Country Conditions Expert for Uganda – Pretermission, Third-Country Removal, Facing LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

December 18, 2025

When Protection Is Denied to Asylum Seekers Before It Is Heard:  Across the current U.S. asylum landscape, individuals fleeing persecution are increasingly being sent to countries with which they have no legal, social, or historical connection—places they have never lived, where they have no community, and where they cannot safely exist. For LGBTQI+ asylum seekers, … More Country Conditions Expert for Uganda – Pretermission, Third-Country Removal, Facing LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

Major endorsements for Scott Weiner in run for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in Congress

December 11, 2025

Human Rights Campaign PAC, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Endorse California State Sen. Scott Wiener for U.S. House A Committed Defender of LGBTQ+ Rights in the Golden State, Wiener Seeks Seat Long Held by Retiring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON — Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC, the nation’s … More Major endorsements for Scott Weiner in run for Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in Congress

A duty to Condemn Trump’s Racist and Xenophobic Lynch-Like Speech

December 10, 2025

No sitting President should chose division, dehumanization, and fear over the fundamental duty to lead with dignity, restraint, and respect for all human life. Trumps Poconos Speech is one of the most racially inflammatory ever, leading to chants in the crowd reminiscent of KKK lynch rallies of bygone years..   By Melanie Nathan, Dec 10, 2025 … More A duty to Condemn Trump’s Racist and Xenophobic Lynch-Like Speech

Watching My Cultural Icons’ Moral Collapse in their Stand With Terrorism

December 5, 2025

Cheering for the Brutal, while Silent for the Dead and Brutalized,  By Melanie Nathan, Dec 05, 2025 More than 200 “cultural icons” have now put their names to a letter demanding the release of Marwan Barghouti , a man serving five life sentences plus 40 years in Israel, for orchestrating attacks during the Second Intifada … More Watching My Cultural Icons’ Moral Collapse in their Stand With Terrorism

When Survival Becomes a Diet: The Reality of Daily Rations

December 3, 2025

Nourishment Is Survival: Why Your Support Matters Now Across transit shelters, informal safe houses, and refugee camps in several African countries, LGBTQI+ refugees depend almost entirely on African Human Rights Coalition’s rations to survive.  We do not have enough to continue past January 31, 2026. These refugees are forcibly displaced by criminalization, violence, and state-sponsored … More When Survival Becomes a Diet: The Reality of Daily Rations

Burkina Faso: First Known Conviction Under New Anti-LGBTQ Law

December 2, 2025

Raises Alarming Human Rights Concerns By Melanie Nathan, Dec 02, 2025. The African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) has received confirmation of a case in Burkina Faso in which a foreign national was convicted under the country’s newly enacted anti-LGBTQ provisions. According to publicly available information released by the Burkina Faso Ministry of Justice, the individual … More Burkina Faso: First Known Conviction Under New Anti-LGBTQ Law

President Ramaphosa Statement on Trump and South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings.

November 27, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Nov 27, 2025. Donald Trump announced  on social media, he will not invite South Africa to next year’s G20 summit in Miami. This snub escalates Trump’s rebukes against the country for its alleged discrimination of its white population. U.S. officials boycotted this month’s G20 talks — an annual meeting of world leaders … More President Ramaphosa Statement on Trump and South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings.

TRUMPS DUMP OF AFRICA ENDANGERS ISRAEL

November 27, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Nov 27, 2025. Why Trump’s Retreat From Africa Endangers Israel’s Future: “Power vacuums in Africa become power blocs at the U.N.- rarely in Israel’s favor.” During the last presidential election I warned fellow Jews, often to uncomfortable silence, unfriending, or cancellation, that Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy, democratic norms, and global … More TRUMPS DUMP OF AFRICA ENDANGERS ISRAEL

Trump Surrenders Africa to China and Russia Undermining U.S. Global Influence

November 26, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Nov 26, 2025 While we are focused on the Epstein Files – The Vacuum Trump Created: How U.S. Disengagement from Africa Strengthened China and Russia and Weakened America’s Global Standing  When historians look back at the geopolitical shifts of the 2020s, they will not see them as accidents or inevitabilities. They will … More Trump Surrenders Africa to China and Russia Undermining U.S. Global Influence

Mary Bruce’s Courage Insists on a Wake up for Journalism

November 22, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, NOV 20, 2025. THE MARY BRUCE FREEDOM– Mary Bruce did something profoundly simple and profoundly necessary: she asked the questions a democracy demands. In the Oval Office — the symbolic center of American power. She raised issues Trump wanted buried: Saudi entanglements, the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, and the still-concealed Epstein files. … More Mary Bruce’s Courage Insists on a Wake up for Journalism

Courage After Emily

November 11, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Nov 11, 2025. I sat only feet away from Emily Damari as she spoke, her voice steady, her truth unflinching. I watched her courage, so raw, it pierced. And in that moment, I felt something shift inside me. I realized that for all my years of advocacy, all the times I’ve raised … More Courage After Emily

When the People Are Stronger Than Their Politicians

November 10, 2025

On Truffles, Trauma, and the Collapse of Political Courage By Melanie Nathan, Nov 10, 2025,  I grew up with white-person privilege in South Africa, watching Apartheid rise to its peak and then crack under the weight of resistance, sanctions, and unimaginable suffering. Forty million disenfranchised Black South Africans — the majority — had to endure … More When the People Are Stronger Than Their Politicians

On Our Way to Voting Booth – Who we Vote for is WHO WE ARE!

November 3, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Nov. 03 How we vote is not a technicality of politics; it is a mirror of our character. In a democracy, every ballot is a moral statement about who we are and what we are willing to endorse. When we choose leaders, we are also choosing whose lives matter, which cruelties we … More On Our Way to Voting Booth – Who we Vote for is WHO WE ARE!

More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

October 31, 2025

The Ripple Effects — From Kampala to Queens By Melanie Nathan, Country Conditions Expert on African LGBTQI+ Refugees and Executive Director, African Human Rights Coalition, written in my personal capacity. Silence can be a kind of betrayal — especially when the person staying silent is the one asking for our votes. When Uganda passed its … More More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

Trump’s Racist Cruelty Glares in Historic Low Refugee Numbers

October 30, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, oct 30 2025. Every October the U.S. president is bound by Congress to publish how many refugees will come into the country for the following year. This Presidential Determination (PD) on Refugee Admissions for for year 2026 is now public and in the Federal Register (set to be published tomorrow) – here … More Trump’s Racist Cruelty Glares in Historic Low Refugee Numbers

Underground Lives: Criminalization and Fear Build Hidden Societies

October 25, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Oct 24, 2025 When governments criminalize identity—whether via immigration policy or sexual orientation laws—they coerce people into the shadows to flee danger, yet the underground offers no safety at all—only a stopgap for immediate survival. Under Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns, thousands of immigrants, and even U.S. citizens of color, live under the … More Underground Lives: Criminalization and Fear Build Hidden Societies

How Mamdani’s Political Duplicity Endangers Jews and Queer New Yorkers

October 23, 2025

Progressive in Name, Dangerous in Practice: History shows that when leaders preach tolerance but wink at hate, the violence of the margins finds cover in the silence of power. By Melanie Nathan, Oct 23, 2025 New York City, the world’s beating heart of pluralism, tolerance, and artful dissent, now faces a moral test disguised as … More How Mamdani’s Political Duplicity Endangers Jews and Queer New Yorkers

A Hijacking: The Opportunism Behind Calls to Boycott Johannesburg Pride

October 22, 2025

True solidarity starts in Africa — confronting the laws, hate, and hypocrisy that still criminalize and kill our own – rendering boycott foolish, cruel and counter-productive.  By Melanie Nathan, Oct 22, 2025 Johannesburg Pride, Africa’s oldest Pride celebration, is under attack, not from the usual homophobes or politicians, but from local activists. Several organizations are … More A Hijacking: The Opportunism Behind Calls to Boycott Johannesburg Pride

This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

October 16, 2025

The Policy, hate and laws we export—and ignore—boomerang back to our schools, courts, hospitals, and democracy. We cannot be silent! By Melanie Nathan, Oct 16, 2025 As Americans debate our own culture wars, and watch our democracy fail, a quiet crisis continues to unfold across Africa, destined to reflect our own doom: LGBT people are … More This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

The Accordion of Extremes: Squeezes Jews in the Middle

October 15, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Oct 15, 2025. I feel compelled to give voice to the broad sentiment I’m hearing daily: that Jews are being squeezed by the twin pressures of far-right and far-left extremism, each exploiting us for its own narrative. This piece channels our community’s alarm, resolve, and insistence on moral clarity—not to inflame polarization, … More The Accordion of Extremes: Squeezes Jews in the Middle

LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

October 8, 2025

When a pattern emerges – pay attention…. By Melanie Nathan, October 08, 2025 New York City deserves a mayor who speaks with one voice—publicly and privately—on human dignity. With Zohran Mamdani, the pattern now visible across headlines and timelines is not an isolated gaffe; it’s a through-line. On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, … More LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

The Shocking Mandami Photo reminds of Rebecca Kadaga’s role in Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill

October 5, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Oct 06, 2025. In a city as kaleidoscopic and politically combustible as New York, the mayoral showdown between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani transcends electoral rivalry. It’s a referendum on values, integrity, and the very heart and conscience of the Big Apple. As hate crimes surge, discourse fractures, and moral clarity within … More The Shocking Mandami Photo reminds of Rebecca Kadaga’s role in Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill

The Photo That Betrays the Platform: Zohran Mamdani, Rebecca Kadaga, Align Amidst Deadly Homophobia

October 5, 2025

By Melanie Nathan October 095, 2025 Outrage at the  Mamdani Kadaga Connection: How Silence on Uganda’s Anti-LGBT Law Undercuts ‘Stand With the Marginalized’ Zohran Mamdani says he stands with the marginalized, yet stayed silent on Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill —and then posed with its chief champion, Rebecca Kadaga. That’s not allyship. It looks like … More The Photo That Betrays the Platform: Zohran Mamdani, Rebecca Kadaga, Align Amidst Deadly Homophobia

Statement on Mass Detentions at Hyundai’s Georgia Battery Project

September 10, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, 9/10/2025 Enforcement of immigration law must not sacrifice human dignity, non-discrimination, and due process. The African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) stands in solidarity with the workers and families affected by last week’s large-scale immigration raid at the Hyundai-LG battery project near Savannah, Georgia, in which U.S. authorities detained approximately 475 people, including … More Statement on Mass Detentions at Hyundai’s Georgia Battery Project

The Socialist Mirage: Cuomo’s Clarity vs. Mamdani’s Dangerous Evasions

September 7, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, September 07, 2025. In a City on Edge, Only One Candidate Confronts Hate with Unflinching Clarity … See the Jews Guide to Voting for NYC Mayor at the end. In a city as kaleidoscopic and politically combustible as New York, the mayoral showdown between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani transcends electoral rivalry. … More The Socialist Mirage: Cuomo’s Clarity vs. Mamdani’s Dangerous Evasions

A Sophies Choice for ILMAR ABREGO GARCIA: Deportation or Worse Deportation

August 25, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, AUG 25, 2025 Ilmar Abrego Garcia Faces Deportation to Uganda After Wrongful Imprisonment: Now, instead of receiving restitution or acknowledgment of this mistake, Abrego Garcia is presented with a cruel ultimatum by the U.S. …. READ the Ugandan Human Rights Report below…. Ilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongfully deported and imprisoned in … More A Sophies Choice for ILMAR ABREGO GARCIA: Deportation or Worse Deportation

The Year Women Disappeared: Trump and Rubio’s Assault on Human Rights Reporting

August 24, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, August 24, 2025 The U.S. State Department’s Human Rights Reports began in 1977, mandated by legislation passed the year before. For nearly half a century, they have provided an unbroken, year-by-year account of human rights conditions across the globe. Published annually, usually in the spring, they have become an indispensable reference for … More The Year Women Disappeared: Trump and Rubio’s Assault on Human Rights Reporting

Antisemitism on Melrose: When Hate Prevails in West Hollywood

August 21, 2025

Jewish Man asked to leave MAURO CAFE on Melrose Ave in West Hollywood  By Melanie Nathan, August 21, 2025. This past month, I have watched with alarm as antisemitic incidents increase and flood social media. Many are captured on video, but one cannot help but ask: how many go unrecorded, unseen, and unacknowledged? One recent … More Antisemitism on Melrose: When Hate Prevails in West Hollywood

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions

August 2, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to the Political and Ethical Questions raised by his failures on Antisemitism: By Melanie Nathan, August 02, 2025. What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander—but when it comes to Zohran Mamdani, the double standard is glaring. The political values he champions in the United States—equity, … More Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions

Holding the San Diego Pride Board and Staff Accountable for Excluding Jews: But they are Hiding…

July 26, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, July 26, 2025 I visited the San Diego Pride website, intending to email the Board about my disappointment that Jews had in effect been excluded by San Diego Pride this year. A space where we had always felt welcome and well treated. I noticed that the website gave an excuse why it … More Holding the San Diego Pride Board and Staff Accountable for Excluding Jews: But they are Hiding…