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April 10, 2020

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. In this issue (scroll down to see the same stories organized regionally):
1. New on the Solidarity Center Website
2. SPECIAL: Workers and COVID-19
3. Workers and Worker Rights in the News
4. Austerity / Economic News / Trade
5. Closing Space for Civil Society
6. Democracy / Authoritarianism
7. Gender Inequality
8. Human Rights
9. Humanitarian Crises
10. Inequality / Poverty / Social Justice
11. Labor Migration / Human Trafficking
12. Multinationals / Supply Chains
13. AFRICA
14. AMERICAS
15. ASIA
16. EASTERN EUROPE / RUSSIA / CENTRAL ASIA
17. MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA

Promoting Worker Rights
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** NEW ON THE SOLIDARITY CENTER WEBSITE
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* Liberia: Healthcare Workers Raise Alarm ([link removed][UNIQID])


** SPECIAL: WORKERS AND COVID-19
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* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Immokalee Workers Essential, but Among Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S., migrant/immigrant farmworkers)
* Mexico Urges End to Harassment of Health Workers in Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Mexican Workers Illegally Fired in Pandemic Face Long Wait Without Help ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Workers at Two More Mexican Hospitals Test Positive for Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Brazil's Doctors Fight Coronavirus Pandemic While They 'Struggle' with Bolsonaro 'Every Day' ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Brazil's Overcrowded Favelas Ripe for Spread of Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* GM Plans to Extend Shutdown of Brazil Auto Production by 60 Days ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Latin America: Pandemic, Journalists and Jobs ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Racist Harassment of Asian Health Care Workers Won’t Cure Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S.)
* Hundreds of Migrants Stuck in Niger amid Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Doctors Sue Zimbabwe Government over Lack of COVID-19 Protective Equipment ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Africa: Coronavirus an 'Existential Threat' to Africa and Her Crowded Slums ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Nigerians Struggle as Virus Lockdown Hits Supply Chains ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Curfew Creates Water Shortage for Burkina Faso's Poorest ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Foreigners Targeted in Central African Republic as Coronavirus Fears Grow ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Gulf Countries Urged to Free Detained Migrants and Activists ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Millions at Risk of Going Hungry in Lebanon amid Coronavirus Lockdown: HRW ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malta Accused of Sabotaging Migrant Boat ([link removed][UNIQID]) (out of Libya)
* Pakistan Doctors Beaten by Police as They Despair of 'Untreatable' Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malaysia's Top Palm Producing State to Reopen Estate, Mills Without Coronavirus Cases ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Clothing Makers in Asia Give Stark Coronavirus Warning ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Marooned and Abandoned: Workers from Jharkhand and Bihar Run out of Food in Meerut ([link removed][UNIQID]) (day construction laborers, India)
* Ukraine: Journalists Demand Action and Support from Government ([link removed][UNIQID])


** WORKERS AND WORKER RIGHTS IN THE NEWS
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* Zimbabwe a Hunger Hotspot, Says World Food Program ([link removed][UNIQID])


** AUSTERITY / ECONOMIC NEWS / TRADE
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* Coronavirus: Algeria Gets Help Against Pandemic from Trade Partner China ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Jordan's Ailing Economy Rocked y Spread of Virus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* South Africa COVID-19 Lockdown Extended, Ministers' Salaries Cut ([link removed][UNIQID])

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** CLOSING SPACE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
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* 'A Patriot': Murder of Activist in Iraq's Nasiriyah Puts Protesters on Edge ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Chinese Writer Faces Online Backlash over Wuhan Lockdown Diary ([link removed][UNIQID])


** DEMOCRACY / AUTHORITARIANISM
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* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Montenegro Urged to Delay Law Change Debate in Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID]) (freedom of information)
* Bolivia Enacts Decree Criminalizing 'Disinformation' on COVID-19 Outbreak ([link removed][UNIQID])
* China's Investigative Journalists Offer a Fraught Glimpse Behind Coronavirus Propaganda ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Jordan Military Arrests TV Executives for Airing Virus Complaints ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Journalists Assaulted While Covering COVID-19 Measures in Haiti ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Cambodian Journalist Sovann Rithy Detained for Quoting Prime Minister on COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Tanzanian Journalist Maxence Melo Found Guilty of Obstruction ([link removed][UNIQID])
* In Parts of Africa, Police Are Accused of Excess Force amid Coronavirus Lockdowns ([link removed][UNIQID])

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** GENDER INEQUALITY
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* Tackling Kenya’s Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19 Crisis ([link removed][UNIQID])
* 'Most of the Men Are Your Enemies': One Woman's Crusade in Somalia ([link removed][UNIQID]) (protecting female climate migrants)
* Coronavirus: Iraqi Women at Risk as Conservative Families Refuse Treatment ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Controversy over $500 Million Loan that Allows Tanzania to Take Pregnant Girls Out of Their Classroom ([link removed][UNIQID])


** HUMAN RIGHTS
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* Canada Lifts Khashoggi-Inspired Freeze on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia ([link removed][UNIQID])


** HUMANITARIAN CRISES
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* New, Larger Wave of Locusts Threatens Millions in Africa ([link removed][UNIQID])


** INEQUALITY / POVERTY / SOCIAL JUSTICE
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* COVID-19 Fears Grow for Indigenous South Americans as Yanomami Teen Tests Positive ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Indigenous Groups Isolated by Coronavirus Face Another Threat: Hunger ([link removed][UNIQID]) (Americas)


** LABOR MIGRATION / HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Immokalee Workers Essential, but Among Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S., migrant/immigrant farmworkers)
* Hundreds of Migrants Stuck in Niger amid Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Foreigners Targeted in Central African Republic as Coronavirus Fears Grow ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Gulf Countries Urged to Free Detained Migrants and Activists ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malta Accused of Sabotaging Migrant Boat ([link removed][UNIQID]) (out of Libya)


** MULTINATIONALS / SUPPLY CHAINS
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* As Borders Harden During Pandemic, Some Countries Look to Hold Onto Their Own Food ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Immokalee workers Essential, but Among Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S., migrant/immigrant farmworkers)
* GM Plans to Extend Shutdown of Brazil Auto Production by 60 Days ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Nigerians Struggle as Virus Lockdown Hits Supply Chains ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malaysia's Top Palm Producing State to Reopen Estate, Mills Without Coronavirus Cases ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Clothing Makers in Asia Give Stark Coronavirus Warning ([link removed][UNIQID])

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** AFRICA
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* Liberia: Healthcare Workers Raise Alarm ([link removed][UNIQID])
* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Hundreds of Migrants Stuck in Niger amid Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malta Accused of Sabotaging Migrant Boat ([link removed][UNIQID]) (out of Libya)
* Doctors Sue Zimbabwe Government over Lack of COVID-19 Protective Equipment ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Africa: Coronavirus an 'Existential Threat' to Africa and Her Crowded Slums ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Nigerians Struggle as Virus Lockdown Hits Supply Chains ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Curfew Creates Water Shortage for Burkina Faso's Poorest ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Foreigners Targeted in Central African Republic as Coronavirus Fears Grow ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Gulf Countries Urged to Free Detained Migrants and Activists ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Zimbabwe a Hunger Hotspot, Says World Food Program ([link removed][UNIQID])
* South Africa COVID-19 Lockdown Extended, Ministers' Salaries Cut ([link removed][UNIQID])
* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Tanzanian Journalist Maxence Melo Found Guilty of Obstruction ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Controversy over $500 Million Loan that Allows Tanzania to Take Pregnant Girls Out of Their Classroom ([link removed][UNIQID])
* In Parts of Africa, Police Are Accused of Excess Force amid Coronavirus Lockdowns ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Tackling Kenya’s Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19 Crisis ([link removed][UNIQID])
* 'Most of the Men Are Your Enemies': One Woman's Crusade in Somalia ([link removed][UNIQID]) (protecting female climate migrants)
* Coronavirus: Iraqi Women at Risk as Conservative Families Refuse Treatment ([link removed][UNIQID])
* New, Larger Wave of Locusts Threatens Millions in Africa ([link removed][UNIQID])


** AMERICAS
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* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Immokalee workers Essential, but Among Most vulnerable to COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S., migrant/immigrant farmworkers)
* Mexico Urges End to Harassment of Health Workers in Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Mexican Workers Illegally Fired in Pandemic Face Long Wait Without Help ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Workers at Two More Mexican Hospitals Test Positive for Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Brazil's Doctors Fight Coronavirus Pandemic While They 'Struggle' with Bolsonaro 'Every Day' ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Brazil's Overcrowded Favelas Ripe for Spread of Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* GM Plans to Extend Shutdown of Brazil Auto Production by 60 Days ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Latin America: Pandemic, Journalists and Jobs ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Racist Harassment of Asian Health Care Workers Won’t Cure Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID]) (U.S.)
* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Bolivia Enacts Decree Criminalizing 'Disinformation' on COVID-19 Outbreak ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Journalists Assaulted While Covering COVID-19 Measures in Haiti ([link removed][UNIQID])
* COVID-19 Fears Grow for Indigenous South Americans as Yanomami Teen Tests Positive ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Indigenous Groups Isolated by Coronavirus Face Another Threat: Hunger ([link removed][UNIQID]) (Americas)


** ASIA
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* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Gulf Countries Urged to Free Detained Migrants and Activists ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Pakistan Doctors Beaten by Police as They Despair of 'Untreatable' Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malaysia's Top Palm Producing State to Reopen Estate, Mills Without Coronavirus Cases ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Clothing Makers in Asia Give Stark Coronavirus Warning ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Marooned and Abandoned: Workers from Jharkhand and Bihar Run out of Food in Meerut ([link removed][UNIQID]) (day construction laborers, India)
* Chinese Writer Faces Online Backlash over Wuhan Lockdown Diary ([link removed][UNIQID])
* China's Investigative Journalists Offer a Fraught Glimpse Behind Coronavirus Propaganda ([link removed][UNIQID])
* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Cambodian Journalist Sovann Rithy Detained for Quoting Prime Minister on COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID])


** EASTERN EUROPE / RUSSIA / CENTRAL ASIA
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* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Ukraine: Journalists Demand Action and Support from Government ([link removed][UNIQID])
* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Montenegro Urged to Delay Law Change Debate in Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID]) (freedom of information)


** MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA
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* COVID-19 and the World of Work ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus Finds Fuel in a World of Migrants ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Gulf Countries Urged to Free Detained Migrants and Activists ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Millions at Risk of Going Hungry in Lebanon amid Coronavirus Lockdown: HRW ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Malta Accused of Sabotaging Migrant Boat ([link removed][UNIQID]) (out of Libya)
* Coronavirus: Algeria Gets Help Against Pandemic from Trade Partner China ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Coronavirus: Jordan's Ailing Economy Rocked y Spread of Virus ([link removed][UNIQID])
* 'A Patriot': Murder of Activist in Iraq's Nasiriyah Puts Protesters on Edge ([link removed][UNIQID])
* The World Is More Dissatisfied with Democracy Than Ever, Research Says ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Jordan Military Arrests TV Executives for Airing Virus Complaints ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Canada Lifts Khashoggi-Inspired Freeze on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia ([link removed][UNIQID])

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