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    Weekly Update 6 August | Arrested for organising: Union leader and five activists detained in Myanmar

    6 Aug 2025

    South Africa: Advocacy group finds majority of eligible mine workers remain unpaid, seven years after landmark silicosis settlement | Canada: Indigenous leaders urge Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Mitsubishi to halt LNG funding over rights violations | Pakistan: Sanitation workers allegedly face caste-based discrimination, unsafe working conditions and denial of labour rights | Denmark: Inspection co. Baltic Control allegedly certified Russian grain exports from occupied Ukraine | Azerbaijan: Oil cos. SOCAR and ASCO allegedly facilitate Russian oil trade despite sanctions

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    Weekly Update 30 July | Polluters pay: Ship operators face USD1bn fine for world's worst plastic spill

    30 Jul 2025

    Google shuts down spyware app one month after security breach exposed | Central African Republic: Nigerian workers employed by Rado Central Coal Mining allegedly “abandoned” and unpaid for six months | Brazil: Report links US meat supply chain to incidents of forced labour related to JBS, Minerva and Marfrig | Indonesia: UN urges action over alleged Indigenous rights abuses and deforestation at agricultural development initiative | Spain/UK: Supermarkets accused of failing UN human rights commitments over treatment of migrant farmworkers in Spanish supply chain| Israel/OPT: GoFundMe accused of blocking millions in aid to Palestinians amid unfolding genocide & famine in Gaza | and much more...

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    Weekly Update 23 July | Abandoned at sea: Thousands of seafarers stranded without food or pay

    23 Jul 2025

    Social media harassment targets environmental defenders; Meta platforms lead in abuse cases | Tanzania: Maasai accuse carbon credit scheme of land rights violations; demand Volkswagen withdraw from project | Brazil: New law lets businesses self-certify environmental impact, threatens forests, water & Indigenous Peoples’ rights | Indonesia: District Court dismisses lawsuit against pulpwood plantation companies | UK: Major companies allegedly funded US politicians who voted against certifying 2020 election | Israel/OPT: Microsoft faces investor pressure over reports its services are used by Israeli military amid unfolding genocide in Gaza

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    Weekly Update 16 July | Record temperatures take workplace safety risks to new levels

    16 Jul 2025

    Google faces allegations of undercounting its carbon emissions | South Africa: Families face eviction after occupying abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village | Brazil: Workers subjected to wage theft, threats and coercion at Nestlé coffee supplier | India: Millions of workers join nationwide strike over labour rights | Italy: Loro Piana faces court oversight over exploitation of Chinese workers in supply chain | Egypt: Nearly half of workforce not covered by minimum wage law

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    Weekly Update 9 July | Exploitation alleged in factories supplying Primark, Boohoo, H&M & more

    9 Jul 2025

    Kenya: Human Rights Commission cautions leading telecoms firms against internet shutdown amid protests | Canada: Filipino workers win retaliation case against Best Western hotel after being dismissed for raising complaints | India: Indigenous communities in Assam protest Adani power project over alleged illegal forest land transfer & Indigenous rights violations | Russia: Agricultural co. Sad-Gigant accused of forced labour, abuse & detaining workers without pay | Israel: Chinese construction workers face exploitation & unsafe conditions amid armed conflict

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    Weekly Update 2 July | KLP divests from arms firms linked to Israeli military

    2 Jul 2025

    Kenya: Media companies respond to government blackout orders with “unprecedented defiance” amid historic youth protests | Brazil: Leather used in European designer handbags connected to illegal deforestation & violations of Indigenous Peoples’ land rights | Myanmar: Concerns over environmental impacts of rare earth mines in Shan State reportedly run by Chinese companies | Italy: Landmark “forever chemicals” case holds corporate managers criminally liable | Philippines: Labour rights groups protest to demand respect for freedom of association at a factory supplying to global fashion brands | and much more...

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    Weekly Update 18 June | Breakthrough for gig workers: ILO to develop first global standards

    25 Jun 2025

    Nigeria and Sudan: Major rulings advance oil company accountability for human rights failures and Niger Delta oil spills | USA: xAI faces lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines reportedly posing health risks to predominantly Black community in Memphis | Cambodia: Hydropower dam set to displace nearly 4,300 Indigenous families amid consultation concerns | France: Migrant workers subjected to labour rights violations while constructing low carbon kiln at Eqiom plant | Israel/OPT: Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to illegal West Bank settlements

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