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Hellish Work: Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan
With Jane Buchanan, senior researcher in the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. ...
Regions: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Labor, Slavery & forced labor
Veggies Gone Wild!!!
US child labor law doesn't apply to agriculture, so the fruits and veggies you eat might have been picked by kids.
Regions: United States
Issues: Child labor, Children's rights
Dignity Overdue: Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Millions of women and girls around the world turn to domestic work in order to provide for themselves and their families....
Regions: Asia, Middle East and Caucasus
Issues: Women's rights
In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India
The morning of Kiran Yadav’s death was like any other. The young mother of two rose early in her rural Indian village. She made tea and breakfast for her family....
Regions: Asia, India
Issues: Health, Reproductive rights, Women's rights
Protecting Civilians in War: Ending the Use of Cluster Munitions
Visit www.hrw.org to read more about Human Rights Watch's work on Cluster Munitions
http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/arms/cluster-munitionsglo
Regions: Global
Issues: Armed conflict, Landmines & unexploded ordnances
Rockets from Gaza
Since November 2008, rocket attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups have killed three Israeli civilians and seriously injured dozens of others, damaged property and forced residents to lea...
Regions: Israel, Middle East and Caucasus
Issues: Armed conflict, Justice, War crimes
To Protect & Serve: Police Brutality in India
(Bangalore) - The Indian government should take major steps to overhaul a policing system that facilitates and even encourages human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released tod...
Regions: India
Issues: Justice, Police brutality, Violence
Honoring Natalia Estemirova
Natalia Estemirova, a top human rights activist in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya and a close colleague of Human Rights Watch, was abducted near her home in Grozny on the morning of July 15...
Regions: Europe, Russia
Issues: Human rights defenders
Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound
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Regions: Asia, China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression
You Can Die Any Time - Death Squad Killings in Mindanao
The police and local government officials are involved in targeted killings of alleged drug dealers and petty criminals, street children, and others....