China downplays risk to children from lead poisoning: report
Chinese children suffering lead poisoning from polluting smelters and factories have been denied testing, effective treatment and even basic information by officials who downplayed health threats, a human rights advocacy group said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Report: China fails to help lead-poisoned kids
A human rights group says China is failing to provide millions of children suffering from lead poisoning with needed testing, treatment and prevention, despite a high-profile campaign to crack down on widespread heavy metal contamination.Continue Reading
UAE: End Trial of Democracy Petitioners
The United Arab Emirates attorney general should immediately drop all charges against five pro-democracy activists to halt their trial.
(Beirut) – The United Arab Emirates attorney general should…Continue Reading
“My Children Have Been Poisoned”
A Public Health Crisis in Four Chinese Provinces
This 75-page report draws on research in heavily lead-contaminated villages in Henan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Hunan provinces. The report documents h…Continue Reading
China: Children Poisoned by Lead and Denied Treatment
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Chinese government officials in provinces with high rates of industrial pollution are restricting access to lead testing, withholding and falsifying test results, and denying children tr…Continue Reading
Bahrain: Stop Military Court Travesty of Justice
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A Costly Move
Far and Frequent Transfers Impede Hearings for Immigrant Detainees in the United States
This 35-page report states that transfers separate detained immigrants, including legal permanent residents…Continue Reading
The Federalist Society’s Religious Liberties Practice Group and the First Freedom Center Present a Panel on Minority …
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Many commentators assert that there is no better measure of the human rights climate in any country than the treatment its authorities accord their minority religious communities. These small, someti…Continue Reading
US: Bounced Around the Country
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Detained immigrants facing deportation in the US are being transferred, often repeatedly, to remote detention centers by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This separates them…Continue Reading
Russia: Human Rights Defender Acquitted
(Moscow) – The acquittal of Oleg Orlov, a leading human rights advocate, on criminal slander charges on June 14, 2011, is a positive sign for justice and freedom of expression in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Open Letter to Mr. Loverdos, Greek Minister of Health
Dear Minister Loverdos,
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Sri Lanka: Denying the truth will not bury it
By Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International’s Sri Lanka researcher
Tonight Channel 4 screens its harrowing new documentary, “Sri Lanka, The Killing Fields”. The film highlights massive human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war by both …Continue Reading
Is there a scorched earth policy in Syria?
By Neil Sammonds, Amnesty International’s Syria researcher on the Turkish-Syrian border
The road south from the southern Turkish town of Hatay rises steeply through verdant agricultural land. At the small border village of Guvecci I get out of the ca…Continue Reading
New Data Reveals Our Nation Is Neglecting People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Survey findings from human rights organization, The Arc, reveal nation’s efforts fail to provide fundamentals for individuals and familiesContinue Reading
WorldCompliance Releases Human Rights Watch List Offering Compliance with New OECD Guidelines
Tomorrow morning when you reach for your razor, consider the following; According to the U.S. Department of State, coltan, tungsten and tin, three widely-used minerals, are produced with child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Continue Reading