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02/07/2015

The ITUC has called on FC Barcelona “socios” (voting members) and fans to end the club's Qatar Airways sponsorship, saying that the airline is the very worst sponsor for a club with a 100-year tradition of democracy and universality. The appeal comes as an election contest for the club's Presidency…

02/07/2015

They may be dealing with some of the world's most vulnerable communities but non-governmental organisatons (NGOs) operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan, particularly international aid agencies, are facing mounting pressure. In Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's tough counter-terrorism measures…

02/07/2015

02/07/2015

In a landmark decision, Korea's Supreme Court has now ruled that undocumented migrant workers have the right to unionise, eight years after the migrant workers' trade union MTU first launched its legal action. The government refused to register the MTU and engaged in a targeted crackdown by arrestin…

02/07/2015

March 2015 was a particularly notorious month for human rights abuses in Equatorial Guinea. On 17 March, government security forces arrested Guillermo Nguema Ela. Guillermo is a political opposition leader – member of the Fuerza Demócrata Republicana (Democratic Republican Force) – in a country wher…

02/07/2015

The closure of Greece's banks, at least until after the surprise 5 July referendum announced by the Greek government on the demands set by the “troika”, underlines the folly of putting ideology ahead of economic sense, according to the International Trade Union Confederation. Sharan Burrow, ITUC Gen…

02/07/2015

(New York) – Cambodia’s draft trade union law would violate the right to organize and be a major step backwards for workers, Human Rights Watch...