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Labor Party Demands Contracts Suspended For DP World Over Arbitrary Workers Sacked  

Labor Party Demands Contracts Suspended For DP World Over Arbitrary Workers Sacked  

United Kingdom - The British Labour Party has already gone through an emergency voting session with the government forcing them to outlaw the tradition of ‘fire and rehire staff’ in the wake of almost 800

Iranian Executed 280 People In 2021 Without Judicial Procedures: UN Report

Iranian Executed 280 People In 2021 Without Judicial Procedures: UN Report

Iran - After six years of a harrowing jail ordeal, the Iranian- British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released by Iran. But this has exposed the underbelly of the Iranian regime. According to a recent

Argentina’s gang rape invigorates calls for men to play bigger role to fight gender biased violence

Argentina’s gang rape invigorates calls for men to play bigger role to fight gender biased violence

Argentina - is burning in anguish over recent gang rape in broad daylight, brining the spotlight on the country’s prevalent ‘rape culture’. The incident has prompted fresh and invigorated calls for men to play a

Mariupol Residents Are Being Taken To Russia For Forced Labour: Reports

Mariupol Residents Are Being Taken To Russia For Forced Labour: Reports

Russia - The Mariupol City Council and one Ukrainian lawmaker have issued a statement claiming that Mariupol’s residents are being taken for forced labour in remote parts of Russia amid the war. Mariupol is a

Russia-Ukraine War: As The Ruble Falls, Migrant Workers May Leave Russia

Russia-Ukraine War: As The Ruble Falls, Migrant Workers May Leave Russia

Russia - As the ruble weakens, the migrant workers may leave Russia in the coming months if the war in Ukraine does not end quickly. Experts were polled by The Moscow Times on this matter.

Canadian Federal Health Minister Pumps In Funds For Migrant Workers In Windsor-Essex

Canadian Federal Health Minister Pumps In Funds For Migrant Workers In Windsor-Essex

Canada - As Canada braves the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, announced an additional $4.8 million for the City of Windsor. This money will be used to pay for

Proposed bill triggers protests by Zimbabwe health workers, threaten mass resignation

Proposed bill triggers protests by Zimbabwe health workers, threaten mass resignation

Zimbabwe - Government has proposed Health Services Amendment Bill that has been outright rejected by the country’s health practitioners. The health workers said that the proposed bill seeks to punish the health workers for using

Children fleeing war in Ukraine at risk of trafficking and exploitation: UNICEF

Children fleeing war in Ukraine at risk of trafficking and exploitation: UNICEF

Ukraine - Children fleeing war in Ukraine are at risk of human trafficking and exploitation. More than half a million children have already crossed borders as refugees into neighbouring countries because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Sri Lanka’s constant neglect for UN’s warnings on human rights

Sri Lanka’s constant neglect for UN’s warnings on human rights

Sri Lankan - Human rights are put to test every day in Sri Lanka. Even after a decade is over of the country witnessing a civil war, Sri Lankan government has continued to use Prevention

Demonstrators march in Niagara-on-the-Lake for migrant workers’ rights

Demonstrators march in Niagara-on-the-Lake for migrant workers’ rights

Canada - Dozens of demonstrators marched across Canada for the rights of migrant workers. They asked the federal government to grant permanent immigration status to migrant workers, refugees, and undocumented people. Niagara-on-the-Lake also hosted a