• China: CNMC Public Listing Needs Investor Vigilance
    Apr 22, 2012
    Press release
    Prospective investors in China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corporation’s (CNMC) upcoming initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong should be aware of the company’s disturbing labor rights practices in Zambia. CNMC’s inability or unwillingness to respect worker’s rights in their Zambia operations raises critical questions about corporate behavior that potential investors should direct to the company.
  • Zambia: Workers Detail Abuse in Chinese-Owned Mines
    Nov 3, 2011
    Press release
    Chinese-run copper mining companies in Zambia routinely flout labor laws and regulations designed to protect workers’ safety and the right to organize. Zambia’s newly elected president, Michael Sata, a longtime critic of the Chinese labor practices, should act on his campaign promises to end the abuse and improve government regulation of the mining industry to ensure that all companies respect Zambia’s labor laws.
  • Zambia: Civil Society Groups Urge Arrest of al-Bashir
    Dec 13, 2010
    Press release
    The Zambian government should make clear that President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan will be arrested if he travels to Zambia. News reports indicate that al-Bashir may attend the special summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to be held on December 15, 2010, in Lusaka.
  • Global: Flawed Policies Expose Migrants to Abuse
    Dec 11, 2010
    Press release
    Many governments’ immigration policies and protection gaps expose migrants to abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report today in advance of International Migrants Day, December 18, 2010. The abuses include labor exploitation, violence, trafficking, mistreatment in detention, and killings, yet the nations involved offer limited recourse to seek justice.
  • Zambia: Police Brutality, Torture Rife
    Sep 6, 2010
    Press release
    The Zambian police routinely engage in cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, including torture, to extract confessions. The government should investigate, discipline those found to be implicated, and train officers to interrogate suspects without coercion.
  • Zambia: Intolerance Threatens Health, Rights
    May 20, 2010
    Press release
    Recent homophobic statements by religious leaders and government authorities risk undermining Zambia's fight against HIV/AIDS.
  • Zambia: Prison Conditions Endanger Inmates
    Apr 27, 2010
    Press release
    Prisoners in Zambia suffer malnutrition, overcrowding, grossly inadequate medical care, and the risk of rape or torture.
  • SADC: Press Zimbabwe to Implement Rights Reforms
    Aug 31, 2009
    Press release
    Southern African leaders should press Zimbabwe's power-sharing government to end ongoing human rights violations and to implement legal reforms.
  • Zambia: Enact Law to Curb Sexual Violence
    Dec 10, 2008
    Press release
    The Zambian government should adopt a comprehensive law to curb sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and accelerate establishment of hospital-based coordinated response centers to help the victims and survivors.
  • SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol
    Aug 14, 2008
    Press release
    Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007. One of the most important provisions that should be put back in to the protocol would commit states to criminalize marital rape.