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Covid-19 Threat: Food companies push for more temporary foreign workers as chronic labour shortage worsens

Covid-19 Threat: Food companies push for more temporary foreign workers as chronic labour shortage worsens

Canada - The covid-19 pandemic is affecting labourers and markets in Canada. About 130 people got sick in one day last week at a chicken plant in Brampton, Ontario, northwest of Toronto. Some workers were

Threat to human rights due to Bulgaria’s new surveillance laws

Threat to human rights due to Bulgaria’s new surveillance laws

Bulgaria - There is a thin line that the governments world wide have to ensure in letting human rights prevail while also ensuring safety of the citizens. Bulgaria is trying to figure that balance amid

Bangladesh: Workplace accidents killed 1,053 workers in 2021

Bangladesh: Workplace accidents killed 1,053 workers in 2021

Bangladesh - At least 1,053 workers died last year in workplace accidents in Bangladesh in 2021. Out of 1,053 workers, 1,003 were males and 50  females. Fatalities in workplace accidents increased 33 per cent in

Egyptian Only Human Rights Group Forced To Close Shop Due To Authoritarian Harassment

Egyptian Only Human Rights Group Forced To Close Shop Due To Authoritarian Harassment

Egypt - Increasingly harassed by Egyptian authorities, an 18-year-old human rights organization is closing shop.  The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information is closing its doors to the world permanently. They worked actively in Egypt,

Significant rise in labor abuse in Malaysia in the last three months

Significant rise in labor abuse in Malaysia in the last three months

Malaysia - There has been a rapid escalation in the cases of labor rights abuses in Malaysia in the last three months. Labor advantages were always a problem for the nation but as far as

Forced to allow employees wear BLM symbol? Whole Foods fears of jeopardizing its First Amendment rights

Forced to allow employees wear BLM symbol? Whole Foods fears of jeopardizing its First Amendment rights

United States - Amazon owned grocery chain of United States, Whole Foods Market has filed a petition in US court claiming that the government is pushing it to violate the constitutional rights. The Whole Foods

Human Rights experts slam human rights violations at Guantánamo Bay

Human Rights experts slam human rights violations at Guantánamo Bay

Cuba - Between 2002 and 2021, nine detainees died in custody at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the UN (United Nations) Human Rights Council

Vaccines become more accessible to farmworkers; Problems persist

Vaccines become more accessible to farmworkers; Problems persist

United States - The covid-19 pandemic affected the migrant workers of North Carolina, United States. The immigrant farmworkers were in a vulnerable position as they were not granted sick leave protections during the start of

Thailand still the first choice of civilians in Myanmar

Thailand still the first choice of civilians in Myanmar

Thailand - Despite several attempts to pit across the dangers of illegal border crossings, civilians in Myanmar are not ready to fudge from their decision to sneak into Thailand to avoid the turbulent climate of

Why Are Journalists Feeling Unsafe To Report In Europe About Covid-19?

Why Are Journalists Feeling Unsafe To Report In Europe About Covid-19?

Europe - Many European nations that do not respect civil rights or freedom of press and speech are openly preventing journalists from reporting. Cases of anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protests are being prevented from coming into