Shipping firms are profiting from labour abuse in Bangladesh, NGOs claim
European shipping firms are knowingly sending their end-of-live ships for scrap in dangerous and polluting yards in Bangladesh, NGOs have claimed. A new report from Human Rights Watch and Shipbreaking…
One million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face little prospect of returning home, Human Rights Watch claims
The one million Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh face little prospect of safely retuning home, Human Rights Watch has claimed. The organisation has made the statement six years after the…
Libya – time for Egypt to step up?
by Gilbert Ramsay There are occasions when world events seem to laugh at pure political principles. There certainly aren't as many as there seem to be. Often our politicians and…