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vrijdag 1 november 2013

Pressure Grows to Protect Domestic Workers; Syria; NSA Spying‏


Human Rights WatchTHE WEEK IN RIGHTS
October 31, 2013
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Pressure Grows to Protect Domestic Workers 

© 2012 REUTERS/ Enrique Castro-Mendivil 

The founding of a global federation of domestic workers is a sign of the growing strength of the movement, and a key moment to assess progress for workers long excluded from basic labor protections. There are an estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide – the majority of them women and girls, and many of them migrants.

In the past two years, 25 countries have improved legal protections for domestic workers, with many of the strongest reforms in Latin America. Some of the biggest challenges loom in the European Union, which has a growing elderly population depending on the services domestic workers provide, and the Middle East and Asia, where progress has been weak and some of the worst abuses occur. 
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USASyria: What Chance to Stop the Slaughter?

Kenneth Roth writes in The New York Review of Books that the chemical weapons deal for Syria represents the best opportunity since the war there began to forge a unified international front to stop the slaughter. But that will happen only with a much more focused and consistent international effort to press Russia to live up to its responsibility to protect the people of Syria. 
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USADispatches: Taming the NSA – Reform Bills Fall Short 

The legislative wheels are spinning furiously on Capitol Hill, as US lawmakers put bills in play in response to the global fury over rampant surveillance by the National Security Agency. But none of these proposals go far enough. 
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ASIABangladesh: No Justice in Mass Trials for Mutineers 

Trying hundreds of people en masse in one giant courtroom, where the accused have little or no access to lawyers is an affront to international legal standards. 
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EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIAIn Russia, Abuses Tarnish 100-Day Countdown to Winter Olympics 

With just 100 days before the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics in SochiRussia, the International Olympic Committee has a key opportunity to speak out about abuses linked to Russia’s preparations for the games. 
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Middle East/North AfricaIn Kuwait, 10 Years for Twitter Comments

Ten years in prison for peaceful criticism shows just how little Kuwait respects freedom of expression. Locking up critics isn’t going to make Kuwait’s political crisis go away. 
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