World News Update Interview: Filipino Children, Diving for Gold‏

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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS October 1, 2015 Follow us on:

Interview: Filipino Children, Diving for Gold Photo © 2015 Human Rights Watch In the Philippines, children dive underwater, swim down a wooden shaft barely wider than their shoulders, and mine for gold – all while breathing through a flimsy, narrow tube. We haven’t seen underwater mining – called compressor mining – anywhere outside the Philippines, but other forms of mining involving children on these islands take a more familiar form: boys lowered 75 feet into mine pits, and small children, even 8, 9, or 10-years-old, handling poisonous mercury to separate the gold from the ore. Juliane Kippenberg, associate director of the children’s rights division, talks about being at an underwater mine, the vertigo-inducing narrowness of some mine shafts, and the toll this takes on the Philippine children who work in gold mining. Read more » share on:

German Court Convicts Two Rwandan Rebel Leaders On Monday, a court in Stuttgart, Germany, convicted Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni, the president and vice president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and sentenced them to 13 and 8 years in prison, respectively. The convictions bring an important measure of justice to victims of mass crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. See the Latest News in Africa »   share on:

I Know the Fear and Hope of Those Seeking Refuge in Europe By Emina Ćerimović, Human Rights Watch researcher I was eight when war broke out in my country in 1992. I learned the fear of being woken in the middle of the night to the horrific sound of artillery fire. I learned the heartache of losing my first love - my dad - then my grandpa, then my best friend, Ilma. If I could send a message to European leaders it would be this: Understand why people risk everything to reach Europe. Show them the same humanity being shown by ordinary citizens. See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >>   share on:

Saudi Arabia's Troubling Death Sentence  On September 14, local media reported that an appeals court and Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence of Ali al-Nimr for participating in protests four years ago. He was 16 at the time. Last Saturday, he awaited the execution of his sentence, which stipulated that al-Nimr should be beheaded and that his headless body should be strung up for public display. See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa »   share on:

Finally – US to Protect Child Farmworkers From Pesticides By Margaret Wurth For the first time, the United States will ban children under 18 from handling pesticides in fields where they work and from re-entering fields where pesticides have recently been sprayed. The new rules will also improve pesticide safety training and protective equipment. See the Latest News in the United States >>   share on:

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