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October 29, 2018 Dispatches

Witnessing Guinea’s Bauxite Mining Boom

Efforts to Improve Oversight of Mining Need to Benefit Affected Communities

Farmers from Dapilon village, in the Boké region, look out over land, on the banks of the River Nunez, cleared for the construction of a mining port belonging to the La Société Minière de Boké consortium.
October 26, 2018 News Release

Iran: Environmentalists Face Capital Charges

Detained for 9 Months; No Access to a Lawyer

A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.
October 22, 2018 Dispatches

Small Victory for Lead Poisoning Victims in China

Government Harassment, Weak Environmental Laws Hamper Justice Efforts

Test reports of lead levels of families in Kanghua New Village are shown Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
October 19, 2018 Dispatches

Lebanon’s Waste Crisis Hits Home

Open Waste Burning Continues to Pose Health Risks Across Country

Smoke rising from the smoldering dump at Qabrikha, October 11, 2018, Qabrikha, Lebanon.
October 18, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: No Action to Enforce New Waste Law

Open Burning by Municipalities Endangering Health

Signs of burning at the al-Qantara dump, including soot from recent burns and ash deposits.
October 10, 2018 Dispatches

Dutch Court Ruling on Human Rights Obligations to Halt Climate Case

Ruling an Important Step toward Climate Justice

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October 10, 2018 Commentary

New Americas Treaty Boosts Environmental Rights

Bernardo, a man in his 30s, was born in a quilombo (Afro-Brazilian) community of around 60, men, women, and children in Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil. Bernardo told Human Rights Watch that he feels powerless against aerial spraying of pesticides. “
October 4, 2018 News Release

Guinea: Bauxite Mining Boom Threatens Rights

Drive for Revenue Shouldn’t Come at Local Residents’ Expense

A woman in Lansanayah, a village 750 meters from a bauxite mine owned by La Société Minière de Boké consortium.
September 28, 2018 Dispatches

Costa Rica Launches Initiative on Environment and Human Rights

“For All Initiative” Promotes Gender Equality in Global Environmental Treaties

Young girl washing dishes at a borehole near Eland coal mine in Mwabulambo, Karonga district.
September 27, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia Pledges Accelerated Agrarian Reform

Government Program Should Focus on Most Vulnerable

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo (C) speaks with journalists at city hall in Jakarta, August 12, 2014.
September 12, 2018 Statement

Statement on the Report of the SR on the implications for Human Rights of hazardous substances and wastes

September 5, 2018 Dispatches

Rights Groups Form Coalition To “Protect the Protest” in US

Coalition Pledges to Push Back Against Malicious Lawsuits

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August 27, 2018 Commentary

South Africa: How Mining Damages Communities and the Environment

August 13, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Jailed Land Rights Activist

Second Anniversary of Tep Vanny’s Imprisonment

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
August 10, 2018 Commentary

Agriculture Ministry Should Take Lead on Pesticide Poisoning

Bernardo, a man in his 30s, was born in a quilombo (Afro-Brazilian) community of around 60, men, women, and children in Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil. Bernardo told Human Rights Watch that he feels powerless against aerial spraying of pesticides. “

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