Human Rights Watch Giving Week 2026 Claim your 3X match offer today!

Andy,

Every day, a new headline reminds us that we are living in a dangerous moment for human rights. Like many of you, I feel a sense of urgency and know that our freedoms cannot be taken for granted.  

Between ongoing war and violence in the Middle East and rising authoritarianism in the US and around the world, Human Rights Watch’s work to document abuse, expose the truth and hold perpetrators to account is more important than ever.  

That’s why our Giving Week match couldn’t have come at a more critical moment: As we kick off Human Rights Watch Giving Week 2026, I am personally inviting you to make a gift and join us in conscience against the world's gravest human rights abuses. Will you be one of the first to make a 3X-matched gift to Human Rights Watch and help power our work?

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Your gift, Andy, helps us act at a moment's notice wherever human rights are under attack.

When news broke out of a US strike on a school in Iran that killed over 160 people, many of them children, our team immediately got to work. HRW researchers spent seven days verifying and analyzing the evidence.   

We did not rush to publish our findings; we were thorough. It’s this rigor that makes HRW unique in times of crisis. While others race to keep pace with the news cycle, our responsibility is to establish the facts. Reliable, credible information is not generated by urgency alone—it requires careful investigation, verification and evidence.  

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I know that the challenges we face ahead are formidable, but what I admire most about Human Rights Watch is our capacity to make a meaningful impact and protect rights around the world for all people – all thanks to your support.

We are ready to face the moment. We are persistent. Our research is effective. Our partnerships are strong. Our ability to respond to crises in the most complex settings is unmatched. Time and again, we continue to broaden what is possible for the human rights movement and to improve the lives of so many who are counting on us.   

But this work requires immense resources – and our incredible team can’t continue without you.   

Andy, your gift this Human Rights Watch Giving Week unlocks 3X the support to help secure justice in more than 100 countries where we work.  So please, will you help us meet our $200,000 goal so we can continue our efforts to defend human rights worldwide?

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Thank you for taking advantage of this match offer,  

Philippe Bolopion
Executive Director
Human Rights Watch

*** Individual gift match capped at $10,000

DEFEND RIGHTS. SECURE JUSTICE.

Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening all around the world. We are roughly 550-plus people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists and others who work to protect the most at risk groups and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy toward governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and carefully review all donations to ensure that they are consistent with our policies, mission and values. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.

Our work is organized around three pillars:

Investigate: Our researchers work in the field in 100+ countries, uncovering facts that create an undeniable record of human rights abuses.

Expose: We tell the stories of what we found, sharing them with millions of social media and online followers each day. News media often report on our investigations, furthering our reach.

Change: We meet with governments, the United Nations, rebel groups, corporations and others to see that policy is changed, laws are enforced and justice is served.

Your support will power our work to investigate human rights abuses, expose the truth and hold perpetrators accountable in 100+ countries.

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