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Iran Sentences Woman Labour Activist To Death For Links To Banned Kurdish Group
Iranian authorities Thursday sentenced to death a woman labour activist on charges of links to an outlawed Kurdish organisation, rights groups said.
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Auto Industry’s Transition to EVs Needs Safeguard for Workers, Environment: Panel
Auto industry companies need to take into account their communities and workers through greater environmental protections and higher pay in the transition to electric vehicles, a panel of investors, labour officials, and human rights activists said.
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Fight Not Yet Over, Says Sister On Nodeep Kaur's Bail
The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".
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"Will Go To Singhu, Sit With Farmers": Activist Nodeep Kaur Out Of Jail
Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.
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Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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High Court To Hear Bail Plea Of Activist Nodeep Kaur On Wednesday
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Wednesday hear a bail plea of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, arrested on charges of extortion and attempt to murder.
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Apple Commits to Freedom of Information, Expression in New Human Rights Policy
Apple said it was committed to freedom of information and expression in a document it has published on its humans rights policy - a move which follows increased pressure from shareholders.
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Academicians, Activists Urge PM Modi To Safeguard Child Rights During And After COVID-19 Pandemic
The memorandum sent through the Right to Education (RTE) forum recommended immediate and necessary actions to ensure child rights are protected to effectively tackle issues like out of school children, child labour and child trafficking.
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Prime Mum-ister: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Pregnant With First Child
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring of support from women's rights groups and labour activists as she declared "I'll be a prime minister and a mum".
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Tamil Nadu Techies Say They're Moving To Form India's First IT Union
A week after employees complained against IT major Cognizant for pink-slipping them, techies in Tamil Nadu are forming a union. More than 100 software professionals have signed up as members. The union, to be called "Forum for IT Employees, Tamil Nadu " will lobby for women's safety and protect members' rights by holding IT firms to labour laws, sa...
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Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
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Nobel Laureate Satyarthi Says Companies Cannot Flourish On Child Slavery
Big corporations must do more to clean up their supply chains and ensure that there is no child labour involved in the products which they manufacture and sell, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday.
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China Arrests 4 Labour Activists Amid Crackdown: Lawyers
China has formally arrested four labour activists who have helped workers fight for their rights, lawyers for two of them said today, as the government steps up a crackdown on activists pressing for change within the system.
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Kailash Satyarthi to Soon Launch Global Campaign Against Child Labour
Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today said he will soon be launching his "most ambitious and longest-ever" campaign against child labour.
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Cabinet Says Children Below 14 Can Work in Family Enterprises But With Safeguards
The government has given its nod to a proposal allowing children below the age of 14 years to work only in family enterprises or the entertainment industry with certain conditions while completely banning their employment elsewhere.
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Iran Sentences Woman Labour Activist To Death For Links To Banned Kurdish Group
Iranian authorities Thursday sentenced to death a woman labour activist on charges of links to an outlawed Kurdish organisation, rights groups said.
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Auto Industry’s Transition to EVs Needs Safeguard for Workers, Environment: Panel
Auto industry companies need to take into account their communities and workers through greater environmental protections and higher pay in the transition to electric vehicles, a panel of investors, labour officials, and human rights activists said.
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Fight Not Yet Over, Says Sister On Nodeep Kaur's Bail
The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".
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"Will Go To Singhu, Sit With Farmers": Activist Nodeep Kaur Out Of Jail
Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.
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Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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High Court To Hear Bail Plea Of Activist Nodeep Kaur On Wednesday
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Wednesday hear a bail plea of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, arrested on charges of extortion and attempt to murder.
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Apple Commits to Freedom of Information, Expression in New Human Rights Policy
Apple said it was committed to freedom of information and expression in a document it has published on its humans rights policy - a move which follows increased pressure from shareholders.
-
Academicians, Activists Urge PM Modi To Safeguard Child Rights During And After COVID-19 Pandemic
The memorandum sent through the Right to Education (RTE) forum recommended immediate and necessary actions to ensure child rights are protected to effectively tackle issues like out of school children, child labour and child trafficking.
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Prime Mum-ister: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Pregnant With First Child
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring of support from women's rights groups and labour activists as she declared "I'll be a prime minister and a mum".
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Tamil Nadu Techies Say They're Moving To Form India's First IT Union
A week after employees complained against IT major Cognizant for pink-slipping them, techies in Tamil Nadu are forming a union. More than 100 software professionals have signed up as members. The union, to be called "Forum for IT Employees, Tamil Nadu " will lobby for women's safety and protect members' rights by holding IT firms to labour laws, sa...
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Rs 251 Smartphone Rings Alarm Bell On Workers' Conditions, Say Campaigners
The makers of the Rs. 251 ($4) smartphone hope that its low price will allow millions of poor people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 per cent penetration.
-
Nobel Laureate Satyarthi Says Companies Cannot Flourish On Child Slavery
Big corporations must do more to clean up their supply chains and ensure that there is no child labour involved in the products which they manufacture and sell, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday.
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China Arrests 4 Labour Activists Amid Crackdown: Lawyers
China has formally arrested four labour activists who have helped workers fight for their rights, lawyers for two of them said today, as the government steps up a crackdown on activists pressing for change within the system.
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Kailash Satyarthi to Soon Launch Global Campaign Against Child Labour
Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today said he will soon be launching his "most ambitious and longest-ever" campaign against child labour.
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Cabinet Says Children Below 14 Can Work in Family Enterprises But With Safeguards
The government has given its nod to a proposal allowing children below the age of 14 years to work only in family enterprises or the entertainment industry with certain conditions while completely banning their employment elsewhere.
