As ILO convention turns 30, India’s home-based workers demand equal rights
Convention 177 was adopted on 20 June 1996, recognising home-based workers on a par with traditional wage earners.
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Israel says cutting ties with top EU diplomat over ‘apartheid’ comments
The UN rights office has previously found that Israel is violating international laws that prohibit apartheid.
Israel kills at least three Palestinians in Gaza City drone strike
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 1,007 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the so-called ‘ceasefire’.
Greece’s ‘war on Roma’ is Europe’s new blueprint for discrimination
Mass raids on Roma communities show how Europe is recasting racial discrimination as crime prevention and public order.
US transfers immigrants out of Florida Alligator Alcatraz detention centre
The facility, located near the Everglade wetlands, has drawn human rights concerns and lawsuits over its conditions.
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Freed Palestinian prisoner meets son conceived with smuggled sperm
After spending 25 years in Israeli prisons, Abdul Karim al-Rimawi embraced his son Majd for the first time.
Published On 17 Jun 2026
‘He wanted to burn me alive’: 92-year-old recounts West Bank settler attack
Settlers target mosques and homes amid escalating attacks in the occupied West Bank, increasing fear among Palestinians.
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Life amid Canada’s ‘troubling’ shift on migrant rights
Experts say Canada ‘closing the doors’ as socioeconomic issues upend decades-long consensus on immigration.
![People wait to seek help from the FCJ Refugee Centre in Toronto, Canada, August 7, 2023 [Wa Lone/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2023-09-02T100010Z_294917403_RC2AN2AT3JSJ_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-REFUGEES-1779715341.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine opposes death penalty, reversing past support
Support for capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States, with several states rolling back its use.
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Post-apartheid South Africa: 50 years after Soweto riots, what has changed?
Black students braved bullets to protest the discriminatory apartheid-era education policies.
A Mexican citizen died in ICE custody. Now his family is demanding answers
Jose Guadalupe Ramos is one of 19 people who have died in ICE detention this year. Experts say he’s part of a trend.
