From 1 June, large companies in Japan will be obliged to ban workplace harassment, under a new law.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to seize indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest and further environmental destruction.
Read moreUzbekistan Reforms Law to Combat Statelessness
Uzbekistan recently passed a law to allow over 50,000 stateless people—many who have been without citizenship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union—currently living within its borders to apply for citizenship.
Read more15 further cases of potential British involvement in rendition or torture revealed
An internal review by MI6 revealed that the UK’s potential complicity in rendition and torture is more extensive than previously known.
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