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Help Us Stop Burning Waste in LebanonDespite protests calling for an end to the garbage crisis, more than 150 dumps across Lebanon are openly burning trash at least once a week. And people's health is at risk. Take action and join our campaign to #StopTheBurning in Lebanon. World Report 2018
Our annual review of human rights around the globe. Find out more about your country. Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Thai Fishing Fleets
A new report describes how migrant fishers from neighboring countries in Southeast Asia are often trafficked into fishing work, prevented from changing employers, not paid on time, and paid below the minimum wage. More Arrests in Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown, but No International Outcry
This week Egyptian police arrested 10 people in the latest assault on LGBT rights in the country under the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. But in the face of relentless persecution of sexual and gender minorities in Egypt, world leaders remain largely silent – or worse, praise al-Sisi as a “moderate” leader. A Year On, Whereabouts of Two South Sudanese Men Unknown
Dong Samuel Luak, a well-respected South Sudanese human rights lawyer and activist, and Aggrey Idri, a vocal government critic and member of the opposition, disappeared off the streets of Nairobi on January 23 and 24, 2017, respectively. They are believed to have been abducted by or at the request of South Sudanese officials.
