UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada

adminSeptember 6, 2023September 16, 202405 mins

Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the global scourge of modern slavery issued his statement at the end of a 14-day visit. He called on the Canadian Government to intensify its efforts to safeguard workers’ rights and offer a clear pathway to permanent residency for all migrants. Migrant workers at risk “I am deeply…

Early warning system to identify new forms of pandemic in UK

adminApril 5, 2023September 11, 202405 mins

File photo The UK has developed a genetic early warning system to identify new forms of future pandemics. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire, UK, are developing an important technology to monitor genetic changes in respiratory viruses to identify dangerous new strains and identify new diseases…