Posted in Asia, economy, environment, health, Human rights, news, tagged children, China, Human Rights Watch, lead, poison on June 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
In a report a US-based rights body says China tried to cover up the extent of lead poisoning among children as well as discouraging tests.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its report on Wednesday that in heavily-polluted industrial areas local authorities have been sending children suffering from lead poisoning back to their contaminated homes. (map, from nytimes.com) (more…)
Posted in health, Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, tagged Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch, Israel, offensive, UN, white phosphorus on March 28, 2009| 1 Comment »
Posted in Africa, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, tagged Ban Ki-moon, DR Congo, General Laurent Nkunda, Human Rights Watch, Joseph Kabila, rebels, UN on November 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the government of the DR Congo of using violence to eliminate political opponents since polls in 2006.
According to the rights group, Congolese security forces had deliberately killed more than 500 people in a campaign against opposition groups. (photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)
Posted in Africa, Human rights, news, politics, tagged election, Human Rights Watch, Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe on June 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
In Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch has warned that a “campaign of violence” has extinguished any hope of free and fair run-off presidential elections.
The New-York-based group says in a new report that it has evidence linking senior officials, loyal to Robert Mugabe (photo), with violent incidents. The report also says that president Mugabe’s governing Zanu-PF party and its allies have been running torture camps. (more…)
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an international investigation into Israel’s use of white phosphorus during its 22-day 
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