Tag: Trump

Trump’s Venezuela is the Greatest Gift to Museveni

January 4, 2026

By Melanie Nathan, January 04, 2025 Global focus has shifted sharply toward Venezuela, driven by the United States and framed through President Donald Trump’s openly stated ambition for dominance in the Americas. That ambition was made explicit yesterday when Trump publicly clarified the purpose of the U.S. invasion of Venezuela. The statement stunned international observers … More Trump’s Venezuela is the Greatest Gift to Museveni

Nigeria Is Not at War With Islam — is America?

December 26, 2025

Understanding Nigerian Muslims are not at war with Christians and vice versa…. By Melanie Nathan, Dec 26, 2025. Each time violence linked to ISIS erupts in Nigeria, a dangerous shorthand resurfaces in international commentary: Muslims attacking Christians. This framing is not only false; it actively fuels the very instability extremist groups seek to create. Under … More Nigeria Is Not at War With Islam — is America?

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

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

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

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

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

Trump Regime Fails to Adhere to Annual Human Rights Reporting

June 17, 2025

by Melanie Nathan, June 18, 2025. As mandated by Congress, every year since 1977, the State Department’s dedicated public servants in U.S. missions abroad and in Washington scrupulously examine, track, and document the state of human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. The Trump Rubio State Department (Bureau of Democracy, Human … More Trump Regime Fails to Adhere to Annual Human Rights Reporting

TRUMP ICE AMBUSH DECEIVES DENIES DEPORTS UNDER DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS

June 10, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, June 10, 2025 I CANNOT FIND MY WORDS: I just got off a press Zoom with advocates and attorneys regarding the cruel unlawful chilling and horrific detentions and disappearances that are happening in our Federal Buildings and Courts to immigrants. I am sure much press will follow. This is truly shocking and … More TRUMP ICE AMBUSH DECEIVES DENIES DEPORTS UNDER DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS

If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

May 11, 2025

As previously reported by US News media, Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants flown from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador . “Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just … More If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

Trump to Replace Qualified Refugees with White ONLY Proponents of Apartheid

May 9, 2025

Melanie Nathan, May 8, 2025 Afrikaner loyalists to White Supremacist Trump vs. Black African Refugees under US centuries long standards of welcoming the stranger. The United States once embraced the promise of welcoming the stranger. That was before it took a  new U.S. administration a mere 100 days to extinguish it, as well as its … More Trump to Replace Qualified Refugees with White ONLY Proponents of Apartheid

Trump Rubio Noem will be complicit in Torture of they Send People to Libya

May 7, 2025

A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate a prior court order barring officials from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first weighing whether they risk persecution or torture if sent there. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an order, opens new tab restricting their … More Trump Rubio Noem will be complicit in Torture of they Send People to Libya

U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports Bring New QUESTIONS

April 23, 2025

BY MELANIE NATHAN, April 23, 2025, 11.02 am EST. Surprise surprise….. no upload of 2024 U.S. State Department Human Rights Country Reports – The screenshot below shows past dates when they were uploaded to the State department webpage. We expected the 2024 report by today and that would have been late. Nothing yet. These would … More U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports Bring New QUESTIONS

From NEVER AGAIN to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Secretary for DHS, Posing Nazi Style

March 28, 2025

With Dear Leader DRUMPF, an Emissary  By Melanie Nathan, March 28, 2025. Shirtless, stacked high, one on top of the other, humans! Reminiscent perhaps of that to which we said “never again?” Krtisti Noem, in El Salvador, U.S. Secretary for DHS, who carried out the command of the Chief orchestrator of this scene,  Donald trump … More From NEVER AGAIN to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Secretary for DHS, Posing Nazi Style

AHRC WARNS LGBTQI+ FOREIGNERS: World Pride in Washington DC Dangers in USA, a Boycott Venue

March 17, 2025

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION CALLS ON WORLD PRIDE 2025 D.C., TO RESIST THROUGH BOYCOTT, CITING DANGERS OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR FOREIGN VISITORS March 17, 2025 New York – African Human Rights Coalition is calling on LGBTQI+ Africans and LGBTQI+ people worldwide to refrain from attending WorldPride in the United States of America, because the event … More AHRC WARNS LGBTQI+ FOREIGNERS: World Pride in Washington DC Dangers in USA, a Boycott Venue

NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

January 28, 2025

This applies to LGBTQI+ refugees in in Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Senegal. The Trump Executive Orders have halted the US Refugee Admissions Program. Just as in 2016 there is pushback and legal remedies available that are being deployed. In 2016 when Trump closed the borders African Human Rights Coalition provided advocacy, … More NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

Danger to America and TRUMP OPMs result in Overnight HIV Clinic Closures

January 28, 2025

Melanie Nathan, JAN 28, 2025. Last night Trump issued an OPM that is probably illegal and is already causing damage to the most vulnerable of people. The Tump administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) went on a deadly memo blitz yesterday, sending at least three letters to federal … More Danger to America and TRUMP OPMs result in Overnight HIV Clinic Closures

January 17, 2025

January 17, 2025. Melanie Nathan, Executive Director of African Human Rights Coalition: African Human Rights Coalition decries the xenophobia helming the Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump appointment of Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security: Scapegoating is no way to win an appointment: Since its inception African Human Rights Coalition has promoted awareness … More

AHRC: For a Meaningful 2025: May We Survive and Thrive

December 29, 2024

As we wish you all a Happy New Year African Human Rights Coalition brings you Accomplishments, Concerns and Hopes: Dec 29, 2024 Dear Friends, At this end of our tenth anniversary year at African Human Rights Coalition, I want to express my deepest gratitude for the support you have shown in so many ways, through … More AHRC: For a Meaningful 2025: May We Survive and Thrive

New Anti-LGBTQ GHANA Law can set an American up for Extradition

December 17, 2024

By Melanie Nathan. Dec 17, 2024 If fully enacted, this will be an actual problem for Americans especially in a Trump Era, as my personal example will show. On February 28, 2024 the Ghanaian Parliament passed a new anti-LGBTQ+ law which has not been signed into law yet by President Nana Akufo-Addo, having stalled his … More New Anti-LGBTQ GHANA Law can set an American up for Extradition

Thanksgiving for a Christian Nation Revisiting Thanks

November 28, 2024

Please read this before reading the attached article to understand: This morning I woke at 6.30 am to an email that got me right up out of my bed, albeit an intended late morning, and to my desk. I admittedly subscribe to the AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION emails. For my work I have kept an eye … More Thanksgiving for a Christian Nation Revisiting Thanks

Jews for Trump Fail NEVER AGAIN as do those who Refuse the Hitler-Comparison

October 28, 2024

Jews voting for Trump hate the comparison to Hitler.  See the screenshot from Stop Antisemitism @StopAntisemitism, below and the post that introduced it by a member of a Private Facebook Group whose name shall remain anonymous*.  The spread of this ridiculous notion on social media is repugnant to all I have been taught about NEVER … More Jews for Trump Fail NEVER AGAIN as do those who Refuse the Hitler-Comparison

The Sad Reality of America today: A Refugee’s Good news Bad News is Good news

October 25, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, Oct 25, 2024. I advocate for LGBTQI+ people from African countries who have been forcibly displaced dues to extreme persecution and violence.  We seek durable solutions to include resettlement to third countries for refugees.  This is a tough task especially when most refugees have no choice but to seek protection in  hostile … More The Sad Reality of America today: A Refugee’s Good news Bad News is Good news

The Hymie’s Boycott is regardless of whether Hymie’s supports Trump or not

October 21, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, October 22, 2024 I will never set foot in Hymie’s Deli, again. This is not about the fact that Hymie’s and its ownership seem to be supporting Donald Trump. If they do, I don’t care – that is their right. It is about exclusion and divisiveness. It seems that the ownership of … More The Hymie’s Boycott is regardless of whether Hymie’s supports Trump or not

The Project 2025 Master Plan for Vance and his Trump Pawn now in Operation

September 12, 2024

By Melanie Nathan,  September 12, 2024. Food for thought. Not much more: I heard an expert on some cable show today give an opinion on Trump’s mental/ cognitive/ whatever you want to call it, decline. It was on MSNBC. He said it was not a regular trajectory. That something was seriously wrong. Yet Republicans are … More The Project 2025 Master Plan for Vance and his Trump Pawn now in Operation

The Pro-Hamas American Muslims are now a Movement to Abandon Harris

September 8, 2024

Perhaps this can help Jews see the light – that Kamala Harris is indeed best for Jews and Israel, as the Muslim Pro Hamas Group Abandon Harris targets swing states to defeat Harris By Melanie Nathan, September 08, 2024. There pro-Hamas pro-Palestinian group “Abandon Harris” is now trying to assemble a national protest march to … More The Pro-Hamas American Muslims are now a Movement to Abandon Harris

To my Fellow Jews who have yet to get it: Trump Unlocked this Surge in Antisemitism and what it means for Israel

August 31, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, August 31, 2024 I will not ask you to pardon this scurrilous analogy, noting while unsavory, it is metaphorically sound.   A SIMPLE TRUTH that no Jew can escape acknowledging: We saw it with our own eyes: In 2016 Trump launched this current SURGE in antisemitism. While this does NOT deny the severity … More To my Fellow Jews who have yet to get it: Trump Unlocked this Surge in Antisemitism and what it means for Israel