TPP may be worse than ACTA
Leaders of TPP member states (20 Nov) - A version of 30 August 2013 of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) draft confirms previously expressed concerns that the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual property rights to the detriment of consumer rights...
Qatar migrant workers ‘treated like animals’
Qatar World Cup workers' hell - builders treated like slaves, stripped of rights. (18 Oct) - Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. Amnesty says migrant workers are often subjected to non-payment of wages,...
Singapore: No sleep for the Lion City’s universities
(21 Nov) - In the space of just a few generations, Singapore has transformed itself from an impoverished colonial outpost into a country with a higher per capita gross domestic product than the US. Something similar appears to be happening to its academy. Singapore’s two strongest research universities have leapt from the...
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