Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a damning report revealing hazardous working conditions at Amazon warehouses, particularly during peak sales events like Prime Day. The investigation highlights that more than 10% of Amazon’s US warehouse staff suffered injuries requiring federal disclosure during Prime Day 2019. Internal records show tha...
ANKARA (AA) – An investigative documentary aired by a local broadcaster shines a spotlight on Australia’s treatment of children from indigenous communities. CCTV footage shows indigenous children being placed in isolation cells in a state of distress. One video features a 14-year-old Indigenous girl, referred to as Sam, being put into an...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Catholic Church in Newfoundland, Canada, has been ordered by a court-appointed monitor to pay $76 million to survivors of sexual abuse. The list of victims entitled to receive the amount include 292 survivors of a Church-run orphanage. The victims and their representatives expressed relief at the outcome of a d...
A human rights group has unveiled a policy brief aimed at safeguarding the rights of climate refugees globally. The International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination’s report addresses gaps in international human rights law exacerbated by the climate crisis. Drawing on input from Indigenous communities, climate experts, and legal profe...
Washington, United States — AFP The administration of US President Joe Biden has proposed new regulations aimed at protecting laborers working in extremely high temperatures, as heat waves intensified by climate change increasingly blanket the nation. The rule would be aimed at mail carriers, delivery people, construction workers, landsc...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the Senate to oppose a recent House amendment to halt funding for President Joe Biden’s directive to delay deportation orders for Palestinians. Sponsored by Rep. Andy Ogles, the amendment narrowly passed the House with a 204-203 vote on June 26. Critics, like Rep. Lauren Underwood...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Taliban authorities have said that women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the ...
A protest, held in front of the Greek Embassy in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre committed by Greece against Cham Muslim Albanians. Protesters, carrying Cham symbols and Albanian flags, denounced the massacre and human rights violations that occurred during and after World War II. The Cham re...
GENEVA (AA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Jeremy Laurence has criticized Israeli soldiers for unleashing dogs on detained Palestinians. Laurence responded in writing to questions about Israeli soldiers using dogs to attack Palestinian prisoners, engaging in acts of sexual violence, and using a wounded Palestinian...
A recently released Uyghur woman has been handed another 14-year sentence by Chinese authorities. Authorities accuse Heyrinisa Memet, who was previously in prison for a decade, of attempting to undermine China by teaching Quranic studies to teenagers. The re-sentencing is part of a wider campaign to curb religious activities by the Chinese gov...
