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April 20, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Mass Evictions of Syrian Refugees

Expulsions by Municipalities Appear Discriminatory, Lack Due Process

A clothesline in an informal tent settlement in Bar Elias, Bekaa Governorate, Lebanon. Refugees evicted from the Rayak air base area settled here in January 2018. The refugees say there was no procedure, no written notice, no opportunity to discuss or cha
April 14, 2018 Commentary

Soft-pedaling on Payday Debt Collectors Tramples Consumer Rights

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
March 21, 2018 News Release

OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis

A house in a rural Wayuu community in La Guajira, Colombia, June 2016.
February 20, 2018 News Release

US: Private Probation Harming the Poor

Programs Shift Costs to Offenders

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February 20, 2018 Witness

The Steep Price of Probation in Missouri

State’s Private Probation System Cost Jason $10,000

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January 23, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets

Reforms Fall Short of Addressing EU, US Concerns

A fisher at the prow of a boat, mooring rope in hand, as the vessel arrives in port in Pattani, August 12, 2016.
December 1, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Waste Crisis Posing Health Risks

End Open Burning; Create Long-Term Waste Management Plan

Open burning of waste in Majadel, south Lebanon
November 14, 2017 Witness

Trapped and Abused Behind Closed Doors in Oman

Tanzania Weak Protections Leave Their Domestic Workers Exposed to Abuse in Gulf Countries

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November 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: Migrant Domestic Workers in Oman, UAE Abused

Women Describe Beatings, Exploitation, Harassment

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November 10, 2017 Commentary

Lebanon Needs a Long-Term Waste-Management Strategy

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October 25, 2017 Witness

Witness: Stripped of Their Brick Home, Living in a Mud House

Zambia’s government should protect families evicted to make way for commercial farms

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October 25, 2017 News Release

Zambia: Commercial Farms Displace Rural Communities

Poor Government Oversight Enables Forced Evictions

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October 20, 2017 Commentary

“We slept out in the open air like wild animals”

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October 19, 2017 Dispatches

Pollution Is One of World’s Biggest Killers

New Lancet Report Says Poorer Countries Are Most Affected

Slum houses in Hazaribagh beside an open gutter channeling untreated effluent from tanneries nearby. Local residents of Hazaribagh reported to Human Rights Watch an array of health problems—many of them undiagnosed due to the cost of medical attention—suc
October 16, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s Actions on Health Threaten Rights

Order Undermines ACA, May Result in Higher Premiums for Many Americans

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) applauds as U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to make it easier for Americans to buy bare-bones health insurance plans and circumvent Obamacare rules at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2017

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