Princess Latifa: secret videos raise fears for ruler’s daughter forcibly returned to Dubai
Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police
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Four years at sea, now just metres from shore: ‘living hell’ of stranded UAE ship
Five seafarers are stuck in limbo on a beached tanker after a long, terrifying ordeal of abandonment
Read moreThe world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?
From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat
Read morePeter Dutton to be asked to fund lawyer for asylum seeker’s medevac challenge
A federal court judge says it’s ‘highly desirable’ to have a senior lawyer on the case which could lead to the release of more than 100 detainees
Read moreMigration firm investigated over ads promising Vanuatu passports
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although advertisements ‘not unlawful in themselves’
Read moreSo long as we blame modern slavery on criminals alone, we’ll never tackle the problem
Exploitation runs deep in the global economy. Only political change and better labour laws can root this out
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Christchurch: how quiet city became target for terror
Known as the garden city, Christchurch was a soft target for an attack, security experts say
Read moreGlobal pay gap will take 202 years to close, says World Economic Forum
Gender equality has stalled, says WEF, as women globally are paid 63% of what men get
Read moreBangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom
According to Human Rights Watch recent news article Bangladesh security forces have been arresting and intimidating opposition figures and threatening freedom of expression in advance of national elections on 30 December 2018. A report published by Human Rights Watch focuses on the Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Since 2013, law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh have illegally detained scores of opposition
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