Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

Sudan floods

Floods in Oroma and Kassala in eastern Sudan. Several villages have been flooded on Wednesday.

11 July, 2024

Sulawesi island landslide

Deforestation and un-regulated mining operations in remote districts have added to landslide risks in the country.

10 July, 2024

Cape Town Storms

Authorities have issued weather warnings for the city through to the weekend. They’re predicting torrential rain, strong winds, flooding and possible mudslides.  

10 July, 2024

Heat impacts agriculture in Kashmir

The soaring temperature in Kashmir, a major producer of strawberries and cherries, is impacting the produce of the local farmers.

24 June, 2024

A steaming hot summer

  In the US, nearly 100-million people are under dangerous heat advisories.

23 June, 2024

Bangladesh heatwave

Despite the heat, about 33M children returned to school on Sunday, with hospitals still receiving a big number of patients suffering heatstroke, dehydration, exhaustion and…

1 May, 2024

Climate change and health hazards

More than 26M million people worldwide living with chronic kidney disease linked to workplace heat stress.

23 April, 2024

ILO on climate change

The report estimates that 18,970 lives and 2.09M disability-adjusted life years are lost annually due to the 22.87M occupational injuries, which are attributable to excessive…

22 April, 2024

Mexico/Water shortage

Last year, the government even tried to induce rain by spraying a chemical mix into the clouds, with questionable results. With recent seasons drier than…

2 April, 2024

Southern Africa lowest rainfall

Zimbabwe’s government is predicting food shortages, with its grain harvest estimated at 62% below target.

31 March, 2024

Bengaluru’s water crisis

Bengaluru is home to about 14 million people and is India’s major I.T. which including thousands of startups and international firms like Walmart and Google.

12 March, 2024

Sumatra’s flooding

75,000 people forced to evacuate in Pesisir Selatan regency in the West Sumatra province after rains lashed parts of the island.

11 March, 2024