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Title: Health groups: Defend affordable drug treatment in India
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Health groups: Defend affordable drug treatment in India
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Health Action International Asia Pacific (HAIAP), Peoples Health Movement - India, Coalition against Bayer Dangers
Dated:
27 Jan 2009
Health groups call on German drugmaker Bayer to cancel the suit against the Indian government and domestic drug company Cipla in order to protect affordable drug treatment. The organizations fear that the fate of generics in India may hinge on this case and that thousands of Indians will die without affordable pharmaceuticals.
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Fate of generics hinges on Bayer case [India]
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Times of India
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The fate of generic pharma industry and particularly accessibility of medicines will be decided when multinational Bayer's case against the government comes up for hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday...This is one of rare instances an MNC suing the Indian government to introduce higher intellectual property standards, than what is required under Trips agreement (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights), experts say.
Title: Fate of generics hinges on Bayer case [India]
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Fate of generics hinges on Bayer case [India]
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Times of India
Dated:
19 Jan 2009
The fate of generic pharma industry and particularly accessibility of medicines will be decided when multinational Bayer's case against the government comes up for hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday...This is one of rare instances an MNC suing the Indian government to introduce higher intellectual property standards, than what is required under Trips agreement (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights), experts say.
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Health groups: Defend affordable drug treatment in India
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Health Action International Asia Pacific (HAIAP), Peoples Health Movement - India, Coalition against Bayer Dangers
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Health groups call on German drugmaker Bayer to cancel the suit against the Indian government and domestic drug company Cipla in order to protect affordable drug treatment. The organizations fear that the fate of generics in India may hinge on this case and that thousands of Indians will die without affordable pharmaceuticals.
Title: Another Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces charges
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Another Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces charges
Author:
Amy Lorentzen, Associated Press
Dated:
27 Jan 2009
Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa. The 954 new charges were filed Jan. 16 against Jeffrey Heasley, a beef production supervisor at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville. They include alleged child labor violations of employing minors in a meatpacking establishment and for exposing minors to dangerous or poisonous chemicals.
Title: One miner dead, one injured in Albania
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One miner dead, one injured in Albania
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BalkanInsight
Dated:
26 Jan 2009
One miner was killed and another injured…after a gallery collapsed at a chromium mine…in northern Albania…Although chromium prices have risen…on international markets, investment in safety has remained low in Albania. Fifteen miners have lost their lives in the last 18 months...[in] mines...operated by some 40 companies. According to the local media reports, the gallery where the accident took place was used by an unlicensed company...[A] Balkan Insight investigation…discovered that many companies that have won major concessions from Albania to operate precious copper, gold, chromium and silver mines are failing to uphold their contracts.
Title: “Résistez aux pressions des régimes répressifs” : Reporters sans frontières écrit à la nouvelle dirigeante de Yahoo !
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“Résistez aux pressions des régimes répressifs” : Reporters sans frontières écrit à la nouvelle dirigeante de Yahoo !
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Reporters sans frontières
Dated:
15 janvier 2009
Reporters sans frontières, a félicité Carol Bartz pour sa nomination à la tête de l’entreprise Yahoo !, le 13 janvier 2009. Jean-François Julliard, le secrétaire général de Reporters sans frontières, a saisi cette opportunité pour lui faire part de ses préoccupations concernant la politique en Chine de la société... “Nous vous demandons de poursuivre une politique de rupture de la divulgation des données personnelles d’utilisateurs aux autorités des pays qui censurent Internet... [N]ous vous suggérons de renégocier votre partenariat avec Alibaba, en y incluant une condition non négociable, l’enjoignant de résister aux demandes abusives des autorités chinoises...”, écrit Jean-François Julliard...
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Yahoo!’s new CEO urged to make defending freedom of expression on the Internet one of the company’s priorities
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Reporters Without Borders
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Reporters Without Borders congratulates Carol Bartz for her appointment yesterday as Yahoo!’s new CEO... The organisation’s secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, seized the opportunity to write to Bartz to express its concerns about Yahoo!’s policies in China... In the letter, Reporters Without Borders [writes]...: "We...request you to pursue a policy opposed to the disclosure of users’ personal data to the authorities of countries that abusively censor the Internet... We...urge you to renegotiate your local partnership with Alibaba, including a non-negotiable condition requiring it to resist abusive requests from the China authorities..."
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Yahoo!’s new CEO urged to make defending freedom of expression on the Internet one of the company’s priorities
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Reporters Without Borders
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Reporters Without Borders congratulates Carol Bartz for her appointment yesterday as Yahoo!’s new CEO... The organisation’s secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, seized the opportunity to write to Bartz to express its concerns about Yahoo!’s policies in China... In the letter, Reporters Without Borders [writes]...: "We...request you to pursue a policy opposed to the disclosure of users’ personal data to the authorities of countries that abusively censor the Internet... We...urge you to renegotiate your local partnership with Alibaba, including a non-negotiable condition requiring it to resist abusive requests from the China authorities..."
Title: [PDF] The Employee Free Choice Act - A Human Rights Imperative
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[PDF] The Employee Free Choice Act - A Human Rights Imperative
Author:
Human Rights Watch
Dated:
27 Jan 2009
Congress should pass the Employee Free Choice Act to help remedy glaring deficiencies in current US labor law that significantly impair the right of workers to freely choose whether to form a union. Workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively is well established under international human rights law. As a member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and party to several important international legal instruments, the United States is legally bound to protect this fundamental right. In practice, it falls far short, and failure by US employers to respect workers’ right to freedom of association is rampant.
Title: Yahoo!’s new CEO urged to make defending freedom of expression on the Internet one of the company’s priorities
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Yahoo!’s new CEO urged to make defending freedom of expression on the Internet one of the company’s priorities
Author:
Reporters Without Borders
Dated:
14 Jan 2009
Reporters Without Borders congratulates Carol Bartz for her appointment yesterday as Yahoo!’s new CEO... The organisation’s secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, seized the opportunity to write to Bartz to express its concerns about Yahoo!’s policies in China... In the letter, Reporters Without Borders [writes]...: "We...request you to pursue a policy opposed to the disclosure of users’ personal data to the authorities of countries that abusively censor the Internet... We...urge you to renegotiate your local partnership with Alibaba, including a non-negotiable condition requiring it to resist abusive requests from the China authorities..."
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“Résistez aux pressions des régimes répressifs” : Reporters sans frontières écrit à la nouvelle dirigeante de Yahoo !
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Reporters sans frontières
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Reporters sans frontières, a félicité Carol Bartz pour sa nomination à la tête de l’entreprise Yahoo !, le 13 janvier 2009. Jean-François Julliard, le secrétaire général de Reporters sans frontières, a saisi cette opportunité pour lui faire part de ses préoccupations concernant la politique en Chine de la société... “Nous vous demandons de poursuivre une politique de rupture de la divulgation des données personnelles d’utilisateurs aux autorités des pays qui censurent Internet... [N]ous vous suggérons de renégocier votre partenariat avec Alibaba, en y incluant une condition non négociable, l’enjoignant de résister aux demandes abusives des autorités chinoises...”, écrit Jean-François Julliard...
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“Résistez aux pressions des régimes répressifs” : Reporters sans frontières écrit à la nouvelle dirigeante de Yahoo !
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Reporters sans frontières
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Reporters sans frontières, a félicité Carol Bartz pour sa nomination à la tête de l’entreprise Yahoo !, le 13 janvier 2009. Jean-François Julliard, le secrétaire général de Reporters sans frontières, a saisi cette opportunité pour lui faire part de ses préoccupations concernant la politique en Chine de la société... “Nous vous demandons de poursuivre une politique de rupture de la divulgation des données personnelles d’utilisateurs aux autorités des pays qui censurent Internet... [N]ous vous suggérons de renégocier votre partenariat avec Alibaba, en y incluant une condition non négociable, l’enjoignant de résister aux demandes abusives des autorités chinoises...”, écrit Jean-François Julliard...
Title: [PDF] Human Rights and SRI in North America: An Overview
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[PDF] Human Rights and SRI in North America: An Overview
Author:
Elizabeth Umlas, PhD
Dated:
January 2009
[prepared to inform mandate of UN Special Representative John Ruggie]
This paper provides an overview of human rights issues and the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) community in North America. In particular, it focuses on social investors – those for whom environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integral to their investment decision-making – and the human rights-related due diligence that they apply to the companies in which they invest. The paper examines who these investors are, why they matter to business and human rights, which human rights issues they focus on, and how they do their work, touching also on the question of fiduciary duty and human rights. It concludes with a brief look at recent developments and trends and provides a few recommendations, including how the work of the UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights (SRSG) can help advance SRI’s own work on human rights...
Title: In boost for workers, high court affirms shield from employer retaliation [USA]
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In boost for workers, high court affirms shield from employer retaliation [USA]
Author:
Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor
Dated:
27 Jan 2009
Employees who provide evidence during an informal investigation of discrimination in the workplace are legally protected against retaliation from the boss or other senior managers. In an important workers' rights decision announced Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shields employees from retaliatory acts even when the employee hasn't filed a formal complaint…The decision puts managers and supervisors on notice that they face legal consequences if they use their power in the organization to try to cover up their own discriminatory actions by retaliating against complaining employees.
Title: La peine capitale dans le scandale du lait frelaté
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La peine capitale dans le scandale du lait frelaté
Author:
Pascale Nivelle, Libération [France]
Dated:
23 janvier 2009
Les têtes tombent dans le scandale du lait frelaté en Chine. Hier, trois hommes ont été condamnés à mort, dont un avec sursis, par le tribunal de Shijiazhuang, où se trouve le siège de la compagnie laitière Sanlu dans le Hebei. L’ex-directrice de la société, principale productrice de lait contaminé parmi les 22 incriminées, a été condamnée à la prison à vie... Les parents des petites victimes, près de 300 000 dont six sont mortes, selon les chiffres officiels, attendaient... 213 familles, dont les plaintes n’ont jamais été enregistrées par les tribunaux, ont saisi le 16 janvier la Cour suprême de Pékin.
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Chinese milk scam duo face death
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BBC News
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Two men have been given the death penalty for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal. The former boss of the Sanlu dairy at the centre of the scandal was given life imprisonment…The scandal, in which melamine was added to raw milk to make it appear higher in protein, led to the deaths of six babies and made some 300,000 ill….Sanlu itself [although bankrupt] was fined 50m yuan ($7.3m)…One other person received a suspended death sentence, two were jailed for life and six…were jailed for between five and 15 years…All together, 22 companies sold contaminated milk…Major dairy companies bought the milk from such dealers, failing to test the milk for purity and nutritional value…
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