• China: CNMC Public Listing Needs Investor Vigilance
    Apr 22, 2012
    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
    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.
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  • The disabled often are denied information about sex and HIV
    Dec 1, 2012
    Over a billion people — 15 percent of the world’s population — live with a disability. These numbers should confer power and authority in decision making about all aspects of their lives, including to HIV and AIDS. Yet people with disabilities have been largely ignored in the global response to HIV.
  • Invisible Prisoners
    Sep 3, 2012
    JURIST Guest Columnist Katherine Todrys of the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch recounts her experiences researching disease transmission and living standards in African prisons. She calls for sweeping criminal justice reforms to address the systemic problems of overcrowding, human rights abuses and wrongful imprisonment.
  • China: CNMC Public Listing Needs Investor Vigilance
    Apr 22, 2012
    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.
  • Human Rights and Health among Juvenile Prisoners in Zambia
    Dec 1, 2011
  • China in Zambia: Trouble Down in the Mines
    Nov 21, 2011
    “If someone dies, he can be replaced tomorrow, and if you report the problem, you’ll lose your job.” This, in the words of a Zambian copper miner, describes the downside of the growing investment of Chinese companies in Africa over the last decade.
  • Zambia: Workers Detail Abuse in Chinese-Owned Mines
    Nov 3, 2011
    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.
  • Health and human rights of women imprisoned in Zambia
    Jun 22, 2011
    The healthcare needs and general experience of women in detention in sub-Saharan Africa are rarely studied and poorly understood. A mixed-methods study was conducted including in-depth interviews with 38 adult female prisoners and 21 prison officers in four Zambian prisons to assess the health and human rights concerns of female detainees. Key informant interviews with 46 officials from government and non-governmental organizations and a legal and policy review were also conducted.
  • Zambia: Civil Society Groups Urge Arrest of al-Bashir
    Dec 13, 2010
    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.
  • Zambia: Civil Society Concerned over Possible Visit by President Omar al-Bashir
    Dec 13, 2010
    African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa are seriously concerned over reports of a possible visit to Zambia by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir—sought by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes committed in Darfur—to attend the Special Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to be held on December 15 in Lusaka.
  • Global: Flawed Policies Expose Migrants to Abuse
    Dec 11, 2010
    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.
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