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India’s Human rights body orders probe into discriminatory hiring at Foxconn plant

India’s Human rights body orders probe into discriminatory hiring at Foxconn plant

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called out labor officials for failing to carry out a thorough investigation into allegations of employment discrimination at Foxconn's iPhone assembly plant in India.  The human rights watchdog

Distressing humanitarian and labour crisis unfolding in Syria: Let’s understand

Distressing humanitarian and labour crisis unfolding in Syria: Let’s understand

The Finance Minister in the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) administration has just highlighted the plan to increase the salaries of Syrian public sector employees by 400%, noting that the average salary in the country comes

Regulating hate speech and harmful content online is not censorship

Regulating hate speech and harmful content online is not censorship

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights insisted on Friday that regulating hate speech and harmful content online is not censorship. It comes after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end its fact-checking programme in

Can India and the EU’s Renewed Commitment Redefine Global Media Freedom?

Can India and the EU’s Renewed Commitment Redefine Global Media Freedom?

As part of their commitment to respect human rights, India and the European Union (EU) decided on Wednesday to protect the freedom, independence and diversity of civil society organizations and other stakeholders including journalists.The India-EU

Biden Approved the Extension of Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

Biden Approved the Extension of Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) praised this act which was first passed on June 17th 2020 and will now be in effect for at least ten years. The United States has imposed Global Magnitsky

Deadly protests across Syria highlight a deteriorating humanitarian situation?

Deadly protests across Syria highlight a deteriorating humanitarian situation?

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has highlighted that thousands of people took to the streets on Christmas Day, staging major demonstrations in the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous. There have also been

Sudan crisis demands ‘sustained and urgent attention’

Sudan crisis demands ‘sustained and urgent attention’

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the director of operations at the UN office for coordination of humanitarian affairs issued an urgent plea for international support to address the concerning toll of the ongoing Sudan

Sara Sharif murder: Father and stepmother jailed for life for brutal crime

Sara Sharif murder: Father and stepmother jailed for life for brutal crime

The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl at the time of her death in 2023, have been jailed for life for her murder. During a "campaign of torture" that lasted at least

Countries Planning to Send Back Syrian Refugees. Does the Political Outbreak Constrain the Refugees to Predicament?

Countries Planning to Send Back Syrian Refugees. Does the Political Outbreak Constrain the Refugees to Predicament?

The refugee crisis of Syria is still an on-going humanitarian emergency in the world of modern history for more than two decades. It all began after the civil war which broke out in Syria in

Conflict zones claim at least 68 journalists’ lives in 2024

Conflict zones claim at least 68 journalists’ lives in 2024

2024 noted at least 68 journalists' deaths in the line of duty, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The data has been sourced from leading international press freedom organisations. More than