Market Lords | HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

06/05/2021

A new freely downloadable book

John Scales Avery

I would like to announce the publication of a book which discusses the things that I have experienced during my 67 years of work in the peace movement.

The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link:

https://eacpe.org/67-years-in-the-peace-movement/

https://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/67-years-in-the-peace-movement-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf

Holger Terp’s invitation

Seven years ago, Holger Terp, the founder and web editor of the Danish Peace Academy, invited me to write something about my 60 years of work in the peace movement.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

The State of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh

Human Wrongs Watch

By Dr. Rashida Khanam – TRANSCEND Media Service*

“Almost 10 million Bangladeshi migrants work across the world. A UNICEF report states that, approximately 400 women and children in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking every month. According to a report, approximately 3,000,000 Bangladeshi children and women have been trafficked out of the country in the last 10 years. A Pakistan based organization, Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid’s report shows nearly 200,000 Bangladeshi women and girls were sold in Pakistan. The statistics highlight how grave the human trafficking situation is in Bangladesh…”

Dr. Rashida Khanam

Human trafficking is a violation of human rights, an unethical and heinous crime against humanity. “The trade of human beings, a modern form of slavery . . . violates the God-given dignity . . .”.¹ Pope Francis.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Climate Crisis, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

Acute Food Insecurity Soars to Five-Year High, Warns Global Report on Food Crises

Human Wrongs Watch

Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020

Conflict, or economic shocks that are often related to COVID-19 along with extreme weather, are continuing to push millions of people into acute hunger.

Brussels/Rome (FAO)* – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today [5 May 2021] by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) – an international alliance of the UN, the EU, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together – has found.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Climate Crisis, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

Commodity Trading: The Shadowy Industry Destroying the Planet

Human Wrongs Watch

By Joseph Baines and Sandy Brian Hager

Commodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?

Phillippine stock market board | Author: Katrina.Tuliao | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

4 May 2021 (openDemocracy)* — Commodity trading firms are among the most important corporations in global capitalism, yet most people have never heard of them.

As intermediaries between suppliers and buyers of primary and secondary commodities, these shadowy entities are key players in vital international markets, from aluminium and crude oil to soybean meal and zinc.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Climate Crisis, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

France: Police Expelling Migrant Children

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Flout Child Protection, Immigration Rules

A member of the French border police checks identity documents in March 2021 at the Menton-Garavan station, the first French train station for those travelling between Genoa, in Italy, and Nice, in France. © 2021 Sipa via AP Image

(Paris) – French police summarily expel dozens of unaccompanied children to Italy each month in violation of French and international law, Human Rights Watch on 5 May 2021 said.

To enable the returns, the police frequently record on official documents different ages or birth dates than the children declared.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Climate Crisis, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

Women Are the Driving Force Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Brazil

Human Wrongs Watch

BAHIA STATE, Brazil, 3 May 2021 (UNFPA)* – Carol Nascimento was 21 when she left home in Belo Horizonte in search of a life purpose. She found it in Vale do Capão, in the rural community of Chapada Diamantina, where she formed Alevante da Terra (Earth Rising), a women’s collective.

Carol Nascimento, who promotes women and girls’ health, took part in UNFPA and Elas Fund’s Driving Force initiative empowering community leaders in Bahia state, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil/Carol Garcia

When her collective co-founder had a child, she assisted in the birth and became a passionate advocate for safe and traditional childbirth practices.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Climate Crisis, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples | Leave a Comment »

05/05/2021

Acute Shortage of Midwives Worldwide Threatens Women’s Lives and Health

Human Wrongs Watch

Midwives with a mobile team in Marib, Yemen, provide life-saving services in a displacement camp. © UNFPA Yemen

“After conducting a medical check-up, I understood that she had been going through early labour for the last five hours and urgently needed to be taken to the maternity hospital in Erbil.”

An ambulance raced them to the hospital, but the woman’s labour was progressing too quickly.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Migrants and Refugees, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

04/05/2021

“If I Lose My Land, I Am No One. I Have Nothing”: A Voice from the Indigenous Mro Facing Eviction from Their Land

Human Wrongs Watch

By IWGIA – International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs*

The Mro People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh are under threat of being evicted from their ancestral lands with nowhere to go and everything to lose.

Mro Article Red Flags

Returning home to Chimbuk Hill amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to help the village’s needy, Abani*, a youth from the Indigenous Mro community received an alarming text message from his friend.

-Do you recognise these flags?

-No, what is that?

-They are going to take our land.

Posted in Asia, Market Lords, Migrants and Refugees, Mother Earth, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples | Leave a Comment »

04/05/2021

Global e-Commerce Jumps to $26.7 Trillion, Fuelled by COVID-19

Human Wrongs Watch

3 May 2021 (UN News)* — Parts of the online economy have boomed since COVID-19 began, while some pre-pandemic big-hitters have seen a reversal of their fortunes in the last year, amid widespread movement restrictions, UN economists have found.

Unsplash/rupixen | Online retail or e-commerce sales have increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to UN trade and development experts UNCTAD, the e-commerce sector saw a “dramatic” rise in its share of all retail sales, from 16 per cent to 19 per cent in 2020.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples | Leave a Comment »

03/05/2021

To Achieve Press Freedom, We Must Rewrite Journalism

Human Wrongs Watch

By Dan Hind*

It is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them

(openDemocracy)* — Monday [3 May 2021] will mark World Press Freedom Day. It’s a moment to celebrate the work that journalism does in holding power to account. It’s also a moment to raise awareness of the dangers facing journalists in many countries.

At least 1,400 journalists have been killed for doing their job in the three decades since the first World Freedom Day in 1991. Many of those were killed by their own governments, or by organised crime groups linked to political elites.

Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Market Lords, Middle East, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords | Leave a Comment »

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Subscribe!

Recent articles

RSS

Blogroll

Social media

Archive for ‘Market Lords’

By John Scales Avery*

Share

Share

Share

Share

Share

Share

Share

By IWGIA – International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs*

Share

Share

It is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them

Share

Tags

Calendar

Social Media

Categories

Social Media

Top Rated