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The Guardian

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians

Thu Apr 24 2025

Global Witness

New investigation suggests EU trader Traxys buys conflict minerals from DRC

Analysis of trade data and testimonies suggest a significant proportion of coltan bought from Rwanda by multibillion-dollar company is connected to the ongoing war in east DRC

15 April 2025

InfoAmazonia

ExxonMobil builds ‘petro-state’ in Guyana, amid warnings of environmental disaster

Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer status, fueled by the giant US oil company, has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations, unchecked gas flaring, and growing foreign influence.

8 April 2025

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The Guardian

Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again

Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle

Thu Apr 17 2025

Global Witness

How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

With skyrocketing global demand for critical minerals – vital to the green energy transition – Indigenous groups and biodiversity are at risk in the Philippines

03 December 2024

Coffee Watch

"Ghost Farms and Coffee Laundering"

How labor violations enter Starbucks’ and Nestlé’s Chinese coffee supply chain

29 Nov 2024

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  • BHRRC

    Exiled Uyghur leaders targeted by spyware, says Citizen Lab

    Citizen Lab reported that exiled Uyghur leaders were targeted with Windows spyware through a phishing campaign involving malware disguised as a Uyghur language tool. Google alerted some World Uyghur Congress members in mid-March, prompting an investigation that highlighted persistent, targeted surveillance threats against the Uyghur community by unknown hackers.

    Sun Apr 27 2025

  • The Guardian

    Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

    Thu Apr 17 2025

  • The Guardian

    Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

    Tue Feb 04 2025

  • The Guardian

    Thousands of imports enter Australia from firms blacklisted by US over alleged Uyghur forced labour links

    Sun Jan 19 2025

  • The Guardian

    Shein lawyer accused of ‘wilful ignorance’ over cotton linked to forced Uyghur labour

    Tue Jan 07 2025

  • The Guardian

    We are in despair at the Labour party’s U-turn on Uyghur genocide ruling | Letter

    Wed Oct 30 2024

  • The Guardian

    Uyghur activist accuses Labour of failing to stand up to China

    Tue Oct 22 2024

  • The Guardian

    Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs

    Thu Oct 17 2024

  • BHRRC

    In Broad Daylight: Uyghur forced labour and global solar supply chains

    This paper focuses on the solar energy industry – and reveals the ways forced labour in the Uyghur Region can pervade an entire supply chain and reach deep into international markets

    Sun Aug 01 2021

  • BHRRC

    UK: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee releases report on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains

    This report examines the extent to which the forced labour of Uyghurs and other ethnic minority groups in the Xinjiang is contributing to UK value chains. It also makes a series of recommendations to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for ensuring that UK businesses do not profit from human rights abuses.

    Wed Mar 17 2021

  • BHRRC

    Australia: Bill introduced to ban imports linked to Uyghur forced labour

    A bill has been proposed to prohibit imports of goods from Xinjiang province linked to forced labour into Australia

    Sun Feb 28 2021

  • Global Witness

    COVID-19 tracing apps must not interfere with human rights

    As governments scramble for ways to track and trace COVID-19 cases, we analyse one app from Guatemala to show how rushed technological fixes could potentially put citizens at risk

    14 May 2020

  • Global Witness

    Erik Prince in Myanmar – an own goal in the making for China’s Belt and Road investments?

    Erik Prince's private security firm, backed by China’s state-owned Citic Group, is setting up shop in Myanmar, with local partners linked to the country's corrupt multi-billion dollar jade trade.

    29 March 2019