Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide
July 24, 2023
Media Mentions & News

A daily digest of major media coverage of issues that affect workers, workers' rights, and workers' organizations overseas; discuss the impact of globalization; or mention the work of the Solidarity Center.
Thematic
Workers & Worker Rights (#WorkersWorkersRights) | Civil Unrest & Protests (#CivilUnrestProtests) | Climate Change & Environment (#ClimateChange) | Closing Space for Civil Society (#ClosingSpaceforCivilSociety) | Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance (#CorruptionCorporateMalfeasance) | Democracy & Authoritarianism (#DemocracyAuthoritarianism) | Gender Inequality (#GenderInequality) | Human Rights (#HumanRights) | Humanitarian Crises (#HumanitarianCrises) | Labor Migration & Human Trafficking (#LaborMigrationHumanTrafficking)
Regional
Africa (#Africa) | Americas and Caribbean (#Americas) | Asia (#Asia) |
Central Europe, Russia & Central Asia (#EasternEuropeRussiaCentralAsia) | Middle East & North Africa (#MiddleEastNorthAfrica)
THEMATIC
Workers & Worker Rights
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‘We Can’t Endure This’: Migrants Suffer in Extreme Tunisian Heat ([link removed])
Italy’s Meloni Seeks Broad Cooperation to Stanch Flows of Migrants to Europe with Aid to Africa ([link removed])
Zimbabwean Migrants: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Are Hindering Policy Reform ([link removed])
Death Toll Rises as Kenya’s Cost-of-Living Protests Continue ([link removed])
For Migrants, the Darién Gap Is Hell; for Adventure Tourists, It's a Magnet ([link removed])
Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave ([link removed])
Uprooted: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Migration from Honduras ([link removed])
Entities Denounce DGM Imprisoning Migrants in Hospital ([link removed]) (in Dominican Republic, from Haiti)
Latin American Migrants Holding Informal Jobs Hamper Their Integration, Report Says ([link removed])
Migrant Worker Groups Urge Government for Timeline to Stop Transporting Workers in Lorries ([link removed]) (Singapore)
Telangana BRS, BJP Weakened Rights of Workers ([link removed]) (India)
Three Workers Killed in Explosion at Indian Cement Factory ([link removed])
Pakistan: Amended Media Bill Contradicts on Labor Rights and Dangerously Defines Disinformation ([link removed])
Sudan: Attacks on Health Workers Jeopardize Remaining Hospitals Operating in Khartoum ([link removed])
The Palestinian Women Working to Save Gaza's Fishing Industry ([link removed])
How Do We Create a Future of Work that Centers on the Well-Being of People? ([link removed])
Director-General Urges All FAO Members to Reduce Drivers of Migration ([link removed])

Civil Unrest & Protests
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Death Toll Rises as Kenya’s Cost-Of-Living Protests Continue ([link removed])
Israeli Parliament Passes Divisive Law Weakening Supreme Court ([link removed])

Climate Change & Environment
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Uprooted: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Migration from Honduras ([link removed])

Closing Space for Civil Society
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Russia Jails Navalny Campaigner Vadim Ostanin for ‘Extremism’ ([link removed])
In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. the Crackdown Is Never-Ending. ([link removed])

Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance
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Bangladesh: Can EU Pressure Ensure Fair Elections? ([link removed])

Democracy & Authoritarianism
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Pakistan: Amended Media Bill Contradicts on Labor Rights and Dangerously Defines Disinformation ([link removed])
Bangladesh: Can EU Pressure Ensure Fair Elections? ([link removed])
In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. the Crackdown Is Never-Ending. ([link removed])
Israeli Parliament Passes Divisive Law Weakening Supreme Court ([link removed])
Tunisia: Human Rights at Risk Two Years After President Saied’s Power Grab ([link removed])

Gender Inequality
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South African Province Introduces Midnight Alcohol Curfew to Tackle GBV ([link removed])
Women Deliver: We Can’t Ignore Disabled Women, Girls in GBV Prevention ([link removed]) (Africa)
Video of Women Attacked in Manipur Breaks Silence on Systematic Gang Rapes in India ([link removed])
Why Women Need to Be at the Heart of Disaster Response: Lessons from Odisha Super Cyclone ([link removed]) (India)
Govt Makes Laws to Prevent Gender-Based Discriminations: Anisul ([link removed]) (Bangladesh)
Why Good Data Is Key to Unlocking Gender Equality ([link removed])

Human Rights
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Death Toll Rises as Kenya’s Cost-of-Living Protests Continue ([link removed])
Wagner Group Disappeared and Executed Civilians in Mali ([link removed])
Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave ([link removed])
Video of Women Attacked in Manipur Breaks Silence on Systematic Gang Rapes in India ([link removed])
Tunisia: Human Rights at Risk Two Years After President Saied’s Power Grab ([link removed])

Humanitarian Crises
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Why Women Need to Be at the Heart of Disaster Response: Lessons from Odisha Super Cyclone ([link removed]) (India)

Labor Migration & Human Trafficking
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Zimbabwean Migrants: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Are Hindering Policy Reform ([link removed])
Italy’s Meloni Seeks Broad Cooperation to Stanch Flows of Migrants to Europe with Aid to Africa ([link removed])
‘We Can’t Endure This’: Migrants Suffer in Extreme Tunisian Heat ([link removed])
Uprooted: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Migration from Honduras ([link removed])
Entities Denounce DGM Imprisoning Migrants in Hospital ([link removed]) (in DR from Haiti)
Latin American Migrants Holding Informal Jobs Hamper Their Integration, Report Says ([link removed])
For Migrants, the Darién Gap Is Hell; for Adventure Tourists, It's a Magnet ([link removed])
Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave ([link removed])
Director-General Urges All FAO Members to Reduce Drivers of Migration ([link removed])
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REGIONAL
Africa
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‘We Can’t Endure This’: Migrants Suffer in Extreme Tunisian Heat ([link removed])
Zimbabwean Migrants: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Are Hindering Policy Reform ([link removed])
Death Toll Rises as Kenya’s Cost-Of-Living Protests Continue ([link removed])
Italy’s Meloni Seeks Broad Cooperation to Stanch Flows of Migrants to Europe with Aid to Africa ([link removed])
Wagner Group Disappeared and Executed Civilians in Mali ([link removed])
South African Province Introduces Midnight Alcohol Curfew to Tackle GBV ([link removed])
Women Deliver: We Can’t Ignore Disabled Women, Girls in GBV Prevention ([link removed]) (Africa)

Americas & Caribbean
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For Migrants, the Darién Gap Is Hell; for Adventure Tourists, It's a Magnet ([link removed])
Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave ([link removed])
Uprooted: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Migration from Honduras ([link removed])
Entities Denounce DGM Imprisoning Migrants in Hospital ([link removed]) (in DR from Haiti)
Latin American Migrants Holding Informal Jobs Hamper Their Integration, Report Says ([link removed])

Asia
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Three Workers Killed in Explosion at Indian Cement Factory ([link removed])
Telangana BRS, BJP Weakened Rights of Workers ([link removed]) (India)
Video of Women Attacked in Manipur Breaks Silence on Systematic Gang Rapes in India ([link removed])
Why Women Need to Be at the Heart of Disaster Response: Lessons from Odisha Super Cyclone ([link removed]) (India)
Govt Makes Laws to Prevent Gender-Based Discriminations: Anisul ([link removed]) (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh: Can EU Pressure Ensure Fair Elections? ([link removed])
Pakistan: Amended Media Bill Contradicts on Labor Rights and Dangerously Defines Disinformation ([link removed])
Migrant Worker Groups Urge Government for Timeline to Stop Transporting Workers in Lorries ([link removed]) (Singapore)

Central Europe, Russia & Central Asia
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Russia Jails Navalny Campaigner Vadim Ostanin for ‘Extremism’ ([link removed])
In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. the Crackdown Is Never-Ending. ([link removed])
Italy’s Meloni Seeks Broad Cooperation to Stanch Flows of Migrants to Europe with Aid to Africa ([link removed])

Middle East & North Africa
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‘We Can’t Endure This’: Migrants Suffer in Extreme Tunisian Heat ([link removed])
Tunisia: Human Rights at Risk Two Years After President Saied’s Power Grab ([link removed])
Sudan: Attacks on Health Workers Jeopardize Remaining Hospitals Operating in Khartoum ([link removed])
Italy’s Meloni Seeks Broad Cooperation to Stanch Flows of Migrants to Europe with Aid to Africa ([link removed])
Israeli Parliament Passes Divisive Law Weakening Supreme Court ([link removed])
The Palestinian Women Working to Save Gaza's Fishing Industry ([link removed])
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