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Middle East/North Africa

October 18, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: No Action to Enforce New Waste Law
Americas

August 10, 2018 Commentary

Agriculture Ministry Should Take Lead on Pesticide Poisoning

Richard Pearshouse
Prior Associate Director, Environment and Human Rights Division

Published In: Correio Braziliense
Americas

August 10, 2018 Commentary

Congress Should Reject Pesticide Bill

Maria Laura Canineu
Brazil Director, Americas Division

Published In: Revista Veja

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December 10, 2018 Video

The Coal Mine Next Door: The Deregulation of Mountaintop Removal
July 20, 2018 Video

Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas
February 8, 2018 Video

The Hidden Cost of Jewelry

Reports More Reports

September 7, 2017

UN: Compensate Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims

Families, Children Left Ill, Destitute
December 8, 2016

Fueling the Philippines’ HIV Epidemic

Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex With Men
November 3, 2016

“The Farmer Becomes the Criminal”

Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State

News

August 30, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on South Africa
June 20, 2018 News Release

Gambia: Fully Probe Anti-Mining Protesters’ Deaths
May 23, 2018 News Release

India: Police Fatally Shoot Copper Plant Protesters
March 28, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Verdict Threatens Labor Abuse Reporting
March 22, 2018 Dispatches

Why Menstrual Hygiene is an Urgent Human Rights Issue

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
February 14, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Bangladesh
February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Court Embraces Right to a Healthy Environment in the Americas

Marcos Orellana
Director, Environment and Human Rights Division
January 17, 2018 Commentary

Expanding Understanding of Human Rights in Lebanon

Published In: Executive Magazine
January 3, 2018 Commentary

Lebanon: Open Burning of Dumps Putting Health at Risk

Published In: International Solid Waste Association
December 3, 2017 Dispatches

Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
December 1, 2017 News Release

Lebanon: Waste Crisis Posing Health Risks
November 10, 2017 Commentary

Lebanon Needs a Long-Term Waste-Management Strategy

Published In: Executive Magazine

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Katharina Rall

Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division @katha_nina

Richard Pearshouse

Prior Associate Director, Environment and Human Rights Division RPearshouse

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Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division amklasing

Stop Crackdown on Protests in Nigeria: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

December 12, 2018

Plus: Russia’s "gay propaganda" law harms children; free speech important for free elections in Thailand; Egypt targets people who spoke to UN expert; Bahraini footballer extradited; veteran Russian activist laid to rest; and Time magazine announces its person of the year.

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February 10, 2014

Ethiopia: Omo Sugar Plantations

Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, a home to 200,000 indigenous people is being turned into an industrial powerhouse.