Myanmar: Junta Blocks Lifesaving Cyclone Aid
Restrictions on Humanitarian Access, Supplies, Movement Threaten Millions
![Local residents walk past damaged buildings after Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 16, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306asia_myanmar_cyclone_mocha_devastation_sittwe.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=sjlfWm18)
Bangladesh: Protect People Most At Risk During Monsoon Season
International Funding Needed to Ensure Climate Action is Inclusive of People with Disabilities, Older People
![Mohammad Abdul Gani (right) from Biswanthpur, Sylhet, 75, described the temporary shelter where he stayed for 15 days as "another nightmare."](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306asia_bangladesh_drd_flooding.jpg?h=c7230544&itok=UieSjJ9M)
“Loss After Loss After Loss”: Dam Destruction in Ukraine
Russian Authorities Fail to Provide Timely Evacuation, Aid to Civilians
![The flooded town of Oleshky, Ukraine, after the June 6 destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, June 10, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306eca_ukraine_oleshky.jpg?h=7e3ba798&itok=-0THncyS)
Governments at Bonn Climate Talks Should Press UAE on Rights
Detaining Ahmed Mansoor Sends Chilling Message
![A man in a white gutra](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_uae_mansoor_main.jpg?h=5ca7da88&itok=Nxc2JL-_)
Wildfire Smoke in North America Threatens Pregnancy Rights
Haze in Washington Should Move US Congress to Act
![Wildfire smoke covers the New York City skyline, June 7, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306wrd_usa_wildfire_smoke_nyc.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=m5L1Ls-r)
Role of Fossil Fuels Absent at Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Governments Need to Prioritize Human Rights, Reduce Plastic Production
![Campaigners and waste pickers from around the world holding a sign reading, “plastic puts 218 million people at risk of more severe flooding,” outside the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, where the second round of plastics treaty negotiations took place, May 30, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306ehr_france_anti_plastic_campaigners.jpg?h=30ba5bb5&itok=GuuwubRk)
COP28: Climate Talks Should Ensure Fossil Fuel Phaseout
In Bonn, Ahead of COP28, Confront UAE on Oil, Rights
![Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, the new president of COP28, with the German federal foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, May 3, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306eca_germany_ahmed_al_jaber.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=R6m-sxGL)
Gulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat
Existing Protections Woefully Inadequate in Warming Climate
![Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future, currently under construction, in Dubai on November 19, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012mena_uae_wr.jpg?h=4ffac15b&itok=HiVFYl-1)
Brazil: Reject Harmful Bill on Indigenous Rights
Proposal Delivers Blow to Indigenous Land Rights
![Indigenous peoples demonstrate in front of Brazil's Congress to call for greater protection of their land rights at the Free Land Camp ("Acampamento Terra Livre," in Portuguese) in Brasília, an annual protest held by Indigenous peoples from throughout Brazil, on April 26, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305AME_brazil_indigenues.jpg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=n9hxtLBV)
UAE Invites Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to COP28
Syrian Government Officials Should be Investigated for Crimes Against Humanity
EU Approves Law for ‘Deforestation-Free’ Trade
Companies Required to Respect Environment, Human Rights in Supply Chains
![The Amazon River in the Amazon rainforest, in Leticia, Colombia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305ehr_colombia_leticia_amazon_rainforest.jpg?h=11b34633&itok=BLNJTj0N)
Plastics Treaty: Phase Out Fossil Fuels to End Pollution
Countries Should Commit to More Ambitious Actions at Second Negotiation
![A burning flare seen at an oil extraction area located in Lakie, Lubusz Voivodeship.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202205ehr_global_plasticstreaty.jpg?h=d8280f5c&itok=s19UiURj)