GLAN and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have won in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate Uyghur forced labour cotton …
Milwaukee Tool sued for alleged use of forced labor in Chinese prison factory
Milwaukee Tool has been sued for allegedly having work gloves made by forced labor in a Chinese prison factory under deplorable conditions which included beatings and torture. The lawsuit filed …
US labor official calls on companies to exit China’s Xinjiang
International companies cannot responsibly operate in Xinjiang and should leave the western Chinese region due to forced labor concerns, a U.S. Labor Department official said on Tuesday. The U.S. government …
The Uyghurs Forced to Process the World’s Fish
China forces minorities from Xinjiang to work in industries around the country. As it turns out, this includes handling much of the seafood sent to America and Europe. On a …
Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land
Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to work 14 hours a day trimming marijuana on the Navajo Nation where cultivating …
Corporate ethics czar investigating Levi Strauss over alleged links to forced labour
Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that Levi Strauss Canada is working with companies that use forced labour in China. Sheri Meyerhoffer, the ombudsperson for responsible …
Canada Investigates Two Companies Over Alleged Forced Labor in China
Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog on Tuesday launched separate investigations into Nike Canada and Dynasty Gold over allegations that they used or benefited from forced Uyghur labor in their supply chains …
Corporate ethics czar launches forced-labour probes into Nike, Dynasty Gold in China
Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog has announced investigations into a gold-mining corporation and the Canadian branch of Nike over the possible use of forced labour by China’s Uyghur minority in their supply …
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Ninth Circuit Allows Human Rights Claims Against Cisco to Proceed
There may yet be life in the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Ninth Circuit recently held, in Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc., that Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong could go forward with …