“We want to be treated as human”. The Trump administration’s deep cuts to US foreign aid in 2025 have had devastating effects for millions of people around the world.
In Indonesia, these cuts abruptly ended essential community-based HIV prevention and care for LGBT people, who already face discrimination and arbitrary arrest in the country.
A new Human Rights Watch report documents the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and finds that it eliminated services for people at greatest risk of HIV, creating additional barriers to testing, prevention, and lifesaving treatment.
Globally, more than 170,000 additional people are estimated to have died in one year because of the cuts to HIV/AIDS response, which especially affect populations at increased risk of HIV infection.
Trains under fire. Russian drone attacks on passenger trains in Ukraine are killing and injuring civilians. The attacks are disrupting a transportation network millions of Ukrainians rely on to escape danger and access essential services.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, more than 4 million people have been evacuated by train from areas under attack. Meanwhile railway workers are risking their lives to evacuate civilians, often with warnings only minutes before a strike.
As attacks on trains and rail infrastructure intensify, they remain a vital – and increasingly dangerous – lifeline for Ukraine’s civilians.
