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Although the explosion at the Daiichi plant is considered the most severe radiation crisis worldwide since Chernobyl, many residents of Fukushima prefecture report that they have not been able to have their children tested for radiation exposure. They also told Human Rights Watch that the government provides contradictory information about the impact of radiation on human health.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/07/nigeria-child-lead-poisoning-crisis">Nigeria: Child Lead Poisoning Crisis</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic in modern history, Human Rights Watch said today while releasing a video on the issue. Four hundred children have died, according to official estimates, yet environmental cleanup efforts have not even begun in numerous affected villages.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/27/global-mercury-reduction-treaty-protect-health-gold-miners">Global Mercury Reduction Treaty: Protect Health of Gold Miners</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 27, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Governments around the world should protect the health of millions of artisanal gold miners working with mercury, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch submitted recommendations to governments ahead of negotiations for an international, legally binding convention on mercury.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/04/myitsone-dam-decision-burma">The Myitsone Dam Decision in Burma</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 4, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Burmese President Thein Sein burnished his perception as a reformist last week by suspending one of the country's largest -- and potentially most destructive -- foreign investment projects. The Myitsone hydro-electric dam, the largest of seven dams to be constructed by the Beijing-controlled China Power Investment Corporation, would have flooded an area of more than 700 square kilometers, and displaced tens of thousands of villagers in northern Kachin State, close to the state capital of Myitkina. Several thousand have already been displaced by the first dam, built to provide the electricity for the larger ones in the series.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/20/china-hurting-its-future-not-acting-lead-poisoning">China is Hurting its Future by not acting on Lead Poisoning</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 20, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The trajectory of China's lead poisoning epidemic is reminiscent of other Chinese public health crises over the last decade, with the repeating themes of corruption, cover up and harassment. Lead poisoning can cause permanent physical and cognitive disability, and at stake here are millions of children: China's future.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/15/china-children-poisoned-lead-and-denied-treatment">China: Children Poisoned by Lead and Denied Treatment</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 15, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Chinese government officials in provinces with high rates of industrial pollution are restricting access to lead testing, withholding and falsifying test results, and denying children treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/10/responsible-mining-companies-cant-go-it-alone">Responsible Mining: Companies Can't Go it Alone</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 10, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p> Human Rights Watch recently released a report that details brutal gang rapes and other abuses allegedly carried out by employees of Barrick Gold in Papua New Guinea. Barrick, a Canadian firm, is the world's largest gold producer and Porgera is one of the world's largest gold mines. Now the company is scrambling to put things right, investing in new mechanisms for oversight and accountability and firing some of its private security personnel while others are being hauled away by the police. </p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/01/papua-new-guinea-serious-abuses-barrick-gold-mine">Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses at Barrick Gold Mine</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 1, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Porgera mine has produced billions of dollars of gold in its twenty years of operation, and is operated and 95 percent owned by Barrick Gold, a Canadian company that is the world's largest gold producer.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/01/24/world-report-governments-soft-talking-abusers">World Report: Governments Soft-Talking Abusers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 24, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Too many governments are accepting the rationalizations and subterfuges of repressive governments, replacing pressure to respect human rights with softer approaches such as private “dialogue” and “cooperation,” Human Rights Watch said today <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011">in releasing its World Report 2011</a>. Instead of standing up firmly against abusive leaders, many governments, including the European Union, adopt policies that do not generate pressure for change.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/735">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180248/https://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.7885413/k.8B47/Donate_Now_v5/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=nav">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20120509180248/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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