Death Bed For Children

Mining Industry In Venezuela Is Death Bed For Children

The mining industry might be booming in Venezuela but it is all at the expense of children that are being forced into child labour, confirms a report filed by the United Nations. Serious reports of…

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National Strike Day

Workers in the United States Protest for Racial Inequality on National Strike Day

Many workers rallied outside the Massachusetts Statehouse and the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan to fight racism and economic inequality. An effort that organizers believed would develop into a nationwide strike, The AP reported. In…

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Qatar’s society is deeply racist

Scathing UN report says Qatar’s society is deeply racist

The report says there is a stark difference in the access to rights and liberties between residents of different nationalities. A report likely to be submitted to the United National Human Rights Council this week…

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assaults against peacekeepers in the Central African Republic

UN Secretary-General condemns assaults against peacekeepers in the Central African Republic

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has firmly denounced the assault on peacekeepers by the Return, Reclamation, and Rehabilitation (3R) rebel group, which killed one Rwandan peacekeeper and two others injured, the UN News reported. The @UN_CAR strongly…

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Qatar migrant workers Slavery

Why nations should think twice before allowing their citizens to work in Qatar

Qatar, which has more than 2 million migrant workers, is heavily dependent on work force migrated from other nations as its overall population is just 2.6 million. Thousands of labourers especially from African and Asian…

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Ukrainian Migrant workers in Poland

Pandemic exposed Poland’s dependency on Ukrainian Migrant Labour

As the coronavirus hit Poland, the government imposed strict lockdown in mid-March to curtail the spread and made arrangements for the repatriation of the Ukrainian migrant workers. Poland, which houses the largest migrant workers’ population…

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People carrying coffin of Nepal Migrant Workers from Qatar

20 corona-infected dead bodies repatriated from Qatar to Nepal, denied burial in host country

On 19 June, Government of Nepal started the repatriation process of its nationals stuck in Qatar. Besides, the authorities also brought back 23 dead bodies of Nepalese migrant workers from abroad who died of the…

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Flags fly at half-staff at the United States Supreme Court

US Supreme Court grants Trump Administration permission to deport asylum-seekers

On Thursday, the US Supreme Court gave a decision on immediate ramifications for the migration enforcement policy, permitting Trump’s administration to deport those asylum seekers whose applications have been denied. Immigrants who seek refugee status…

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View of a Meghalaya quarantine centre

Human Rights Commission takes suo motu cognizance over media report, issues notice over poor quarantine centers in Meghalaya

In relation to a media report that revealed lack of support from government to the community quarantine centers in Meghalaya which are managed by Dorbar Shnongs, the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) have issued a…

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Pride community at a parade with hands raised and the LGBTQ flag

A win for human rights as U.S. Supreme Court passes a ruling in support of LGBTQ workers

A watershed moment marked the history with Supreme Court ruling in the U.S. – lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers are now protected under federal civil rights law. This historic decision by Justice Neil Gorsuch,…

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