Agricultural Law

Peru suspends controversial agricultural law

Agricultural Law: Farmworkers in Peru have been protesting for weeks to demand higher salaries. Last week twenty-eight demonstrators and thirty-six security officers were injured in fights, while local authorities arrested forty-five agricultural workers. The President…

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US embassy fights for release of 12 Hong Kong fugitives, China rejects its demand

On Monday, the US embassy in China, urged the Beijing authorities for the release of 12 Hong Kongers who were detained for trying to flee the communist regime. The embassy in its statement said, “Their…

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Thailand called out by UN expert to cease targeting activists and protestors on behest of the Royal Insult Law

The UN’s special rapporteur for freedom of assembly has urged the Thailand authorities to stop targeting pro-democracy protestors in the country under directives of the draconian law, and to instead open a channel for dialogue.…

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How treaties can harm workers and the environment

In mid-November, during a virtual summit in Hanoi, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was born. A trade agreement that includes the 10 nations of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) and the major countries of Asia and…

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Poor countries risk not having the Covid vaccine

There will be no vaccine for everyone. The pharmaceutical multinationals can produce it, but it is a price problem. After months of waiting, most of the countries are starting mass vaccinations against Covid-19. The campaigns…

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Ethiopia Becomes The New Ground For Human Rights Violations

It became a huge violation of human rights as people and children were attacked in Ethiopia recently. Hundreds were under attack over ethnicity issues in Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz. This has been the latest…

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Challenges for migrant workers on Mexico border

To contain the spread of COVID-19 contagions, Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States have introduced a series of measures that have undoubtedly had an impact on the economy, on the population in general, and on…

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Another Pakistani activist found dead in Toronto

Missing last Sunday, the well-known Pakistani activist Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto, in Canada, where she was living in exile for five years. Thirty-seven years old, from the Baluchistan region, Miss Baloch was…

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Thailand, Coronavirus spreads fast among migrant workers

Thailand’s local community blames migrant workers for the quick spread of coronavirus across the country. According to Thai Health authorities, COVID-19 cases pass 5,000. Only yesterday, officials have reported 548 new contagions, almost all of…

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How to tackle Procrastination – biggest enemy of productivity and work life balance

When we talk about work life balance, the first topic worth discussion and mention is always productivity. For any balance and related schedule to work out effectively, desired productivity must be achieved. But more often,…

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