Intel tops list of tech companies fighting forced labour
Thomson Reuters Foundation Intel Corp topped a list issued on Monday ranking how well technology companies combat the risk of forced labour in their supply chains, overtaking HP Inc and Apple Inc. Most of the top 40 global technology companies assessed in the study by KnowTheChain, an online resource for business, had made progress since […]
Desert-fringed Middle East, North Africa put on new drought warning
Thomson Reuters Foundation With dusty desert sprawled across the region, Middle Eastern and north African nations must prepare better for drought as water shortages look set to worsen, the United Nations said on Friday. Over the past 40 years, droughts have become longer and more frequent in the region, where fresh water resources are among […]
Call for high level international probe into rights violations in Kashmir
Decades of rights violations on both side of Kashmir’s ‘Line of Control’ should be the subject of a high-level international probe, the UN human rights chief said late last week. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, made the call after a report issued by the UN Human Rights Office released last […]
ESSAY: NO TRUE PEACE WITH NORTH KOREA UNTIL HUMAN RIGHTS ARE ADDRESSED
BENEDICT ROGERS, East Asia team leader at religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide, reflects on last week’s summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and what “true peace” looks like…
Tunisians protest against closure of cafes and restaurants during Ramadan
World Watch Monitor Non-Muslims in Tunisia have taken to the streets during this year’s Ramadan to protest the closure of many cafés and restaurants, saying they can’t be forced to fast, reports the New York Times. Around 100 protestors began Ramadan this year by drinking water and eating sandwiches in central Tunis in the middle of […]