Media Mentions & News, January 9, 2023

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.

Regional
Africa | Americas and Caribbean | Asia |
Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia | Middle East & North Africa

THEMATIC

Workers & Worker Rights

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

Austerity, Economic News & Trade

Hedge Funds Holding Up Vital Debt Relief for Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, Warn Economists
The Future Prospects of China-Arab Cooperation Under the Framework of the Belt and Road Initiative
Romania Quietly Catches Up with Richer Neighbors, Helped by EU Cash

Civil Unrest & Protests

Peru Anti-Government Protesters Clash with Police in Puno
Sri Lanka's Anti-Government Protests Have Gone Silent - for Now

Climate Change & Environment

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

Closing Space for Civil Society

China Suspends Social Media Accounts of COVID Policy Critics

Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance

Mexico Dismantles Illegal Fishing Cartels Killing Off Rare Vaquita Porpoise
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia (illegal logging)

Democracy & Authoritarianism

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

Gender Inequality

LGBTQ Activist Edwin Chiloba: Kenyan Police Make More Arrests
Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ Activist Found Dead, Suspect Arrested
Kenyan LGBTQ Rights Activist Edwin Chiloba Found Dead in Metal Box

Humanitarian Crises

Over 700 Dead as Malawi Suffers Worst Cholera Outbreak in Decades
Pakistan Seeks Help with $16B Flood Rebuilding

Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice

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

Multinationals & Supply Chains

Mexico Dismantles Illegal Fishing Cartels Killing Off Rare Vaquita Porpoise
Workers Clash with Police at COVID Test Kit Factory in China
EU Will Need More Weapons to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia (illegal logging)
Taiwan Offers Foreign Fishermen More Jobs, Vows to ‘Systematically Improve’ Migrant Worker Rights
Indonesia and Malaysia Agree to Fight 'Discrimination' Against Palm Oil

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REGIONAL

Africa

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

Asia

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

Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia

Romania Quietly Catches Up with Richer Neighbors, Helped by EU Cash
Erdogan Announces Early Retirement Eligibility for Millions Ahead of Elections (Turkey)

Middle East & North Africa

Melilla Migrant Deaths: Morocco's Sentencing of Asylum Seekers Criticized as 'Unjust'
Human Rights Organizations Condemn France's Attempts to Deport Syria Migrants
Amid Iran Protests, Four Sentenced to Jail over Strike Call

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