Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Poverty

Tamil minority plunges deeper in poverty

Many in the north- living in some of the poorest regions in the country – say they are struggling to survive and say the government’s…

15 February, 2023

Children poverty in UK

Some 440,000 children are in poverty despite their parents or a single parent working full-time, while 266,000 children in a couple-parent family where both parents…

8 February, 2023

The World Food Programme

Ethiopia is facing food shortages.

28 August, 2022

South Korea/Allegations of abuse at a shelter for homeless people

Many people say they were taken there against their will and were victims of a policy of getting rid of ‘undesirables’. There were many cases…

24 August, 2022

New burden on poor people in India

Critics say the new levy will further squeeze the poor who are already battling higher inflation and record unemployment.

24 July, 2022

New Delhi: Demonstrations over the cost of living.

Fuel prices have risen almost daily in the past week. The government blames supply chain disruptions due to the Ukraine conflict.

4 April, 2022

Lebanon/Malnutrition in children

Previously the UN reported that  200,000 children under the age of five are suffering from some form of malnutrition, possibly leading to lifelong harmful consequences.…

17 March, 2022