‘Moral obligation’ of Haitian NGO worker to carry on despite kidnapping of two children

‘Moral obligation’ of Haitian NGO worker to carry on despite kidnapping of two children

The Caribbean island nation continues to endure extreme insecurity, with widespread and incessant violence as rival gangs fight each other and the police for control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The violence, which includes kidnapping for ransom, is playing out against a backdrop of political and economic crises as well as poverty and underdevelopment. Chantale Valcourt…

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India, the hospital refused to provide an ambulance, forced to carry the body of the father and daughter on a motorcycle

India, the hospital refused to provide an ambulance, forced to carry the body of the father and daughter on a motorcycle

File photo A father had to carry his daughter’s body on a motorcycle after the government hospital in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh refused to provide an ambulance. According to Indian media, a citizen named Laxman Singh said that his 13-year-old daughter died due to illness, after which he asked the hospital administration to…

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China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

China: ‘Vocational training’ programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

“Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been ‘transferred’ from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice their participation has reportedly been coerced,” they said in a statement.  ‘Cultural and political indoctrination’  They noted that the labour transfer programme is facilitated by…

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