21 December 2020 (Wall Street International)* — Health for all? The conflict between dominant social groups and universal rights is once again exploding loud and clear. It’s blowing up the fictions, the lies and highlighting the mystifications and the harmful consequences of the “world” response of the powerful to Covid-19.
To date, representatives of the populations of more than 90 countries in the world, “low-income” as the powerful define them, are willing to defend the request for the suspension of patents on medicines and vaccines against Covid-19, a request that has already been rejected and which is once again strongly rejected by the most powerful countries in the occidental world.
Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse
(Beirut) – Qatari authorities have failed to provide redress for hundreds of migrant workers who are suffering from months of unpaid wages at two companies, even though authorities have repeatedly been informed of these abuses, Human Rights Watch on 22 December 2020 said.
21 December 2020 (UN News)* — The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting their vital role in human nutrition and food security, as well as urging efforts to improve sustainable production and reduce waste.
UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi | Fresh fruit and vegetables are set out for cooking in a village in Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan.
