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Hellish Work: Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan

HumanRightsWatch — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:27:31 -0700

With Jane Buchanan, senior researcher in the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.

Every year, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan travel to the Central Asian economic powerhouse of Kazakhstan in search of employment. Thousands of these migrant workers, often together with their children, find work in tobacco farming, where many are subjected to abuse and exploitation by employers supplying tobacco to Philip Morris Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International, one of the world's

Veggies Gone Wild!!!

HumanRightsWatch — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:16:04 -0700

US child labor law doesn't apply to agriculture, so the fruits and veggies you eat might have been picked by kids.

Dignity Overdue: Decent Work for Domestic Workers

HumanRightsWatch — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:37:29 -0700

Millions of women and girls around the world turn to domestic work in order to provide for themselves and their families. Instead of guaranteeing their ability to work with dignity and free of violence, governments have systematically denied them key labor protections extended to other workers. Domestic workers, often making extraordinary sacrifices to support their families, are among the most exploited and abused workers in the world.

In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India

HumanRightsWatch — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:52:58 -0700

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. When her labor pains began, her family took her on a moped to a nearby clinic. Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to retrace the steps of one woman who died after giving birth. Subscribe to the HRW Channel on YouTube www.youtube.com/humanrightswatch and follow us on www.facebook.com/humanrightswatch

Protecting Civilians in War: Ending the Use of Cluster Munitions

HumanRightsWatch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:04 -0700

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

Rockets from Gaza

HumanRightsWatch — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:28:46 -0700

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 leave their homes.
The rockets unlawfully struck populated areas up to 40 kilometers inside Israel, placing roughly 800,000 Israeli civilians at risk. Rockets that fell short of their intended targets in Israel killed two girls and wounded others in Gaza during this period.
Palestinian armed groups that launched rockets from densely populated areas also unlawfully put Gaza civilians at risk of Israeli counterstrikes.

To Protect & Serve: Police Brutality in India

HumanRightsWatch — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:03:53 -0700

(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 today. For decades, successive governments have failed to deliver on promises to hold the police accountable for abuses and to build professional, rights-respecting police forces.
http://www.hrw.org

Honoring Natalia Estemirova

HumanRightsWatch — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:26:47 -0700

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, 2009, carried off in a car as people on a nearby balcony heard her call for help. Her body was found later that day in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. In 2007 she was given the Human Rights Watch Defender Award. This video was presented to introduce her work.

Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound

HumanRightsWatch — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:53:55 -0700

Twenty years after the army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government continues to victimize survivors, victims’ families, and others who challenge the official version of events.
Featuring commentary by Wang Dan, a student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, and Dr. Sophie Richardson and Carroll Bogert, Human Rights Watch.

on the Tiananmen Square crackdown’s legacy in China today >>

You Can Die Any Time - Death Squad Killings in Mindanao

HumanRightsWatch — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:38:25 -0700

The police and local government officials are involved in targeted killings of alleged drug dealers and petty criminals, street children, and others. There is a lack of any effort by the authorities to investigate the killings and bring those responsible to justice. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/04/06/you-can-die-any-time