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Governments are to meet in Geneva beginning January 13, 2013, for a fifth and final round of talks for the treaty. Mercury is a toxic metal that attacks the central nervous system and is particularly harmful to children.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/07/deadly-delays-nigerian-children">Deadly Delays for Nigerian Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In June, two weeks after I returned from Nigeria, I got a message that another child had died from lead poisoning -the 11th in the same family. I could picture the scene: the child starts convulsing; his parents rush him two hours over barely passable terrain on the back of a motorbike to the nearest town for medical treatment. By the time they reach the clinic, a temporary ward specifically for lead poisoning set up in the wake of the epidemic, it is too late, and another young life has been taken by this preventable tragedy.</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/nigeria-death-stalking-lead-poisoned-children">Nigeria: Death Stalking Lead-Poisoned Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 6, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of children to die or face lifelong disability, the Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network (NYCAN) and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations opened a social media campaign on December 6, 2012, urging people to post comments to President Goodluck Jonathan’s official Facebook page, asking him why he has broken his promise to release funding for the cleanup of lead-contaminated areas in Zamfara State.</p></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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/ask-nigeria-s-president-what-happened-4-million">Ask Nigeria’s President What Happened to $4 Million</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 6, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/11/nigerians-caught-crossfire">Nigerians caught in the crossfire</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">It’s hard to find sadder places in Nigeria than those that have suffered attacks by Boko Haram, the underground fundamentalist Islamic organization. Christians are fearful of attending church. Muslims, who also face attacks by Boko Haram, express concern that government security forces indiscriminately hunting down the group’s members consider their entire community to be the enemy. As one Muslim civic activist in this northeastern Nigerian city put it: “People don’t know who to be more afraid of — Boko Haram or the police.”</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/11/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks-likely-crimes-against-humanity">Nigeria: Boko Haram Attacks Likely Crimes Against Humanity</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Widespread and systematic murder and persecution by Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group in northern Nigeria, likely amount to crimes against humanity. Government security forces have also engaged in numerous abuses, including extrajudicial killings.</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/08/nigeria-clinton-should-urge-jonathan-address-violence">Nigeria: Clinton Should Urge Jonathan to Address Violence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 8, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her trip to Nigeria should encourage President Goodluck Jonathan to address increasingly deadly violence in northern and central Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Clinton on August 7, 2012. Much of the violence has been initiated by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/07/letter-secretary-clinton-her-forthcoming-trip-nigeria">Letter to Secretary Clinton on Her Forthcoming Trip to Nigeria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In light of your forthcoming trip to Nigeria, we would like to bring to your attention some of our recent research findings and recommendations for some key human rights challenges facing Nigeria. We hope that you will take the opportunity during your visit to address these issues with your counterparts and speak publicly about these and other human rights concerns.</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/25/mercury-treaty-ban-mercury-use-child-gold-miners">Mercury Treaty: Ban Mercury Use by Child Gold Miners</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 24, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Negotiations for an international treaty to limit the use of mercury should seek to protect the health rights of artisanal gold mining communities</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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/31/protecting-children-lead-poisoning">Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 31, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Amina Murtala is only 20, but she has already lost three children to lead poisoning – a deadly consequence of small-scale gold mining in her home state of Zamfara in Nigeria.</p> <p>Last week President Goodluck Jonathan agreed to release 650 million Naira (roughly US$4 million) for environmental remediation and to put in place safer mining practices in Zamfara state. This clean-up could give Amina's newest baby a better chance at a healthy life.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news-all/116">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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031119/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031119/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031119/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <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/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031119/https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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