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May 23, 2018 News Release

India: Police Fatally Shoot Copper Plant Protesters

Investigate Alleged Use of Excessive Force

People shout slogans outisde the Tamil Nadu House during a protest, after at least 10 people were killed when police fired on protesters seeking closure of plant on environmental grounds in town of Thoothukudi in southern state of Tamil Nadu, in New Delhi
March 28, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Verdict Threatens Labor Abuse Reporting

Huge Libel Award Puts Rights Investigations at Risk

Labor rights activist Andy Hall was found guilty of defamation and computer crimes for reporting abuses in Thailand's agri-business.
March 22, 2018 Dispatches

Why Menstrual Hygiene is an Urgent Human Rights Issue

Women and Girls Still Suffer From Lack of Support in Managing Menstruation

A woman fetches water from a partially submerged hand pump in a flood-affected village in Sonitpur district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, September 11, 2017.
February 14, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Bangladesh

63rd plenary session

February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Court Embraces Right to a Healthy Environment in the Americas

Ruling Will Empower Citizens

San Andres island.
January 17, 2018 Commentary

Expanding Understanding of Human Rights in Lebanon

Garbage is piled near a highway in Beirut, Lebanon January 19, 2016. © 2017 Reuters
January 3, 2018 Commentary

Lebanon: Open Burning of Dumps Putting Health at Risk

Open burning of waste in Majadel, south Lebanon.
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

Open burning of waste in Majadel, south Lebanon
November 10, 2017 Commentary

Lebanon Needs a Long-Term Waste-Management Strategy

Garbage is piled near a highway in Beirut, Lebanon January 19, 2016. © 2017 Reuters
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.

Indigenous peoples demand their rights at climate negotiations in Marrakesh
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
September 19, 2017 Dispatches

France Jumpstarts Initiative to Protect Environment

Pact Would Enshrine Key Rights Protections

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a guest outside the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2017.
September 7, 2017 Report

UN: Compensate Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims

Families, Children Left Ill, Destitute

Roma children play in the Cesmin Lug refugee camp in Mitrovica city, northern Kosovo. Cesmin Lug is one of several camps that the UN established in what was known to be a heavily contaminated area near a defunct lead mine. December 12, 2007.
March 16, 2017 Commentary

The Politics of Arsenic-free Water

20 Million Lives at Risk

Hands of Selina Aktar, a woman in her late 30s with arsenic-related health conditions that first began appearing 20 years ago.

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