thailand labour

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…

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20 migrants drowned

20 migrants drown after smugglers threw them into the sea near Yemen

On Wednesday morning, around 20 migrants drowned after smugglers threw many migrants into the sea during their trip from Djibouti to Yemen, this is the third such occurrence on the Gulf of Aden in recent…

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Erdogan human rights plan

Turkey: Today Erdogan will unveil human rights action plan

On March 2, Turkey’s President Recep Erdoğan stated that he will be unveiling the new human rights action plan moreover they are also prepared to begin consultation for a new and more democratic constitution in…

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ECJ accuses Hungary

ECJ accuses Hungary of violating migration laws, considers imposing sanctions

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) slammed Hungary of practicing anti-migration policies. The EU lawyer, Athanasios Rantos, said that Hungary’s adoption of anti-migrant laws was equivalent to an “unjustified obstacle to…

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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…

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Saudi HRC

Saudi HRC starts programs to promote human rights in Kingdom

Saudi HRC has partnered with Alwaleed Philanthropies to launch human rights programs in Kingdom The Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) Sunday launched a series of training programmes with the aim of protecting and promoting human…

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Kremlin

“Release Navalny”, top European human rights court calls out Russia demanding the release of Kremlin critic

European top court for human rights has demanded the release of Alexei Navalny who has been arrested by Russia. This move, however, is not likely to even slightly soften or deviate Moscow from its stand…

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vinyl greenhouse

South Korea bans vinyl greenhouses following the demise of Cambodian worker

Following the demise of a Cambodian migrant worker, pressure has been mounting on the South Korean government to undertake serious steps towards improving the living conditions of migrant workers. As per the reports, the worker,…

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Murder of human rights defenders in 2020

Murder of human rights defenders in 2020 underlines meek support & protection for them

An advocacy group, Front Line Defenders (FLD), has found in its recent analysis that year 2020 saw the murder of at least 331 human rights defenders across 25 countries. These defenders were carrying out social…

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Belarusian’s pro-democracy movement

US Embassy reiterates support for Belarusian’s pro-democracy movement

The US Embassy in Belarus issued a statement on “The Day of Solidarity with Belarus,” in which they stated that the United States stands with the people of Belarus in their yearning for democracy, liberty,…

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