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Migrant workers tilted to illegal ways to gain access to work abroad in Indonesia

Migrant workers tilted to illegal ways to gain access to work abroad in Indonesia

Indonesia - has been looking to legalize a lot of procedures that come with migrant workers shifting from the country to other foreign lands. However, this was specifically highlighted when the administration of Central Lambo

UN Experts Ask India To Release Kashmir’s Human Rights Activist Khurram Parvez

UN Experts Ask India To Release Kashmir’s Human Rights Activist Khurram Parvez

India - The United Nations (UN) experts and international human rights organizations asked India to immediately release Kashmir's human rights activist Khurram Parvez. The UN also asked the central government to ensure his rights to

Why Migrant Women Are In Need For Counselling On Return From Middle East?

Why Migrant Women Are In Need For Counselling On Return From Middle East?

Bangladesh - Suffering from poverty, illiteracy and limited job possibilities, migrant women labourers who return back to their home towns, are increasing in need of counselling and rehabilitation. Many who come back from Middle Eastern

Punishing China for rights abuses: Biden signs bill banning imports from Xinjiang

Punishing China for rights abuses: Biden signs bill banning imports from Xinjiang

United States - After the bipartisan legislation was passed by Senate last week, US President Joe Biden signed the bill – the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act – on Thursday. With this bill all imports

Singapore: Migrant worker jailed for 6 months for biting fellow worker’s finger over water dispute

Singapore: Migrant worker jailed for 6 months for biting fellow worker’s finger over water dispute

Singapore - In a bizarre incident in Singapore, a migrant worker bit his fellow worker’s finger over a water dispute. On Thursday, the migrant worker was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty

Laborers in the United States had enough of abuse: Union

Laborers in the United States had enough of abuse: Union

United States - The year 2021 witnessed laborers come on streets of the United States as the nation is currently witnessing huge labor shortages as the workers are disappointingly underpaid which is making things worse

Work-life balance: 4-day working week plan in India demands 12-hour workdays; 48 hrs a week

Work-life balance: 4-day working week plan in India demands 12-hour workdays; 48 hrs a week

India - The Indian government is considering a major change in the labour policy. The changes in the labour policy will affect wages, social security, industrial relations, and occupational safety. Under the new labour codes,

Children face the dearth of food scarcity in Afghanistan as famine daunts the country

Children face the dearth of food scarcity in Afghanistan as famine daunts the country

Afghanistan - A klutzy hospital in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar presents a melancholic sight of emancipated children. As the children of varied age groups lie listless in their beds, a three year old girl Kamila lies

Workers at Seattle Starbucks unify to bring the labor fight to its hometown

Workers at Seattle Starbucks unify to bring the labor fight to its hometown

United States - Laborers at Starbucks have been in the news for quite some time now and their demands have been successfully put across to the media and the authorities and now after they have

The significance of human rights for Rohingya refugees

The significance of human rights for Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh - On Sunday, an independent UN expert lauded Bangladesh for its efforts in providing Rohingya refugees a haven after they fled the atrocities and crimes against them in Myanmar. Ending his first official visit