Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators in southwestern Iran protesting lack of access to water, Human Rights Watch said today.
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UK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings
As the UK bakes in record-setting temperatures, its meteorological service issued its first-ever extreme heat warning this week.
Mobilising Against the Corporate Hijack of Agriculture and the UN Food Systems Summit
The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), including a ‘pre-summit’, will take place in September 2021 in New York.
The Personal Responsibility Vortex
Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary theorist and member of the faculty at The Evergreen State College.
German Flood Deaths Highlight Climate Change Risks for People with Disabilities
On July 15, twelve people with disabilities living in a group home drowned in floods in Sinzig, Germany, because they did not manage to evacuate in time.
The Organic Human: An Endangered Species
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Ever since I offered my 2-year-old daughter a banana in a playgroup & she yelled at the top of her voice for some unfortunate reason, “IS IT ORGANIC?!” I’ve had an aversion to the word organic.
I groaned inwardly as everyone else’s eyebrows nearly left
Brazil’s Amazon Governors: Deliver Results to Secure Support
(São Paulo) – The governors of Brazilian Amazon states should take immediate measures to deliver on their pledges to curb illegal deforestation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Germany: Inaction on Heat Plans Threatens Health
Germany has delayed putting into action its plans to address increasing heat waves linked to climate change, threatening public health, Human Rights Watch said today.
Climate Action Must Take into Account Women’s Right to Land
On a rainy day in April 2018, I rode a small speedboat along the Kapuas River in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, headed for three tidal swamp villages, whose residents had protested against the expansion of oil palm plantations on their farmland and settlements.
The government had permitted a palm oil
Cambodia: Free Environmental Activists
(Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should immediately drop baseless conspiracy and “insulting the king” charges against four environmental activists affiliated with the Mother Nature Cambodia environmental group and release the three in pretrial detention, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 16, 2021, the police arrested Sun Ratha, 26, Ly Chandaravuth,
UN Rights Body Should Create New Role on Human Rights and Climate Change
Yesterday more than 200 groups sent a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council urging member states to establish a new mandate for a Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change.
Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees on Island Fear Monsoon
(New York) – The Bangladesh government has relocated nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island without adequate health care, livelihoods, or protection, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The United Nations and donor governments should urgently call for an independent assessment of the safety, disaster preparedness,
G7 Governments: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
(London) – G7 member countries should take immediate and concrete action to end fossil fuel subsidies, Human Rights Watch said in a question-and-answer document released today.
Q&A on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Government financial support for fossil fuels, including through subsidies, presents a key obstacle to achieving emissions reductions urgently needed to address the climate crisis.
On World Environment Day, Kabwe’s Children Still Await Clean-Up
This June 5 is World Environment Day, which kicks off the “United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”.Ecosystem restoration is about preventing, halting and reversing environmental damage.