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Migrant workers exposed to extreme heat in the Gulf!
Photo credit: the Guardian Migrant workers across the Gulf are risking their lives by being forced to work up to 14 hours a day in deadly temperatures, according to human rights researchers. The Guardian reports that a human rights organization, Equidem, interviewed over 250 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE between 2021 and May…
Migrants on Diego Garcia offered move to UK!
Photo credit: BBC Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been held for more than three years on the Island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago, which is currently under colonial rule by the British Indian Island Territory Administration, will be offered the opportunity to transfer to the UK. LEIGH DAY reports that it…
Iranian woman nearly strips into birthday suit at university!
Photo credit: Arise News A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. CNN reports that the woman sitting outside the university in her underwear, with her hair uncovered, gestured to her fellow students….
55 migrants die in Canary Islands!
Photo credit: the Guardian At least 55 people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands in boats from the coast of Africa over the weekend. AA reports that the Spanish Coast Guard also rescued 1,786 people, making the voyage on one of the most dangerous routes in the world. The worst tragedy took place on a…
Migant Hong Kong maid allegedly murdered by British businessman!
Photo credit: Dailly Mail A British businessman has allegedly murdered an Indonesian working as a maid in Hong Kong. DailyMail.com reports that the lady was working to send some money to her family before her death. They were reported to be lovers. The man Jamie Chapman is accused of killing Mevi Novitasari after a night-time…
29 Nigerian children may be sentenced for protesting against cost-of-living crisis!
Photo credit: ABC news A total of seventy-six protesters have been charged to court with felony counts, including treason, destruction of property, public disturbance and mutiny in a Nigerian court for participating in a protest of the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. AP reports that twenty-nine children aged between 14 and 17 years are among the…
Toronto Police investigation into auto thefts yields fruits!
Photo credit: Toronto.com An ongoing police investigation into auto thefts has led to the arrest of 59 people and the laying of 302 charges. Toronto Sun reports that the investigation began in July and is tagged Project Thoroughbred. Warrants have been issued for more than a dozen people, and more than 363 stolen vehicles, valued…