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30% of trade staff take time off due to mental health, finds survey

30% of trade staff take time off due to mental health, finds survey

Nearly one in three trade staff have taken time off work over the last 18 months because of their mental health and an increase in their workload. Direct Line Business Insurance surveyed 191 trade staff

UN report: France has violated rights of citizen children detained in Syrian camps

UN report: France has violated rights of citizen children detained in Syrian camps

Syria - The United Nations Child Rights Committee said on Thursday in its latest report findings that rights of French children who are detained in Syrian camps have been violated by France. In the report

Iranian Teachers Threaten Country Wide Protest Over Decadence In Pay Hike

Iranian Teachers Threaten Country Wide Protest Over Decadence In Pay Hike

Iran - Teachers in Iran have decided that they will not take it anymore as they prepare to go on strike if there demands are not finally met. Thousands of teachers have been protesting in

Migrant workers not included in ‘family day’ celebrations in Canada

Migrant workers not included in ‘family day’ celebrations in Canada

Canada - A part of Canada celebrates family day each year and they did the same on Monday but migrant workers were somehow kept away from the enjoyment. Migrant workers, farmworkers, and refugees were seen

Child Marriages Go Unnoticed In Lebanon and Syria

Child Marriages Go Unnoticed In Lebanon and Syria

Lebanon - Lebanese and Syrian underage girls are repeatedly being forced into child marriage driven out of desperation to avoid poverty and economic hardships. Signing marriage contracts, these girls are literally being sold to get

Egypt: Factory workers raise voice against non payment of wages

Egypt: Factory workers raise voice against non payment of wages

Egypt - Workers have aggressively called out their treatment in factories in Egypt after the suicide of one of the workers. Even the Egyptian security forces responded heavily to these protests on Tuesday. The security

European Union sets out plans to make firms accountable for human rights violations

European Union sets out plans to make firms accountable for human rights violations

Europe - The EU (European Union) commissioners Thierry Breton and Didier Reynders presented the Commission’s proposal on corporate sustainability due diligence in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on 23 February. The ‘Directive on Corporate Sustainability

Assam worker accuses Haryana IPS and his wife of bonded labour; Worker tortured for days

Assam worker accuses Haryana IPS and his wife of bonded labour; Worker tortured for days

India - A 23-year-old domestic worker from Assam has accused an SP (Superintendent of Police)-rank IPS (Indian Police Service) officer in Haryana’s Panchkula of bonded labour and torture. The worker is a native of Assam’s

Ukraine may have the same treatment as Syria by Russian officials, HRW predicts

Ukraine may have the same treatment as Syria by Russian officials, HRW predicts

Ukraine - On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch expressed concerns over the terrible situation in Ukraine post Russian interference and predicted that it may witness the same level of torture as Syria did during its time.

Migrant workers in Australia: exploited, suffered yet silenced

Migrant workers in Australia: exploited, suffered yet silenced

Australia - Migrant workers across the world have to face plethora of struggles and challenges on every day. Australian migrant workers too are facing a difficult choice, whether to bear with and tolerate exploitation for