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Why Are Burmese Migrant Workers Restless in Thailand?

Why Are Burmese Migrant Workers Restless in Thailand?

The Myanmar migrant workers residing in Thailand are badly stuck. They watch in helpless silence as their own country burns down. Even if they want to go, there is no place to go back to.

Wang Yu, the Chinese human rights lawyer’s missing worries US

Wang Yu, the Chinese human rights lawyer’s missing worries US

 Wang Yu, the Chinese human rights lawyer’s whereabouts are unknown and this has deeply concerned the United States of America, especially when she was about to attend International Women’s Day ceremony where she was to

WHO report highlights one in three women face physical or sexual violence globally

WHO report highlights one in three women face physical or sexual violence globally

The World Health Organization's (WHO) new report (based on data from 2000 to 2018) has highlighted that one in three women has faced physical or sexual violence by a life partner or non-partner a number

Migrants on foot: Humanitarian crisis in looming as crossings surge on Chile-Bolivia border

Migrants on foot: Humanitarian crisis in looming as crossings surge on Chile-Bolivia border

A large number of migrants are crossing the Chile-Bolivia border, braving the harsh terrain of Chile’s Altiplano, an area of inland drainage in Andes mountain range, on foot. This is enough for the activists to

Why Singapore Is Taking Vaccination Responsibility For Migrant Workers

Why Singapore Is Taking Vaccination Responsibility For Migrant Workers

Singapore will now start to vaccinate its migrant worker force, a landmark decision in the safety and integrity of life of the outsourced workers. The migrant population has been the worst hit by the pandemic

Firms in Japan to review businesses using forced labor of China’s Xinjiang

Firms in Japan to review businesses using forced labor of China’s Xinjiang

 12 Japanese companies have announced that they would be reassessing their businesses that is using forced labor from China’s Xinjiang province. The decision comes as China is facing global wrath and condemnation over its human

Spain: Thousands of women took to streets on 8 March demanding equal rights

Spain: Thousands of women took to streets on 8 March demanding equal rights

On (8 March, 2021) International Women's Day, thousands of women took to the streets of Spain holding signs, "Regard my existence or expect my resistance, they protested across Spain against inequality, gender violence, in support

N Ireland abortion law changes must be referred to Human Rights Commission: Alliance Party

N Ireland abortion law changes must be referred to Human Rights Commission: Alliance Party

Alliance Party has argued that proposed changes in abortion law of Northern Ireland that will potentially ban abortions in cases of non-fatal abnormalities/ disabilities must be presented before the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The

Biden Allows 25k Asylum Seekers To Cross Border

Biden Allows 25k Asylum Seekers To Cross Border

Asylum seekers for the US will no longer have to wait in Mexico anymore. Under Joe Biden’s leadership, the whole mess of migrants camping on the borders has disappeared. The Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) has

Thailand beats its labor crunch by employing inmates nearing end of their sentences

Thailand beats its labor crunch by employing inmates nearing end of their sentences

Thailand devised a plan to solve the issue of labour crunch and cascading count of inmates in its prisons. Bangkok’s Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsuthin, proposed the government to utilise its prisoners, who had reached the