Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide
January 9, 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) | Austerity, Economic News & Trade (#AusterityEconomicNewsTrade) |
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) | Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice (#InequalityPovertySocialJustice) | Labor Migration & Human Trafficking (#LaborMigrationHumanTrafficking) | Multinationals & Supply Chains (#MultinationalsSupplyChains)
Regional
Africa (#Africa) | Americas and Caribbean (#Americas) | Asia (#Asia) |
Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia (#EasternEuropeRussiaCentralAsia) | Middle East & North Africa (#MiddleEastNorthAfrica)
THEMATIC
Workers & Worker Rights
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Cameroon Calls on Plantation Workers to Return to Restive Western Regions ([link removed])
Uganda: As Workers Wait for December Salaries into January, Finance Promises to Investigate ([link removed])
After COVID-19, Ebola Lockdowns Drive Ugandan Workers into Debt ([link removed])
Six Journalists Arrested over Footage of South Sudan President Wetting Himself ([link removed])
South Sudanese Journalists Detained over Viral Video of President ([link removed])
African Journalists Urge Senegal to Release Pape Alé Niang ([link removed])
Brazil: ITUC Condemns Extreme Right Attacks ([link removed])
Navigating Apathy and Attacks in the Struggle for Migrant Rights in Chile ([link removed])
Cuban Migration to the U.S. Surged Last Year. Here's a Look at the Numbers ([link removed])
Taiwan Offers Foreign Fishermen More Jobs, Vows to ‘Systematically Improve’ Migrant Worker Rights ([link removed])
Thai Women Tell of Being Trafficked, Caught Up in Prostitution Inside Myanmar ([link removed])
Workers Clash with Police at COVID Test Kit Factory in China ([link removed])
Afghan Ban on Women Aid Workers Could Push 6 Million into Poverty, Humanitarian Group Says ([link removed])
'We Don't Have Food to Eat': Afghans Pay the Price as Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban ([link removed])
Fate of Uyghur Miners Trapped in Gold Mine Collapse Uncertain After Nearly 2 Weeks ([link removed])
As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work ([link removed])
Erdogan Announces Early Retirement Eligibility for Millions Ahead of Elections ([link removed]) (Turkey)
Melilla Migrant Deaths: Morocco's Sentencing of Asylum Seekers Criticized as 'Unjust' ([link removed])
Human Rights Organizations Condemn France's Attempts to Deport Syria Migrants ([link removed])
Amid Iran Protests, Four Sentenced to Jail over Strike Call ([link removed])

Austerity, Economic News & Trade
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Hedge Funds Holding Up Vital Debt Relief for Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, Warn Economists ([link removed])
The Future Prospects of China-Arab Cooperation Under the Framework of the Belt and Road Initiative ([link removed])
Romania Quietly Catches Up with Richer Neighbors, Helped by EU Cash ([link removed])

Civil Unrest & Protests
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Peru Anti-Government Protesters Clash with Police in Puno ([link removed])
Sri Lanka's Anti-Government Protests Have Gone Silent - for Now ([link removed])

Climate Change & Environment
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Conflicts, Climate Change Threaten Africa's Great Green Wall ([link removed])
She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable? ([link removed])
Pakistan Seeks Help with $16B Flood Rebuilding ([link removed])
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia ([link removed]) (illegal logging)
Indonesia and Malaysia Agree to Fight 'Discrimination' Against Palm Oil ([link removed])

Closing Space for Civil Society
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China Suspends Social Media Accounts of COVID Policy Critics ([link removed])

Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance
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Mexico Dismantles Illegal Fishing Cartels Killing Off Rare Vaquita Porpoise ([link removed])
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia ([link removed]) (illegal logging)

Democracy & Authoritarianism
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Hopes Rise for Press Freedom in Tanzania as Number of Censured Journalists Falls ([link removed])
Six Journalists Arrested over Footage of South Sudan President Wetting Himself ([link removed])
South Sudanese Journalists Detained over Viral Video of President ([link removed])
African Journalists Urge Senegal to Release Pape Alé Niang ([link removed])
Brazil: ITUC Condemns Extreme Right Attacks ([link removed])
At Least 170 Arrested After Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Congress ([link removed])
'Barbaric': Brazil's President Reacts to Protesters Storming Government Buildings ([link removed])
Lula Says Brazil Congress Invaders Will Be Punished ([link removed])
World Leaders Condemn Anti-Government Mob Attacks in Brasilia ([link removed])
Myanmar’s Military Holds Election Talks with Armed Ethnic Groups ([link removed])
Amid Iran Protests, Four Sentenced to Jail over Strike Call ([link removed])

Gender Inequality
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Afghan Ban on Women Aid Workers Could Push 6 Million into Poverty, Humanitarian Group Says ([link removed])
'We Don't Have Food to Eat': Afghans Pay the Price as Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban ([link removed])
UN Envoy Urges Afghan Higher-Ed Chief to Lift Ban on Women ([link removed])

Human Rights
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LGBTQ Activist Edwin Chiloba: Kenyan Police Make More Arrests ([link removed])
Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ Activist Found Dead, Suspect Arrested ([link removed])
Kenyan LGBTQ Rights Activist Edwin Chiloba Found Dead in Metal Box ([link removed])

Humanitarian Crises
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Over 700 Dead as Malawi Suffers Worst Cholera Outbreak in Decades ([link removed])
Pakistan Seeks Help with $16B Flood Rebuilding ([link removed])

Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice
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Afghan Ban on Women Aid Workers Could Push 6 Million into Poverty, Humanitarian Group Says ([link removed])
'We Don't Have Food to Eat': Afghans Pay the Price as Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban ([link removed])

Labor Migration & Human Trafficking
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Navigating Apathy and Attacks in the Struggle for Migrant Rights in Chile ([link removed])
Cuban Migration to the U.S. Surged Last Year. Here's a Look at the Numbers ([link removed])
Thai Women Tell of Being Trafficked, Caught Up in Prostitution Inside Myanmar ([link removed])
Taiwan Offers Foreign Fishermen More Jobs, Vows to ‘Systematically Improve’ Migrant Worker Rights ([link removed])
Human Rights Organizations Condemn France's Attempts to Deport Syria Migrants ([link removed])
Melilla Migrant Deaths: Morocco's Sentencing of Asylum Seekers Criticized as 'Unjust' ([link removed])

Multinationals & Supply Chains
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Mexico Dismantles Illegal Fishing Cartels Killing Off Rare Vaquita Porpoise ([link removed])
Workers Clash with Police at COVID Test Kit Factory in China ([link removed])
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia ([link removed]) (illegal logging)
Taiwan Offers Foreign Fishermen More Jobs, Vows to ‘Systematically Improve’ Migrant Worker Rights ([link removed])
Indonesia and Malaysia Agree to Fight 'Discrimination' Against Palm Oil ([link removed])
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REGIONAL
Africa
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Cameroon Calls on Plantation Workers to Return to Restive Western Regions ([link removed])
Uganda: As Workers Wait for December Salaries into January, Finance Promises to Investigate ([link removed])
After COVID-19, Ebola Lockdowns Drive Ugandan Workers into Debt ([link removed])
Six Journalists Arrested over Footage of South Sudan President Wetting Himself ([link removed])
South Sudanese Journalists Detained over Viral Video of President ([link removed])
African Journalists Urge Senegal to Release Pape Alé Niang ([link removed])
Hopes Rise for Press Freedom in Tanzania as Number of Censured Journalists Falls ([link removed])
LGBTQ Activist Edwin Chiloba: Kenyan Police Make More Arrests ([link removed])
Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ Activist Found Dead, Suspect Arrested ([link removed])
Kenyan LGBTQ Rights Activist Edwin Chiloba Found Dead in Metal Box ([link removed])
Conflicts, Climate Change Threaten Africa's Great Green Wall ([link removed])
She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable? ([link removed])
The Future Prospects of China-Arab Cooperation Under the Framework of the Belt and Road Initiative ([link removed])
Over 700 Dead as Malawi Suffers Worst Cholera Outbreak in Decades ([link removed])

Americas & Caribbean
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Brazil: ITUC Condemns Extreme Right Attacks ([link removed])
World Leaders Condemn Anti-Government Mob Attacks in Brasilia ([link removed])
At Least 170 Arrested After Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Congress ([link removed])
'Barbaric': Brazil's President Reacts to Protesters Storming Government Buildings ([link removed])
Lula Says Brazil Congress Invaders Will Be Punished ([link removed])
Cuban Migration to the U.S. Surged Last Year. Here's a Look at the Numbers ([link removed])
Peru Anti-Government Protesters Clash with Police in Puno ([link removed])

Asia
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Afghan Ban on Women Aid Workers Could Push 6 Million into Poverty, Humanitarian Group Says ([link removed])
'We Don't Have Food to Eat': Afghans Pay the Price as Foreign NGOs Suspend Aid After Taliban Ban ([link removed])
UN Envoy Urges Afghan Higher-Ed Chief to Lift Ban on Women ([link removed])
The Fate ([link removed]) of Uyghur Miners Trapped in Gold Mine Collapse Uncertain After Nearly 2 Weeks ([link removed])
As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work ([link removed])
Sri Lanka's Anti-Government Protests Have Gone Silent - for Now ([link removed])
Hedge Funds Holding Up Vital Debt Relief for Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, Warn Economists ([link removed])
Workers Clash with Police at COVID Test Kit Factory in China ([link removed])
China Suspends Social Media Accounts of COVID Policy Critics ([link removed])
The Future Prospects of China-Arab Cooperation Under the Framework of the Belt and Road Initiative ([link removed])
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia ([link removed]) (illegal logging)
Thai Women Tell of Being Trafficked, Caught Up in Prostitution Inside Myanmar ([link removed])
Myanmar’s Military Holds Election Talks with Armed Ethnic Groups ([link removed])
Pakistan Seeks Help with $16B Flood Rebuilding ([link removed])

Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia
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Romania Quietly Catches Up with Richer Neighbors, Helped by EU Cash ([link removed])
Erdogan Announces Early Retirement Eligibility for Millions Ahead of Elections ([link removed]) (Turkey)

Middle East & North Africa
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Melilla Migrant Deaths: Morocco's Sentencing of Asylum Seekers Criticized as 'Unjust' ([link removed])
Human Rights Organizations Condemn France's Attempts to Deport Syria Migrants ([link removed])
Amid Iran Protests, Four Sentenced to Jail over Strike Call ([link removed])
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