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Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find…
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America
Kremlin ruled out the possibility of the arrest of the Director Alexander Sokurov after his polemic with the President
Kremlin ruled out the possibility of the arrest of director Alexander Sokurov after his polemic with the president over the North Caucasus and the future of Russia. But the head…
Human Rights
Is Montenegro really abiding by EU standards in extradition cases?
In any extradition matter, the requesting state must deliver facts and evidence to support its reasonable suspicion of the perpetration of a crime. However, the Russian request concerning Rossi I…
Human Rights
Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the contact line in eastern territories, held…
Health
“They didn’t help her to overcome or ‘digest’ the rape because they didn’t even believe her”
There is a Spanish blog that is collecting and publishing testimonies of people who say they have suffered mistreatment, or that they have seen it happening, during so-called "treatment" of…
America
The path to two giants. Xinjiang in Stalin’s policy
Despite the fact that East Turkestan was a poor region, it, unlike the Soviet West Turkestan, did not survive the man-made famine of 1931-1932, many fled to neighboring regions and…
Human Rights
The Rohingya people are suing Facebook for $ 150 billion
The case is related to the genocide in Myanmar Rohingya Muslims have announced they will sue Facebook and its parent company, Meta. The case is related to the genocide of…
Human Rights
Unilateral sanctions particularly harmful to women, children, other vulnerable groups
Women, children and other vulnerable groups are more likely to have their human rights impacted by unilateral sanctions, an independent UN human rights expert alerted on Wednesday.
Human Rights
UNICEF launches historic Appeal to save children
KABUL/KATHMANDU/NEW YORK, 7 December 2021 – UNICEF launched its largest ever single-country appeal today to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of over 24 million people in Afghanistan, half of whom are children.…
Europe
‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online
Corporate logos and Intellectual Property (IP) receive “greater protection online than we do as human beings”, the UN’s women’s health agency that works to end gender-based violence, UNFPA, said on Thursday, launching a new bodyright campaign to help shield bodies and minds from cyber violence.