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update Weekly Update 4 December | Extensive rights abuses alleged at FC Barcelona stadium project
Kenya: Politicians accused of profiting from weakened migrant worker protections | USA: Hyundai and Kia sued over alleged use of child and prison labour in Alabama supply chain | Hong Kong: Prestige Construction and subcontractors investigated after deadly Wang Fuk Court fire | EU: Corporate lobbying alliance reportedly worked to dilute CSDDD protections | Israel/OPT: Reports allege Israeli government hired PR firm to shape AI-driven online narratives | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 26 November | Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers allegedly subjected to a decade of exploitation on Riyadh Metro project
Kenya: Court orders new environmental assessment for Menengai geothermal projects over lack of public participation | Guatemala: Labour rights violations found in Korean-owned factories linked to US brands | S. Korea: New salt farm forced labour cases uncovered despite past investigations, watchdogs warn | Italy: Fox Petroli targets environmental activists with USD2m lawsuit | Israel/OPT: Google refuses to remove Israeli ads that deny famine in Gaza | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 19 Nov | Landmark ruling: BHP found liable for Brazil’s worst dam collapse
Zambia: British American Tobacco allegedly lobbied to weaken tobacco control bill | USA: Indonesian fishers’ forced labour case against Bumble Bee allowed to proceed | Pakistan: Fashion brands failing to address labour rights under German supply chain law | France: ECCHR files complaint against TotalEnergies over alleged complicity in war crimes in Mozambique | Tunisia: 48 Indian migrant workers allegedly subjected to severe labour abuses at L&T subcontractor | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 12 Nov | Landmark victory: Historic remedy for wrongfully imprisoned union leader
South Africa: NGOs urge court to hold Anglo American accountable for alleged lead poisoning in Zambia | USA: Lawmakers raise concerns over ICE’s access to Graphite spyware | S. Korea: 80% of fatal night-time accidents concentrated in four high-risk occupations, including delivery and driving workers | Belgium: NGOs take legal action against Ineos's new plastic plant over alleged emissions and health risks | Saudi Arabia: 600 migrant construction workers allegedly protest eight months' wage theft at Mecca development project | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 6 November | Brazil: Isolated Indigenous Peoples at risk from 1,827 mining requests
Kenya: Audit reveals potential human rights violations as electricity company fails to fairly compensate landowners affected by electricity projects | Peru: Chinalco mine accused of forced relocation; Morococha resettlement promises left unfulfilled, report says | Myanmar: Chinese travel goods manufacturer Wanxinda accused of bribing officials to crack down on trade unions | Germany: NGOs file complaint against coffee giants over labour abuses | Israel/OPT: Google and Amazon agreed to "stringent & unorthodox controls” in Project Nimbus contract with Israeli govt., sidestepping legal orders
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update Weekly Update 29 October | Win for workers: Bangladesh drops criminal cases against 48,000 garment workers
Kenya: Court orders new environmental assessment for Menengai geothermal projects over lack of public participation | Guatemala: Labour rights violations found in Korean-owned factories linked to US brands | S. Korea: New salt farm forced labour cases uncovered despite past investigations, watchdogs warn | Italy: Fox Petroli targets environmental activists with USD2m lawsuit | Israel/OPT: Google refuses to remove Israeli ads that deny famine in Gaza
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update Weekly Update 22 October | Crackdown in Ecuador: Environmental defenders under attack amid mining expansion
Kenya: Court blocks USD2b Lamu coal plant over public participation failures | USA: BNP Paribas held liable for indirectly funding violence and supporting ethnic cleansing under al-Bashir regime in Sudan | Myanmar: Report alleges that telecoms companies aided junta surveillance of activists and journalists | Poland: Migrant workers at Plukon chicken plant allegedly face wage theft and threats amid agency negligence | Yemen: Filipino seafarer killed after alleged denial of right to refuse high-risk voyage
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update Weekly Update 15 October | Forced to quit: 1,450 migrant workers coerced at major electronics supplier
Zambia: Mine tailings spill driving long-term contamination in local food chain, experts warn | Brazil: Leather and beef supply chains drive deforestation, forced labour and land invasions, linked to major fashion and footwear brands | Cambodia: International financiers linked to predatory microfinance institutions that drive rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples | Ukraine: Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom allegedly complicit in torture, unlawful detentions and safety breaches at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant | UAE: ITF calls for action amid ongoing abandonment of 19 migrant seafarers on sanctioned oil tanker | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 8 October | Subsidy scandal: Farms accused of migrant worker abuse received €14m in EU funding
Kenya: High Court allows pesticide harm case to proceed as class action lawsuit | Ecuador: Trade union files complaint to European Commission over banana industry’s human rights and environmental abuses under EU trade deal | India: Nine workers die in Chennai scaffolding collapse, unions highlight exploitation of labourers in Special Economic Zones | Russia: Swedish manufacturer SKF exports tens of millions of dollars’ worth of products, including items usable for military purposes, to Russia despite sanctions | Saudi Arabia: Human rights groups challenge FIFA, ICC, Formula 1 and other major sports bodies over Saudi Aramco sponsorships, citing risks to human rights | and much more...
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