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December 8, 2020 Commentary

How France Can Help Brazil's Amazon Defenders

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December 8, 2020 Report

Greece: Lead Poisoning Concerns in New Migrant Camp

Test Soil, Clear Firing Range

A girl from Syria living in Mavrovouni camp watches the Greek military search for unexploded munitions
December 3, 2020 Dispatches

US Heat Deaths Among Older People Rising

Excessive Heat Also Harms Mental Health, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcomes

Patrons get on an express bus set up by the city Phoenix, Arizona, to take people to a heat relief station inside the Phoenix Convention Center, May 29, 2020.
December 1, 2020 Commentary

The Dangerous Job of Protecting the Environment in Russia

Environmental rights groups in the country are facing severe harassment by the authorities.

November 23, 2020 Commentary

Brazilian Forest Defenders Are Not Alone

Osvalinda Marcelino Alves Pereira, uma pequena agricultora, mora em um projeto de assentamento do Incra cercado de floresta no pequeno município de Trairão, estado do Pará
November 20, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau

Neskantaga First Nation

Roxanne Moonias, mother to an infant with a chronic illness, demonstrates one of the steps she takes to ensure her baby is not exposed to contaminants in the water.
November 20, 2020 Dispatches

Canada Needs to Deliver Promised Climate Accountability

Proposed Legislation Falls Short

Weenusk First Nation member, Mike Wabano, sets up camp for caribou hunting on a frozen river near Peawanuck, December 14, 2019. As a result of warming temperatures, ice and snow cover is often thinner and more unstable.
November 17, 2020 Dispatches

Bad News for the US on World Prematurity Day

Address Climate, Environmental Impacts Along with Worsening Premature Birth Rates

Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the current Covid-19 pandemic guidelines, work a strawberry field in Santa Paula, California, April 15, 2020. 
November 12, 2020 Impact

Accountability for Congo’s Palm Oil Workers

After Pledging Reforms, UK Development Bank Should Implement Them

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November 9, 2020 Q & A

Q & A on the Proposal for an EU Legislation on Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

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November 4, 2020 Commentary

Environmentalists Under Threat in South Africa

Activists from mining communities protesting at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on August 24, 2018, KwaZulu-Natal © 2018 Rob Symons
November 2, 2020 Letter

Letter to the South Africa Department of Police in support of a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the recent killing of environmental activist Mama Fikile Ntshangase

October 27, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch: 2021 Domestic Transition Priorities for the Next US Administration

10 Key Issues that Demand the Administration's Immediate Attention

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October 23, 2020 Report

US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice

Cities, Federal Agencies, Should Broaden Responses to Climate Change

A pregnant African-American woman sits on a bench in a black and white photo
October 23, 2020 News Release

Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged

Unfair Trials, Impunity, Pressure to Silence Victims

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

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