Labor

Letter on Rights for Migrant Domestic Workers

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:52:28 -0700

H.E. Ghazi al-Shubaikat

Minister of Labor

Ministry of Labor

Amman

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Dear Minister al-Shubaikat,

Obama's Chance to Shift Gears on Colombia

María McFarland, senior researcher, Americas Division — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:55:37 -0700

Published in The Huffington Post

Colombia: Obama Should Press Uribe on Rights

Kenneth Roth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:23:04 -0700

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

I am writing to offer some observations about human rights in Colombia in anticipation of your meeting with the President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, on June 29.

Colombia: Obama Should Press Uribe on Rights

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:47:37 -0700

(Washington, DC) - President Barack Obama should raise human rights concerns on June 29, 2009, during his first official meeting with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter made public today.

Diamonds’ Deadly Toll

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:09 -0700

They might end up as costly baubles on sale in shops around the world. But for some diamonds mined in Zimbabwe, the journey begins in massive illegal pit mines where men, women, and children are forced to work long days under the brutal authority of government troops, who took over the mine in a spree of bloodshed.

Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:00 -0700

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Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe

Map of Zimbabwe and the Marange Diamond Fields

Diamonds in the Rough

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:45:00 -0700

This 62-page report documents how, following the discovery of diamonds in Marange in June 2006, the police and army have used brutal force to control access to the diamond fields and to take over unlicensed diamond mining and trading.

Zimbabwe: End Repression in Marange Diamond Fields

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:01:00 -0700

(Johannesburg) - Zimbabwe's armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The Kimberley Process and Zim: Last-chance Saloon?

Jon Elliott, Africa advocacy director — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:40:05 -0700

Namibia hosts the Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting in Windhoek starting tomorrow. Namibia's Deputy Mines Minister, Bernhard Esau, who chairs the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), has a problem on his hands: protecting the integrity and credibility of the Process and the international diamond industry.

UAE: Exploited Workers Building ‘Island of Happiness’

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 -0700

(Abu Dhabi) - Thousands of South Asian migrant workers building a US$27 billion island development in the United Arab Emirates face severe exploitation and abuse, in some cases amounting to forced labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Labor-supply agencies, construction companies, and repressive laws are responsible for the abuse.