India – A flash strike by at least 90 conservancy workers took place in Cumbum municipality in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu because the workers had not received their January salary. The strike has…
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Europe – The EU (European Union) commissioners Thierry Breton and Didier Reynders presented the Commission’s proposal on corporate sustainability due diligence in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on 23 February. The ‘Directive on Corporate Sustainability…
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Europe – An European Union (EU) crackdown on human rights abuses and environmental breaches is set to be unveiled this week. Global firms from mining to fashion risk massive compensation bills in a crackdown. The…
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India – Bonded labour is rampant in sugarcane growing areas in the Belagavi and Bagalkot districts of Karnataka. A study was undertaken by civil society groups after 60 bonded labourers being used by sugar factories…
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Central Africa – The United Nations Human Rights Office, OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) said on Tuesday that authorities in DRC or Democratic Republic of Congo must be vigilant…
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India – A 12-year-old child labourer was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and the Delhi Police from Delhi’s Ashok Vihar on February 3. The 12-year-old girl was abandoned by her mother and…
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Bangladesh – United States of America’s Treasury Department had imposed sanctions on six former and current commanders of Bangladesh’s RAB (Rapid Action Battalion), along with visa restrictions against two RAB commanders. This had reiterated the…
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Syria – Prisons in Syria do not have the best reputations when it comes to ensuring human rights and providing equal treatment to the prisoners but a UNICEF report highlighted that the situation is worse…
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India – The Child Safety Network (CSN), a project of Bosco NGO in Bengaluru, rescued a total of 127 child labourers from Bengaluru between July 2021 and January 2022. Children trafficked from various parts of…
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Kazakhstan – is burning more than two weeks back as citizens are being detained without being given any proper reason. The cry over bad governance and rising fuel prices has taken strange proportions as people…
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