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5 Aug 2020

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    Weekly Update 22 March | AI: Misinformation concerns over ChatGPT and Google Bard

    22 Mar 2023

    Indigenous leaders allege SpaceX internet service facilitating irregular mining expansion in Brazil's beleaguered Yanomami region; Companies & investors that allegedly support Myanmar military junta named in CSO report; Oil firms in Azerbaijan committing widespread abuses including illegal termination of contracts and health & safety violations, says CSO; Progress on labour rights, employer accountability & dialogue in Qatar have ‘ceased’ following World Cup, say unions; and much more...

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    Weekly Update 15 March | Cambodia: Puma and VF Corporation suppliers accused of union busting

    15 Mar 2023

    Components made in USA, Western Europe & Taiwan found in weapons used in Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine, says CSO report; Investigation finds migrant children working in factories in US in violation of child labour law; Long Isun Indigenous community set to lose custody of forests in Indonesia to timber companies supplying global brands; TikTok and Meta moderators in Germany form first industry-wide collective in Europe to fight for better working conditions; and much more...

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    Weekly Update 08 March | Brazil: 207 winery workers rescued from alleged modern slavery

    8 Mar 2023

    US defence contractors face lawsuit over arms supply to Saudi-led war in Yemen; Investigation finds hate & misinformation 'thriving' on Twitter; Kenya: Additional brands & retailers linked to allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations; 3 Chinese nickel workers file complaint to national human rights commission over workplace conditions in Indonesian plant; 57 confirmed dead in Greek train crash as rail workers & protesters decry privatisation & lack of investment in railway infrastructure; and much more.

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    Weekly Update 01 March | Russia: Businesses making huge profits despite commitments to exit

    1 Mar 2023

    Landmark duty of vigilance case against TotalEnergies over EACOP dismissed on procedural grounds; CSOs sue BNP Paribas bank for allegedly enabling deforestation, slave labour & violating Indigenous rights; CSO Access Now alleges businesses support junta to build & implement complex attack & surveillance infrastructure; UK court rules chemical trading firm Savaro is liable to victims of 2020 Beirut blast; CSO raises human rights concerns over FIFA decision to host Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia; and much more...

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    Weekly Update 22 February | Ukraine invasion: One year on, companies bolstering Russian military

    22 Feb 2023

    Workers in Kenya allege sexual abuse by supervisors on Unilever and James Finlay & Co tea farms supplying Starbucks, Sainsburys & Tesco; Norfolk Southern ordered to pay for clean-up costs after derailment of train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio, USA; Cambodian government shuts down media outlet VOD; ALQST alleges increasing judicial harassment by Saudi state against Al-Howaitat tribe members protesting NEOM megaproject; and much more...

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    Weekly Update 15 February | Turkey: Earthquake devastation worsened by allegedly sub-standard construction

    15 Feb 2023

    Contractors claim to have manipulated elections around world using hacking, sabotage & social media disinformation; Italian cement firm Buzzi Unicem continues business expansion in Russia despite sanctions, new report alleges; Los Laureles cooperative accuse agricultural firm Dinant of involvement in killing of human rights defender Omar Cruz Tomé in Honduras; Philippines Supreme Court orders online shopping platform Lazada to reinstate dismissed riders & pay 5 years’ back wages; European Commission recommends EU exit from the Energy Charter Treaty; and much more

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    Weekly Update 08 February | Gig economy: Amazon loses Spanish labour case

    8 Feb 2023

    Major car brands’ supply chains linked to alleged abuses in Xinjiang Uyghur region, says report; Twitter failing to do ‘the basics’ to curb child sexual abuse content, allege independent experts; 14,000 people from 2 Nigerian communities sue Shell for allegedly ‘devastating’ pollution of water sources & destruction of way of life; and much more

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    Weekly Update 01 February | Myanmar: Businesses allegedly funding junta & violating workers' rights

    1 Feb 2023

    Meta sues Israeli surveillance company Voyager Labs for allegedly collecting data on users via fake accounts; Canadian Supreme Court dismisses appeal for investigation into murder of Mexican environmental defender; Philippines court acquits 10 human rights & environmental defenders from leading NGOs; Vale, Tüv Süd & 16 executives face criminal charges including homicide for Brumadinho dam collapse; EU Parliamentary committees vote in favour of mandatory due diligence rules for financial sector; Qatar World Cup workers allegedly detained & face deportation following protests over working conditions; and much more...

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    Weekly Update 25 January | Davos: UN head calls for Big Oil accountability for role in climate crisis

    25 Jan 2023

    Guterres called on business leaders to provide "credible and transparent" plans to meet standards published by UN experts at COP27; New investigation into world’s leading carbon standard, finds forest carbon offsets are “largely worthless”; Hundreds of Western components found in Russian drones used against Ukraine; Lawyers tell court Anglo American knew of toxic fumes & dust which poisoned women & children in Zambia; Mexican Nahua community defenders disappear hours after meeting with Ternium mining company representatives; Three workers die every day in registered factories, Indian government data reveals; and much more.

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