Amnesty report, Workers rights, Domestic Workers, Qatar, Workers Rights law, Abuse, Women,

Amnesty report: Qatar domestic workers share tormenting accounts of exploitation

According to the new report by Amnesty International, domestic workers employed in Qatar have been pushed to limit by the absence of rest, misuse, ill-treatment, and overwork. Amnesty has spoken to 105 domestic workers who…

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North Korea, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Pretrial detention, Kim Jong Un

Human Rights Watch exposes North Korea’s worse-than-animals treatment of its detainees

On Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its 88-page report against North Korea’s criminal justice system, calling its arbitrary, brutal, torturous and procedure less. The report titled, “Worth Leas than an Animal: Abuse and Due…

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Qatar, FIFA, football, World Cup 2022, Covid-19, coronavirus, Gianni Infantino

FIFA president checks on Qatar’s World Cup 2022 preps but stays silent on workers abuse and mishandling of Covid

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, during his recent visit to Qatar, lauded the Gulf nation’s “incredible” Al Bayt Stadium, the venue for the Opening Match of the 2022 World Cup. The stadium, built on the outskirts…

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migrant workers in detention camps

Inhuman conditions of migrant workers in detention camps

The United Nations Committee on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, which monitors compliance by all countries with the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights…

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Iran prisons, UN human rights commissioner, Covid-19

Iran must release jailed human rights advocates amid Covid-19 risk, urges UN rights chief

United Nations Human Rights official has called on Iran to release human rights activists and defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, who are imprisoned keeping in mind the Covid-19 concerns and the risk of contracting the…

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Fishing, migrant workers, South Korea, Covid-19, agriculture

Why Korea Should Absorb Stranded Migrants Workers Into Needing Sectors

Jobless migrant workers in South Korea are awaiting some kind of help to get back home. With no flights available, they remain stranded in the foreign country due to the Covid-19 created havoc. A demonstration…

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Nasrin Sotoudeh, human rights, prison, propaganda, Iran, political prisoners

Nasrin Sotoudeh, in Iran the struggle for human right ends in hospital

It was her fortieth day on a hunger strike in Evin prison. Last week, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran’s best-known human rights lawyer, was hospitalized with a heart attack. Her husband, Reza Khandan, made it known with…

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Kenya, human rights, police brutality, Covid-19

Kenya Takes Reform In Its Own Hands

The constant state of restrain and control over civilians has made the Kenyan police to resort to violent ways of handling the disgruntled crowds. Four different human rights groups in Kenya have complaint against police…

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Human rights, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, extrajudicial executions, sexist, Press Freedom

Deterioration of individual freedoms and human rights in the Philippines, a dangerous tunnel

Human rights in the Philippines are waste paper. The alleged war on drugs has created a climate of total impunity in the country, which has led to an impressive number of killings by the police,…

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Qatar, labor reforms, International Labour Organisation, migrant workers, labour rights

Qatar finally wakes up to labour reforms, convincing migrants workers to stay, could FIFA be the reason

Last month, Qatar took a bold and progressive step introducing two new labor laws aiming at abolishing its abusive kafala system. The new laws made way for a liberal society focusing on workers’ rights. One…

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