New Zealand transport workers’ unions are calling on their government to put Fiji on notice after Police launched an investigation into the potential human trafficking of dozens of Filipino seafarers in the country's shipping industry . 20 Filipino .
Exploiting More Than the Land: Sex Violence Linked to Enbridge Line 3 Pipeliners
One toxic byproduct of pipeline construction has largely escaped public scrutiny: sexual assaults linked to Line 3 workers.
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As the national fight over Enbridge’s 337-mile Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota continues to intensify amid protests by Indigenous Water Protectors, one toxic byproduct of the pipeline’s construction has largely escaped public scrutiny: sexual assaults and harassment incidents linked to Line 3 workers.
The devastating trend has long plagued U.S. fossil fuel and extraction projects, especially those adjacent to tribal reservations, and helps fuel a much larger human rights crisis in which thousands of Indigenous women and girls are killed or disappeared at shocking rates each year, often after having been trafficked, sexually assaulted or harassed.
India urges UN to look into Pakistan’s ‘deplorable’ human rights record
The first secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN alleged that activists in Pakistan were being targeted and charged under draconian laws. Updated Mar 16, 2021 · 03:36 pm File photo of a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva. | Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
India on Monday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to pay urgent attention to Pakistan’s “deplorable” human rights record and its discriminatory treatment of minority groups.
Pawan Badhe, the first secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, said Pakistan must be held accountable for its grave, “state-sponsored” violation of human rights. He also criticised Pakistan for its “malicious and fallacious” propaganda against India.
Gendered violence online: Cybersecurity for whom?
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Cyber violence against women is defined as a form of gender-based violence (GBV) carried out through digital means. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically heightened the risk and incidence of violence against women both online and offline: the Australian eSafety Commissioner reported a 50% increase in domestic and cyber violence reports since March 2020. Globally, Facebook remains the most common platform for gendered violence online, followed closely by Instagram and WhatsApp. These developments show that special consideration must be given to the role of digital platforms in facilitating violence against women, and that policy solutions regarding violence against women must also consider the online context where that violence often takes place and escalates in plain sight.
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Over the weekend, India s Prime Minister Modi received a phone call. On the other side was the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. A press release from New Delhi says, among other things, the two leaders discussed cooperation in multilateral fora
Sri Lanka is in a fix. This weekend, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just over a week before a crucial vote at United Nations Human Rights Council.
Colombo wants to avoid a defeat at the world stage and escape the global scrutiny on the issue of human rights. Especially after its recent decision to ban the burqa and close 1,000 Islamic schools.