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How Algeria Is Using Migrants As Slave Labour

How Algeria Is Using Migrants As Slave Labour

It is exploitation in the new era where the migrant workforce is still being harassed and treated as bonded labor. What was supposed to be a pit-stop became their place of captivity, as 55 Bangladeshi

Human rights law can help in equal vaccine allocation: Report

Human rights law can help in equal vaccine allocation: Report

Study has shown that a human rights law can help in fair and equal allocation of COVID-19 vaccines Countries across the world are ensuring all possible efforts to vaccinate the maximum population against the COVID-19

Canada: Migrant workers need Covid-19 testing and vaccine as agriculture season approaches

Canada: Migrant workers need Covid-19 testing and vaccine as agriculture season approaches

Migrant laborers in Canada have endured enormously during the coronavirus pandemic. Every year, about 85,000 low-wage migrant workers arrive in Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. During the first coronavirus wave in 2020, around

Workers’ rights eroding amid rise in online work: ILO report

Workers’ rights eroding amid rise in online work: ILO report

ILO has urged for international dialogue to boost workers rights amid a shift towards a digital economy The global COVID-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented rise in online platforms, resulting in a surge in employment opportunities

Germany continues to blame China for coronavirus outbreak, Chinese embassy suspects  propaganda

Germany continues to blame China for coronavirus outbreak, Chinese embassy suspects propaganda

Chinese Embassy has accused Germany of carrying out propaganda against it and pushing theories related to the country’s involvement in spreading Coronavirus and not informing about it in due time.  On Saturday, the Chinese embassy

Libyan authorities freed hundreds of migrants held captives by armed groups

Libyan authorities freed hundreds of migrants held captives by armed groups

On Sunday, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) reported that about 350 migrants were rescued from the captivity of human traffickers by the authorities in Libya. IOM said that the victims 351 migrants –  including

Study finds online work has threatened workers rights by five times

Study finds online work has threatened workers rights by five times

According to International Labor Organization, the past decade has seen a soaring of digital platforms offering a multitude of opportunities to people by five times. But this has also increased abuse of labor leading to

Nations Urge UN Security Council For Arms Embargo In Myanmar

Nations Urge UN Security Council For Arms Embargo In Myanmar

The situation in Myanmar has gone to levels where an arms embargo might be put into place by the United Nations Security Council. This has been a strong-worded request put forward by 137 nongovernmental groups

US Embassy announces US support to PFTAC

US Embassy announces US support to PFTAC

US Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu In Charge d’Affaires Tony Greubel made an announcement on February 23 that the USA is making a contribution of US$2 million (FJ$4.07 million) to the Pacific

United Kingdom seeks a new UN resolution for Sri Lanka human rights abuse

United Kingdom seeks a new UN resolution for Sri Lanka human rights abuse

Sri Lanka is going to face another UN resolution urging it to hold human rights victimizers responsible and bring justice to the sufferers of its 26 year-long civil war. UK and others have distributed a