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Zambia Urged to Address Decades of Toxic Lead Poisoning as Human Rights Groups Petition African Union for Remediation and Accountability in Kabwe
Human Rights Watch has officially signaled its support for a landmark legal petition filed with the African Union, calling for the Zambian government to provide immediate accountability and comprehensive remediation for the catastrophic lead poisoning affecting thousands of children in the city of Kabwe. The complaint, lodged by the Institute for Human Rights and Development […]
Systemic Deficiencies in Government Oversight Allowed Substandard Materials in Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades
The catastrophic fire that ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po last November, claiming 168 lives and becoming Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades, was exacerbated by systemic failures in government supervision that allowed contractors to conceal the use of substandard building materials. This damning assessment emerged during the initial evidential hearings of a public […]