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UN Human Rights Office documents growing reprisals against civil society for cooperating with United Nations
Author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Human rights: Reported reprisals on the rise, says UN", 19 Sep 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Women human rights defenders
Ethiopia: Columnist attributes Gibe III dam's negative impacts, including loss of livelihood, to failure to consult local communities
Author: Aminata Diallo, The Organisation for World Peace
"Is The Building Of The Gibe III Dam In Ethiopia Helping Or Hindering Development?"...
- Related in-depth areas: Indigenous peoples Land Rights & Displacements
Ethiopia: Human rights concerns related to govt.s' Kuraz sugar project, incl. displacement & food insecurity
Author: Benedikt Kamski, Ethiopia Insight (UK)
"Omo investors won’t scrub away Kuraz’s sugary stain"...
- Related in-depth areas: Indigenous peoples Land Rights & Displacements
Ethiopian Airlines partners with UN agency to combat human trafficking
Author: Abraham D. Walta Media (Ethiopia)
"UN agency partners with Ethiopian Airlines to combat human trafficking"...
- Related in-depth areas: Human trafficking Trafficking
- Related companies: Ethiopian Airlines
Africa: Study reveals Chinese companies pay & train workers to similar standards as non-Chinese companies
Author: David Pilling, Financial Times
It is wrong to demonise Chinese labour practices in Africa", 3 July 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Chinese investment overseas
Ethiopia: Oakland Institute report says state projects have left thousands in danger of conflict & starvation; includes govt. official's response
A recent Oakland Institute report claims that Gibe III dam and irrigated sugar plantations are “wreaking havoc” in southern Ethiopia and threaten to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous peoples. It continues that the government has yet to address...
Access Now report reveals extent of internet shutdowns & documents increased pushback in courts
Author: Access Now
"The State of Internet Shutdowns Around the World: The 2018 #Keepiton Report" 01 Jun 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Technology and Human Rights: Digital Freedom
Ethiopia: Proposed law to improve wages and promote safe working environment in industrial parks
Author: Birhanu Fikade, The Reporter (Ethiopia)
"MoLSA to push for livable wages in ind. parks"...
- Related in-depth areas: Living wage
Progress on child labour flatlining in world’s manufacturing hubs, according to 2019 Child Labour Index
Author: Verisk Maplecroft
Despite high levels of economic growth and improvements on poverty and education, progress on child labour has stalled in the manufacturing countries most entwined with global supply chains... [O]ur latest annual Child Labour Index... shows that...