Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Health Issues

RCN’s six-month mandate for strike would have lapsed by Tuesday

Health Secretary Steve Barclay took legal action after NHS Employers said the last day of the planned strike was not covered by the mandate.

30 April, 2023

Mozambique cholera

One million people have been affected by the floods and a cholera outbreak.

12 April, 2023

Indian doctors strike

The ongoing strike is also impacting those who require care for chronic diseases.

2 April, 2023

Covid 19, 3 years on

The virus has claimed close to seven million lives according to Johns Hopkins.

9 March, 2023

Iraq water crisis

UN says a fifth of Iraqis can’t get water that’s safe to drink/use.

9 March, 2023

A cholera outbreak in Malawi

Over 1,300 people have died.

16 February, 2023

Dengue fever is spreading in Bangladesh

More than 26,000 people have been hospitalised so far, the highest in two decades, and authorities in Dhaka are running out of beds.

25 October, 2022

Child deaths in Indonesia

Jakarta’s government-run hospital RSCM says it is struggling with a number of sick children. More cases are expected to be reported from rural areas.

24 October, 2022

Battling cancer in an Israeli prison

The 50-year-old has spent 30 years in Israeli jails, sentenced to seven life terms, and 50 years in 2002 for his role in the 2nd…

23 October, 2022

Medical deterioration in Sri Lank

President GotabayaRajapaksa has defied demands that he resign.

23 May, 2022

New surge of coronavirus in China

Residents of Beijing were seen panic-buying at supermarkets to stock up on food and essential items.

28 April, 2022