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Spotlight Interview with Barnes Dlamini
 Repeated arbitrary arrests, intimidation, and beatings are being used to silence union activists in Swaziland. Barnes Dlamini, president of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, who has been arrested many times over the last year, gives an overview of the situation.
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 February 3, 2012—On a recent trip to Rangoon, the Solidarity Center's Timothy Ryan had the opportunity to sit down with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD), for a conversation about the future of the labor movement in Burma. In the past six months, Burma seems to be thawing, opening to the outside world it long shunned. In April, the NLD will participate in elections for the first time in 20 years. |
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 February 3, 2012—Fred Redmond, International Vice President (Human Affairs) of the United Steelworkers Union, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Redmond is a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council and serves on its International Affairs Committee. He has traveled to Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Colombia, and Mexico on missions to promote worker rights and democracy. |
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 January 31, 2012 In November 2011, the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) agreed to a proposal to establish a tripartite committee to review the mass dismissal of Bahraini workers referred to in the complaint concerning the Non-Observance by Bahrain of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958. |
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 January 30, 2012—The Federation of African Journalists the African regional organization of the International Federation of Journalists, has joined its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists in firmly condemning the assassination of prominent journalist and director of Shabelle Media Network, Hassan Osman Abdi. More than two dozen journalists have been killed, hundreds arrested, and several independent media houses shut down in Somalia since 2006. |
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 January 27, 2012—With support from the Solidarity Center, the Kenyan domestic workers union KUDHEIHA recently developed an organizing manual specifically for domestic workers. Organizing Domestic Workers: A Success Story and a Call to Action is “a guide, an encouragement, and a statement of solidarity with all domestic workers, organizers, and other champions of domestic workers’ rights.” |
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 January 27, 2012—Gilda Silvestrucci, member of the Journalists for Life and Freedom of Expression group, received death threats by phone on January 24. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) firmly condemns threats against journalists who dare to exercise their profession. "Freedom of expression is an essential prerequisite for a democracy based on the rule of law and that respects its citizens’ fundamental rights," said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow. |
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 January 26, 2012—The Solidarity Center is joining unions and human rights organizations from around world in mourning the death of Enenche Akogwu, a reporter with Nigeria’s Channels Television, and condemning the increasing violence against the media in Nigeria. Akogwu was killed this week in Kano as he was covering an attack by the Boko Haram sect. He is the third journalist in three months to lose his life. |
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 January 19, 2012—Attacks against and intimidation of journalists in Somalia are reaching a troubling level, says a new report by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), a Solidarity Center partner. The report, “Lives and Rights of Journalists under Threat,” chronicles physical threats to journalists, extrajudicial killings, legal pressure, and attacks on media workers’ rights, which combine to make Somalia the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa. |
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 January 17, 2012—Nigerian unions have called off a general strike that, with broad support from the public, crippled the country for more than a week after the government partially restored a crucial fuel subsidy. With the subsidy abandoned, the price of gas and other essentials more than tripled. While the protests were largely peaceful, at least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the course of the strike, which began January 9. |
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 January 18, 2011—The Solidarity Center has launched its latest online venture, a web portal aimed at disseminating news about issues that affect Pakistani workers to a global audience. “We hope that LabourWatch Pakistan will spark discussion, dialogue, advocacy, and action to strengthen the rights and improve the conditions of working men and women in Pakistan,” said Greg Shulze, Solidarity Center country program director in Pakistan. |
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