100,000 human stories, one shared grief – the UK’s COVID crisis
The sight of a single coffin during a funeral service is hard enough. Debbie Mountjoy and her family experienced the pain of three [...]
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Award-winning photojournalist wounded covering Paris protest
PARIS (AFP) – A press freedom group has denounced the “unacceptable” injury of an award-winning Syrian photojournalist during a Paris protest against police [...]
US House votes to force firms to disclose Xinjiang products
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday (Sept 30) to force companies to disclose products that come from China’s [...]
‘We gave our sweat and blood’: Palm oil workers cite child labour, slavery and rape
Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic. Between sobs, he says he’s trapped on a Malaysian plantation [...]
Jailed Iran human rights lawyer hospitalised after hunger strike
Nasrin Sotoudeh was on hunger strike for over 40 days, seeking freeing of political prisoners, better jail conditions. Imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer [...]
Amid calls for boycott and bad reviews, Mulan heads towards opening weekend in China
BEIJING – Even before hitting the big screens in mainland China, Disney’s lavish US$200 million (S$274 million) live action remake of Mulan has been [...]
Coronavirus: The human cost of the jobs crisis
The true scale of the jobs crisis caused by the UK’s coronavirus lockdown is still unknown. Tracey Burns tells her story of being [...]
“We are human”: Hundreds rally in Denver to commemorate the March on Washington
Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the March on Washington, hundreds of people rallied in Denver on Friday for the [...]
Amnesty accuses Indian police of 'grave abuses' in Delhi riots
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Delhi police are guilty of “grave human rights violations” during communal riots in the Indian capital earlier this year, [...]
Bag of suspected human remains found in Suffolk river prompts investigation
A bag of bones has been found in a river in Suffolk, which the police believe are human remains. The discovery was made [...]