Brussels, 17/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - One year after it came into being, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published, on 18 September, its first annual report on violations of trade union rights in the world. The report, covering 138 countries, reveals that, in 2006, 144 trade unionists were murdered (compared with 115 in 2005) for defending workers' rights, and more than 800 others suffered beatings or torture. The ITUC report details nearly 5,000 arrests and over 8,000...