Archive for September 14th, 2025

14/09/2025

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Unpaid for Months

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Wage Theft by Subcontractor for State Oil Company Aramco

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Migrant workers at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2024. © 2024 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Photo

(Beirut) – Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia by the manufacturing and supply company Sendan International did not receive their salaries for up to eight months, Human Rights Watch said on 10 September 2025.

They include workers employed in state-owned oil company Aramco project sites.

Migrant workers were often stranded without pay for months, forced into undocumented status, or left with no choice but to return home at their own expense, abandoning outstanding wages and benefits.

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14/09/2025

UNICEF Warns of ‘Deadly Risks for over 450,000 Children in Gaza City as Military Attacks Increase’

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AMMAN, 12 September 2025 (UNICEF)* – “The escalating military offensive in Gaza City is having devastating consequences for over 450,000 children, already traumatized and exhausted by nearly two years of unrelenting war.  They are teetering on the edge of survival as both famine and deadly violence spread.

2 year old Alma. Gaza City, Al-Rimal, Omar Al-Mukhtar Street 2025
 
UNICEF/UNI767014/Nateel2 year old Alma. Gaza City, Al-Rimal, Omar Al-Mukhtar Street March 2025

“UNICEF is warning of an impending catastrophe as the military operation expands. With limited or nonexistent shelter and services, the ongoing escalation is already resulting in disproportionate civilian casualties and driving the near total collapse of the remaining lifelines children need to survive.

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14/09/2025

UN General Assembly Endorses New York Declaration on Two-State Solution between Israel and Palestine

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(UN News)* — Applause rang out in the UN General Assembly Hall on Friday [] as countries endorsed a declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-State solution with Israel. 

The UN General Assembly votes on whether to back the “New York Declaration,” a resolution that seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe | The UN General Assembly votes on whether to back the “New York Declaration,” a resolution that seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

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14/09/2025

‘Deadly Floods’ Displace over 100,000 in South Sudan

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(UN News)* — Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has called “new deadly floods.”

People displaced by flooding carry children and belongings along a waterlogged road in Bentui, South Sudan. (file)
© UNHCR/Tiksa Negeri | People displaced by flooding carry children and belongings along a waterlogged road in Bentui, South Sudan. (file)

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