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Oxfam UK supermarkets

Oxfam: UK supermarkets abusing human rights of farm workers

Oxfam has said that workers on farms and plantations supplying big UK supermarkets are being subjected to poverty and human rights abuses. The charity Oxfam...
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US blacklists 28 Chinese organizations over Uighur abuse in Xinjiang

The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese organizations for allegedly abusing ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province in China. The US has included 28 Chinese organizations in...
Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong protester shot by police during China anniversary demonstration

A protester was shot by the police with a live round during Anti-Chinese demonstrations in Hong Kong as China celebrates its 70th anniversary. While Hong...
Stephen Orlins

Former diplomat: US bill on Hong Kong will not help political crisis

Former diplomat Stephen Orlins said the US bill supporting democracy and human rights in Hong Kong will not help solve the city's political crisis. Orlins,...
Pope Francis

Pope Francis in Madagascar says poverty is not inevitable

Pope Francis argued that poverty isn't inevitable during his visit in Madagascar on Sunday, September 8. Pope Francis talked about poverty during his visit to...
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Human rights commission in Northern Ireland faces budget cuts

Repeated budget cuts continue to hamper the operations of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). The Commission's £1.1m annual budget almost halved, in real...

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