 27 July 2022. Reported by AI, “Pouya Torabi, who is in his late thirties, was transferred on an … Continued
Amnesty International reported: “The Iranian authorities have embarked on an execution spree, killing at least 251 people between 1 January and 30 June 2022, according to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International. … Continued
“Azerbaijani Turkic human rights defender Alireza Farshi DizajYekan is arbitrarily detained in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary for advocating for mother tongue rights, posting online about imprisoned activists and other peaceful activities. The Iranian authorities are denying him access to the … Continued
Excerpt from World According to Sharam Kohan’s article “Fundraising Guide for Executive Directors“: “In this article, I am going to write about fundraising or as you probably think of it the other “F” word. If you want to change the … Continued
Are you frustrated with board members that won’t help with fundraising? If so, you’re not alone and you’ve come to the right place. Hi, my name is Sharam Kohan and today we’re going to talk about five ways to engage … Continued
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe campaign urges sanctions against 10 Iranians As British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe prepares to mark her 2,000th day in unjust Iranian detention, a campaign mounts to impose targeted sanctions on the ten Iranian officials who are most responsible for her … Continued
On October 14, 2021, Human Rights Watch released a report supported by Amnesty International about abuses of immigration detainees in provincial jails in Canada. Human Right Watch is urging the Canadian government to sever their contracts to hold detainees in … Continued
Cuba’s new family code. Important progress: “The draft of a new family code for Cuba…proposes allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt.” Draft of Cuba’s new family code opens the door for gay marriage.
“Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged” “Unfair Trials, Impunity, Pressure to Silence Victims” From Human Rights Watch. “(Beirut) – Iranian judiciary authorities are prosecuting human rights defenders for reporting abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September … Continued
A disappointing reflection of political reality in the United States: as the population of prisons and jails gets whiter, which it is, the possibility increases of the American public finally addressing the US problem with over-incarceration. Read, Washington Post: Prisons … Continued
As this brief overview shows, the roots of prejudice are many and varied. Some of the deepest and most intensively studied roots include personality factors such as right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation, cognitive factors such as the human tendency … Continued