Interview: Phone of HRW Director Attacked Using Pegasus Spyware
Lama Fakih, Who Lives in Lebanon and Oversees Work on Conflict, Targeted by Government Attack
Surveillance technology sold to governments by the firm NSO Group has repeatedly been used to target the phones of journalists, activists, politicians, and diplomats. The software, called Pegasus, allows attackers full access to the phone's camera,…
Interview: The World Desperately Needs More Covid-19 Vaccines
New Report Shows More Companies Could Help Produce mRNA Vaccines
The coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil, and South Africa, and a vaccine expert from the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Without Borders) Access Campaign published a report today…
Interview: Aluminum Is the Future for Electric Cars
But Mining and Refining the Metal Often Involves Human Rights Abuses
Sales of electric cars are surging – with sales predicted to rise from 2 million in 2018 to 12 million in 2025 – as people choose to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and better protect the environment. To keep electric cars lightweight and ensure…
Interview: The Law Putting Illinois' Young People at Risk
Forcing Parental Involvement in Abortion Violates Rights
A law in the US state of Illinois that forces people under 18 to involve an adult family member in their abortion decision is failing some of the state's young people and violating their human rights. In a new joint report with the American Civil…
Interview: Climate Crisis Hurts Harvest for First Nations
Canada Is Failing Indigenous Peoples Facing Threats to Food, Health, and Land
In some of the most remote stretches of Canada – from the provincial norths to the territories – First Nations are facing serious threats to their ways of life because of the effects of climate change. A rapidly changing environment means harvesting food…
Can Covid-19 Help Ease the Climate Crisis?
The Global Pandemic Offers Chance to Embrace Clean Energy
It's been three months since governments around the world implemented lockdowns in response to Covid-19. The virus has killed hundreds of thousands and forced millions more into joblessness and destitution. With the global transport of people and goods…
Interview: Displaced and Destitute as Guinea Advances Dam Project with Help from China
How a Flawed Resettlement Process Is Robbing Thousands of Villagers of Their Livelihood
How has the construction of the dam affected people's livelihood so far? The vast majority of people who are being resettled are farmers whose families have exploited the land in the area for generations. Most are extremely…
Interview: Playing in Poisoned Dust
Being Outside is a Health Risk for Some of Zambia's Children
How did you first become aware of the problem in Kabwe? We learned about it from an environmental group several years ago but became interested in doing our own research after seeing a young person from Kabwe speak at a United Nations event.…
Interview: The Dangers of Opposing Mining in South Africa
Left Destitute and Sick, Communities Defy Police Abuse and Threats to Assert their Rights
What changes for a community once a mine starts operating? Most mining in South Africa takes place in rural areas, where people live off the land and their livestock. Mining often forces people to leave the land they use for farming and grazing…
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Interview: Airbnb Checks Out of West Bank Settlements
Company to Stop Listing Properties in Unlawful Israeli Settlements
How was this project conceived? Years of our research has shown that businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank both benefit from and contribute to serious violations of international law and human rights. We…
Interview: How Not to Fight Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan's Crackdown on 'Extremist Material'
Tell me about your new report on Kyrgyzstan's crackdown on "extremist" material. This report documents the use of a little-known measure in Kyrgyzstan, article 299-2 of the criminal code, which allows authorities to throw people in prison for…
How Equatorial Guinea Turned Corruption into an Art Form
Equatorial Guinea has the highest GDP per capita of any African country. What's gone wrong? About 20 years ago the country discovered oil, and virtually overnight it went from being one of the poorest…
Interview: Abusing the US Court System to Collect Credit Card Debts
Debt buying-companies, a huge US industry, purchase delinquent debts—mostly credit card debts -- that lenders have given up on collecting. Each year these companies sue hundreds of thousands of people in an effort to collect the debt and turn…
Interview: Torture and the CIA
It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…
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