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January 14, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai

Intensive Crackdown on Rights Campaigners

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January 12, 2018 Dispatches

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December 11, 2017 Dispatches

Drones in the Service of Human Rights

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December 3, 2017 Dispatches

Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution

UN Pollution Meeting Should Embrace Child Rights in its Resolutions

“My name is Amina and I am twenty years old. I grew up here in the town of Bagega. I had six children. Three have died. Each time one died, I was so distraught and I was very traumatized.” Amina, Bagega, Zamfara state, Nigeria, 2011.
December 1, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Waste Crisis Posing Health Risks

End Open Burning; Create Long-Term Waste Management Plan

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November 21, 2017 Report

Russia: ‘Year of Ecology’ a Sham

5 Years of ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Devastates Environmental Groups

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November 20, 2017 Dispatches

Support for Rights Grows at Bonn Climate Talks

Governments Should Turn Rights Talk into Reality

Indigenous peoples demand their rights at climate negotiations in Marrakesh
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Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Global Crisis

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November 10, 2017 Commentary

Lebanon Needs a Long-Term Waste-Management Strategy

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November 9, 2017 Commentary

Piquiá de Baixo Relocation is Long Overdue

Act Urgently to Respect Villagers´ Right to a Healthy Environment

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November 6, 2017 Dispatches

Forest Defenders Could Pave Way to a Low-Carbon Future

Indigenous Voices Should be Front and Center at Climate Negotiations

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October 31, 2017 Commentary

Protecting Environmental Defenders Should Be a Central Issue at Climate Talks

As Attacks on Environmental Rights Defenders Escalate, the Stakes Are High for the Upcoming Climate Change Talks in Germany.

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October 26, 2017 Letter

Côte d'Ivoire: Letter on Rights Impacts of Draft Policy for Forest Preservation and Rehabilitation

October 25, 2017 News Release

Zambia: Commercial Farms Displace Rural Communities

Poor Government Oversight Enables Forced Evictions

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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

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