Trump's indefinite detention of children; mine workers at serious risk after deregulation in Georgia; Kazakhstan repressing activist drawing attention to China's abuses; pollution and the right to safe drinking water in the US; and the media and religious intolerance in Indonesia.

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A new Trump administration rule allows the indefinite detention of children.

The safety of mine workers in Georgia is at serious risk since key government regulations were scrapped

The harsh terms imposed by the Almaty court show how willing Kazakhstan is to repress the rights of courageous activists. 

The United Nations Human Rights Council should establish a commission of inquiry during its September 2019 session to investigate serious human rights violations in Venezuela, Human Rights Watch said today in a joint document prepared by 11 Venezuelan and international human rights organizations. 

proposed new rule by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could mean that coal ash pollution – a byproduct of burning coal for electricity – won’t be properly cleaned up and that even if it is, the public will foot the bill.

Indonesian journalists have sometimes failed in reporting on religious intolerance, exacerbating the problem

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