Autor/in: Reuters

A Belgian court has stopped an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the French oil giant Total in military-ruled Myanmar, dashing the hopes of four refugees who brought the case...But the Supreme Court of Appeals said...that...

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Autor/in: AmeriCares and Procter & Gamble

AmeriCares, in collaboration with the Procter & Gamble...Health Sciences Institute, has delivered one million PuR(R) water purification sachets to the Sudanese refugees in Chad, Africa.

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• Betreffende Unternehmen: Procter & Gamble

Autor/in: Amanda Tattam, Victorian Trades Hall Council

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Autor/in: Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times

A group of Burmese refugees won a landmark victory Tuesday when a Los Angeles judge ruled that Unocal Corp. could be tried for human rights violations, including forced labor, that allegedly occurred during construction of a $1.2-billion natural gas...

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• Mit Bezug auf: Burma: Boston Globe editorial on lawsuit against Unocal for human rights abuses perpetrated by its military partners in gas pipeline project Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)
• Betreffende Unternehmen: Unocal (part of Chevron)

Autor/in: Alex Kirby, BBC News

The Pacific nation of Tuvalu has secured New Zealand's agreement to accept an annual quota of its citizens as refugees. They want to leave Tuvalu because they say rising sea levels are driving them out. Tuvalu says the cause of the rise is climate...

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