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update Weekly Update 12 October | Brazil: Investigation alleges JBS poultry linked to Amazon deforestation
TikTok allegedly profiting from livestreams of displaced families in Syrian camps; Mossville, USA, residents seek remedy from Sasol for chemical complex expansion & associated harms; PT PLN Persero’s 100-megawatt coal power plant in Indonesia will produce carcinogenic fumes & lacks impact assessment, activists allege; UK court rules harmful posts on Instagram & Pinterest contributed to suicide of 14-year-old girl; OHCHR calls on Egyptian Govt. to ensure safe & full participation of civil society ahead of COP27 after alleged crackdowns, arrests & detentions; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 05 October | Myanmar: Widespread labour rights violations allegedly affect 24,000 workers
200 human & environmental rights defenders killed in 2021, finds Global Witness report; Amazonian Indigenous org. calls on Ocho Sur's intl. buyers to demonstrate their supply chain sources are not implicated in human rights abuses; 99.8 percent of women workers in agriculture in Cambodia have informal status resulting in lack of access to labour law benefits & protections; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 28 September | Qatar World Cup 2022: Sponsors failing to back remedy for abused workers; adidas announces support
New Russian law obliges int. companies operating in Russia to assist Govt. with war mobilisation; TotalEnergies to answer charges of environmental & human rights abuse related to EACOP before European Parliament committee; Indigenous peoples & Ecuadorian Govt. agree moratorium on new oil & mining for at least 12 months or until law guaranteeing consultation is passed; Community in Kyrgyzstan alleges livelihoods threatened by road-building ahead of planned Oriel Gold mine & processing plant
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update Weekly Update 21 September | Myanmar: 'Serious deterioration' leads to Primark decision to responsibly exit
Trevali managers found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Burkina Faso after flash flood killed 8 miners; 2 petrochemical projects in Louisiana's 'cancer alley’ blocked in win for environmental justice activists; 3 months after USA's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect, we survey 56 companies on their actions; H&M and Decathlon ordered to remove sustainability labels from products & make donations following Dutch investigation into 'misleading' claims; Land rights defenders in Saudi Arabia jailed for 50 years after protesting displacement for Neom megaproject; & much more.
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update Weekly Update 14 September | Ali Enterprises fire anniversary: New calls for Intl. Accord expansion
Ugandan Govt. orders communities to vacate wetlands over pollution concerns but factories allowed to remain as they may have been 'misled' over protection status; Mexican tribunal rules Renovalia Energy built wind farm on Unión Hidalgo communal land, not private property; Construction firms in Qatar incl. those working on World Cup projects allegedly terminate workers without proper notice while wages & benefits remain outstanding; and much more
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update Weekly Update 7 September | S. Africa: Shell oil exploration rights revoked in win for communities
High court ruled Shell failed to adequately consult with affected communities about the proposed project; Oxycer Mining files 5 applications with regulator to prospect for gold in Piripkura Indigenous Territory in anticipation of mining ban lift in Brazil; UN report finds it ‘reasonable to conclude’ forced labour & other serious human rights violations present in Xinjiang; Over 100 civil society & trade union organisations launch campaign calling on EU to issue a strong due diligence law; and much more
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update Weekly Update 31 August | Ukraine: 6 months on, companies allegedly continue business in Russia
Belgian company OpenWay accused of creating shell companies & structures to continue business in Russia despite sanctions; TotalEnergies sells stake in Siberia gas field to Novatek after accusations of providing Russian military planes with kerosene; Director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Vicky Bowman & activist husband detained by junta after UK announces sanctions; 200 workers in Qatar protest for up to seven months of unpaid wages; 60 face detention & deportation; and much more
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update Weekly Update 24 August | Mining companies in Burkina Faso & Chile face charges for alleged abuses
Two Trevali Mining executives arrested in relation to Burkina Faso Perkoa zinc mine flood that killed 8 workers; Lundin Mining faces charges for 35.6 metre wide, 200 metre deep sinkhole near Alcaparrosa copper mine in Chile; Hundreds of women’s organisations & activists call on UN Women to pull out of BlackRock partnership; Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU & UK, allegedly source from Brazilian farm linked to Indigenous rights abuses; Indonesian garment factory reportedly supplying brands incl. Ann Taylor, Gap & Macy's accused of union-busting & called on to reinstate dismissed union leaders; and much more
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update Weekly Update 17 August | Sierra Leone: New business laws gamechanger for land & women's rights
Tech components made by major Western firms found in weapons shipped to Russia after invasion began; 10 year anniversary of Marikana massacre in South African; UNDP ‘allied with Colombian hydrocarbon companies to crush opposition & keep oil flowing’, says New York Times; nearly 150,000 workers in Bangladesh at 200+ tea plantations strike for increase from USD1.25 per day wage; 16 dead & more than 60 injured in explosion in Yerevan trading center in Armenia; Gulf Health Council approved clinics allegedly issue fraudulent 'unfit for work' certificates for Bangladeshi migrants & demand 'bribes' to correct; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 10 August | Indigenous Peoples' Day: Call for Indigenous rights in just transition
Zimbabwean human rights activist Farai Maguwu allegedly receives death threats after publishing report on gold looting & violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga; Local communities, Las Bambas mine & Peruvian Govt. sign agreement to re-initiate dialogue after protracted conflict; Dyson fined UK£1.2m for failing to properly train staff on health & safety after 1.5-tonne machine falls on worker in UK factory; and much more
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