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Nearly 60 million people displaced in 2021 by conflict and natural disaster

May 20, 2022admin

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 — an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass […]

Amnesty says FIFA should pay $440 million to ‘abused’ migrant workers in Qatar

May 20, 2022admin

Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged football’s governing body FIFA pay compensation equal to the total 2022 World Cup prize money for migrant workers “abused” in host nation Qatar. The call, backed by other rights organisations and fan groups, follows allegations that FIFA was slow to safeguard against the exploitation of workers who flooded […]

Harvard sets up $100 million fund to tackle its historic ties to slavery

April 27, 2022admin

/ Americas Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 18:07 Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. © Maddie Meyer, AFP According to an email sent by Harvard University’s president to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, the Ivy-league university is establishing a $100 million endowment fund and other measures in an effort to close the country’s educational, […]