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WR News Writer

WR News Writer is an engineer turned professionally trained writer who has a strong voice in her writing. She speaks on issues of migrant workers, human rights, and more.

UNHRC urges both farmers and the Indian government to exert ‘maximum restraint’

UNHRC urges both farmers and the Indian government to exert ‘maximum restraint’

Observing the increasing tensions between the Indian government and protesting farmers, who have been demonstrating against newly introduced farm laws, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, urged both sides to exercise ‘maximum

Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights groups call for a boycott of 2022 Olympics in China

Beijing Winter Olympics: Human rights groups call for a boycott of 2022 Olympics in China

Massive and consistent human rights abuses by China have triggered 180 human rights groups to boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as a protest and call for action. The groups are mainly regional and out in

India’s Taj Mahal along with many other religious places pledge to combat child labor in-country

India’s Taj Mahal along with many other religious places pledge to combat child labor in-country

India’s top rights body NCPCR, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, has zeroed out 50 religious and top attraction places in the country, including Taj Mahal, Meenakshi Temple, and Shri Ram Janmabhoomi in

Textile workers in Pakistan are struggling for their basic rights

Textile workers in Pakistan are struggling for their basic rights

Textile workers in Pakistan: Better working conditions, stop to unfair layoffs - often communicated without even a written notice and guaranteed salaries at the end of the month. To achieve that, hundreds of textile workers

Covid-19, how the crisis in Russia penalizes Tajik foreign workers and their country’s economy

Covid-19, how the crisis in Russia penalizes Tajik foreign workers and their country’s economy

Tajik foreign workers: Tajikistan is one of the most remittance-dependent nations in the world and Russia is the first destination for Tajik migrant workers. Tajik migrants were unable to travel to Russia since the beginning

Hungarian government against the sculpture dedicated to Black Lives Matter: “It is a racist movement”

Hungarian government against the sculpture dedicated to Black Lives Matter: “It is a racist movement”

Black Lives Matter: In Hungary, the government does not want a monument erected to the Black Lives Matter movement, which it defines as "racist" and contrary to national Christian traditions. The statue is small, a

Google workers create Silicon Valley’s first union: Communications Workers of America

Google workers create Silicon Valley’s first union: Communications Workers of America

Silicon Valley's first union: A group of Google employees decided to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA) industry union by creating the Alphabet Workers Union to address ongoing issues in Mountain View like inequality

Peru suspends controversial agricultural law

Peru suspends controversial agricultural law

Agricultural Law: Farmworkers in Peru have been protesting for weeks to demand higher salaries. Last week twenty-eight demonstrators and thirty-six security officers were injured in fights, while local authorities arrested forty-five agricultural workers. The President

COVID-19. Embassy of Pakistan in Japan announced new border security measure at Narita International Airport

COVID-19. Embassy of Pakistan in Japan announced new border security measure at Narita International Airport

In early July, the Embassy of Pakistan in Japan announced new border security measure at Narita International Airport under COVID-19 pandemic, applied to all travellers from Pakistan to Japan regardless of nationality. On May 27,

Human Rights, why China must reconsider Hong Kong security law

Human Rights, why China must reconsider Hong Kong security law

“We urge the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to reconsider the imposition of this legislation and to engage Hong Kong’s people, institutions and judiciary to prevent further erosion of the rights and freedoms that the