Fair and balanced? Hacking scandal rocks Murdoch media empire
Billionaire Rupert Murdoch tried to squelch the hacking scandal engulfing his media empire by closing down his British tabloid, News of the World, but the firestorm continues to spread.
Indonesian domestic worker is beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Jakarta stopped workers from traveling to Saudi Arabia after the beheading there of a 54-year-old Indonesian migrant worker June 17.
Bahrain: Military tribunals hand down long sentences
Condemnation is mounting in response to severe sentences handed down June 22 against 21 leaders of ongoing anti-government demonstrations.
World’s domestic workers win historic victory
The new rules, which must be ratified by at least two countries to come into effect, calls for national governments to ensure that discrimination is ended and that child and forced labor be abolished outright.
50,000 Canadian postal workers locked out
The company cited $100 million in losses the strike has caused and the union's refusal to cooperate in dealing with declining mail volumes.
In South Korea, strike leaders land in court
180 Vietnamese migrant workers building a wharf in Inchon, South Korea, launched one brief strike in July, 2010, and another last January.
Iranians release bus drivers union leader
The leader of the independent bus drivers union in Tehran, Iran, was released on bond from Iranian prisons.
Bang your own head, not a seal’s
Humane Society International and heavy metal musicians are calling upon the Canadian government to cancel the 2011 commercial seal killings.
Court says Colombian victims may sue Chiquita
It was, lawyer Paul Wolf observed, "One of the most detailed judicial opinions ever written in any U.S. human rights case."
Iraqi youth activists released from detention
The four charged that they had been arrested for participating in demonstrations calling for political reform, ending corruption and providing services to the people.
