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North Korean leader’s appreciation for Youth for doing hard labor hints at a possible exploitation

North Korean leader’s appreciation for Youth for doing hard labor hints at a possible exploitation

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un recently appreciated the Youth of the country for ‘volunteering’ for the hard labor required in the country. Human Rights activists now start doubting the ‘appreciation’ shown by the North

Yemeni workers in Saudi Arabia on verge of forced mass returns to humanitarian crisis : HRW

Yemeni workers in Saudi Arabia on verge of forced mass returns to humanitarian crisis : HRW

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday said in a report that since July, 2021 Saudi Arabia has started terminating and stopped renewing contracts of workers of Yemen. The global watchdog said this has put the workers

Pakistani domestic workers bear brunt of extreme abuse – story of oppressed labor rights

Pakistani domestic workers bear brunt of extreme abuse – story of oppressed labor rights

Domestic workers in Pakistan’s Lahore are accustomed to extreme abuse, physical and verbal, at the hands of their employers on meagre issues like spilling milk. Samina Farooq asks, “Bibis [female employers] beat us for dropping

Amnesty unfolds labor rights exploitation cases from Dinagat mines in Philippines

Amnesty unfolds labor rights exploitation cases from Dinagat mines in Philippines

Most of the countries in Asia have serious cases of labor rights violation. From China to Taiwan and Thailand, many countries have breached the rights and protections granted to the laborers. Philippines is the new

State official will have to decide between employers’ businesses and labourers benefits

State official will have to decide between employers’ businesses and labourers benefits

Even with the purest intentions, not everything is possible overnight. The new policies that are aligned to be implemented under the governor Kathy Hochul might be designed to protect the laborers' rights, but it may

Rise in Covid cases in Korea

Rise in Covid cases in Korea

There is a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases at South Korea, especially among migrant workers. Thousands of these workers are reported to be living and working in highly vulnerable conditions where they are hugely exposed

Trump’s trade deal might have worked wonders for labor rights in Mexico

Trump’s trade deal might have worked wonders for labor rights in Mexico

Donald Trump may no longer be at the White House but the former president has accidently done all the good he was capable of doing for the labourers in Mexico. Mexico was not always the

Does the vegetable market in the US practice labor abuse?

Does the vegetable market in the US practice labor abuse?

The United States is known to set an example on a global level but turns out, it is also not free of certain manual abuses that the rest of the world is witnessing. A recent

Government of India amends four Parliament passed labor codes, to be implemented starting October 1

Government of India amends four Parliament passed labor codes, to be implemented starting October 1

 Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought in some changes in four labor codes that have been passed by the Parliament. These laws will be implemented across India from October 1.

Labor Abuse: How one exploitation is leading to another in Amazon forests?

Labor Abuse: How one exploitation is leading to another in Amazon forests?

One exploitation leads to another and this very fact is as straight as a line but in the case of Amazon forest, it has become difficult to identify, which is worse. Brazil is suffering at