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World Cup Migrant Workers Still Jailed In Qatar For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.
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Limit To How Players Can Protest In Qatar, Say England's Harry Kane And Gareth Southgate
The English Football Association also announced on Wednesday that Gareth Southgate's players will meet with migrant workers after their arrival in the Gulf state.
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Gang-Rape, Murder Of Fisherwoman Triggers Protest In Tamil Nadu
A 45-year-old fisherwoman was allegedly raped and murdered by six migrant workers from Odisha, at Vadakadu fishing village near Rameswaram, said police on Wednesday.
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Real Madrid Star Toni Kroos Slams 2022 World Cup Hosts Qatar Amid Protests
Toni Kroos' comments came after the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Norway all protested by wearing T-shirts with messages such as "Human Rights" or "Football supports change" before World Cup qualifiers over the last week.
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Migrant Workers At Bengal's Covid Hospital Wards Seek Job Security
Migrant workers hired by the West Bengal government to assist patients in COVID-19 wards at public hospitals protested on Monday outside the Health Department after some of them were released from duty because the number of patients has declined and the vaccine is here.
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Migrants Out On Tracks As Trains Run Late By 10 Hours With No Food, Water
Migrant workers travelling on 'Shramik special' trains to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have complained of inordinate delays and unhygienic conditions on board, even resorting to protests along the route by blocking railway tracks and demanding accountability.
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Yashwant Sinha, AAP Leaders Detained For Protest Over Migrants
Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and others, who sat on a dharna at Rajghat in New Delhi, demanding that the armed forces be called in to help migrant workers reach their homes, were detained for a few hours on Monday.
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Migrants Throw Stones, Protest Near Madhya Pradesh Border Over Food
Violence erupted in the border town of Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday as thousands of migrant workers went on warpath, throwing stones after traffic was jammed on the National Highway 3.
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Migrants Block Highway In Gujarat's Kutch, Throw Stones In Protest: Police
Desperate to travel to their home states amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, hundreds of migrant workers on Wednesday blocked a main highway passing through Gandhidham town in Gujarat's Kutch district and threw stones at some vehicles, an official said.
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Cop Injured In Migrant Workers' Protest In Kerala
A group of migrant workers sheltered in a camp staged a protest on Sunday demanding that they be sent back to their home states and indulged in stone throwing, injuring a circle inspector, police said.
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Protesting Migrants Clash With Police In Surat, Over 100 Detained: Report
Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to resume work at local industrial units to earn money, police said.
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Around 60 Protesting Migrant Workers Seeking To Return Home Arrested In Surat
Nearly 60 migrant workers were arrested on Saturday for protesting at the Hazira industrial area in Surat today demanding they be sent back to their respective states, among other issues.
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"They Told Us They Would Take Us Home": Migrants Protest In Karnataka
The sense of desperation among migrant workers across India - stranded amid the world's strictest lockdown - has become even more evident after the state governments started the process of allowing them to go home after weeks of shutdown.
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States Try to Restore Order After Migrants' Protests, Liquor Shop Brawls
State governments across India rushed to restore order after violence and chaos broke out when the country started relaxing it stringent virus lockdown, with migrant workers clashing with police in western part of the country and brawls erupting outside liquor shops in the national capital.
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Migrant Workers Seeking Transport To Go Home Protest In Bengaluru
Thousands of migrant workers mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar protested near a big international exhibition pavilion in Bengaluru, demanding a ride home amid the extended lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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World Cup Migrant Workers Still Jailed In Qatar For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.
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Limit To How Players Can Protest In Qatar, Say England's Harry Kane And Gareth Southgate
The English Football Association also announced on Wednesday that Gareth Southgate's players will meet with migrant workers after their arrival in the Gulf state.
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Gang-Rape, Murder Of Fisherwoman Triggers Protest In Tamil Nadu
A 45-year-old fisherwoman was allegedly raped and murdered by six migrant workers from Odisha, at Vadakadu fishing village near Rameswaram, said police on Wednesday.
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Real Madrid Star Toni Kroos Slams 2022 World Cup Hosts Qatar Amid Protests
Toni Kroos' comments came after the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Norway all protested by wearing T-shirts with messages such as "Human Rights" or "Football supports change" before World Cup qualifiers over the last week.
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Migrant Workers At Bengal's Covid Hospital Wards Seek Job Security
Migrant workers hired by the West Bengal government to assist patients in COVID-19 wards at public hospitals protested on Monday outside the Health Department after some of them were released from duty because the number of patients has declined and the vaccine is here.
-
Migrants Out On Tracks As Trains Run Late By 10 Hours With No Food, Water
Migrant workers travelling on 'Shramik special' trains to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have complained of inordinate delays and unhygienic conditions on board, even resorting to protests along the route by blocking railway tracks and demanding accountability.
-
Yashwant Sinha, AAP Leaders Detained For Protest Over Migrants
Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and others, who sat on a dharna at Rajghat in New Delhi, demanding that the armed forces be called in to help migrant workers reach their homes, were detained for a few hours on Monday.
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Migrants Throw Stones, Protest Near Madhya Pradesh Border Over Food
Violence erupted in the border town of Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday as thousands of migrant workers went on warpath, throwing stones after traffic was jammed on the National Highway 3.
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Migrants Block Highway In Gujarat's Kutch, Throw Stones In Protest: Police
Desperate to travel to their home states amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, hundreds of migrant workers on Wednesday blocked a main highway passing through Gandhidham town in Gujarat's Kutch district and threw stones at some vehicles, an official said.
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Cop Injured In Migrant Workers' Protest In Kerala
A group of migrant workers sheltered in a camp staged a protest on Sunday demanding that they be sent back to their home states and indulged in stone throwing, injuring a circle inspector, police said.
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Protesting Migrants Clash With Police In Surat, Over 100 Detained: Report
Hundreds of migrant workers came onto the streets and clashed with the police at a village in Surat district of Gujarat today to demand that they either be sent back to their home states or allowed to resume work at local industrial units to earn money, police said.
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Around 60 Protesting Migrant Workers Seeking To Return Home Arrested In Surat
Nearly 60 migrant workers were arrested on Saturday for protesting at the Hazira industrial area in Surat today demanding they be sent back to their respective states, among other issues.
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"They Told Us They Would Take Us Home": Migrants Protest In Karnataka
The sense of desperation among migrant workers across India - stranded amid the world's strictest lockdown - has become even more evident after the state governments started the process of allowing them to go home after weeks of shutdown.
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States Try to Restore Order After Migrants' Protests, Liquor Shop Brawls
State governments across India rushed to restore order after violence and chaos broke out when the country started relaxing it stringent virus lockdown, with migrant workers clashing with police in western part of the country and brawls erupting outside liquor shops in the national capital.
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Migrant Workers Seeking Transport To Go Home Protest In Bengaluru
Thousands of migrant workers mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar protested near a big international exhibition pavilion in Bengaluru, demanding a ride home amid the extended lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.
