Imperial Pacific, a Hong Kong-listed company, has come under fire after seven former Chinese construction workers filed a lawsuit [...]
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Top Glove becomes latest rubber glove company blocked for forced labor
The world’s largest medical glove maker has been hit with an import ban in the U.S. as a result of suspected forced labor at its [...]
U.S. private prison operator loses financiers thanks to public pressure
CoreCivic, the second largest private corrections company in the U.S. has lost two of three underwriters for its $633.5 million bond [...]
Cars made in last 5 years likely tied to Uyghur forced labor, report finds
Immediately following the release of a new report linking almost the entire car industry to Uyghur forced labor, the United Auto [...]
Nigerian Militia Frees Nearly 900 Child Soldiers
UNICEF has announced that nearly 900 child soldiers have been rescued by a regional militia allied with Nigerian government forces. The [...]
Treaty against child labor becomes first ever to achieve universal ratification
In a historic milestone in the fight against child labor, an International Labour Organization (ILO) treaty against the worst forms of [...]
Black Friday 99%-off sale sparks fears over garment workers’ pay in UK
U.S. and Japan against supply chain exploitation
The U.S. and Japan have joined their efforts in the pursuit of shedding greater light on worker exploitation in supply chains, setting [...]
Apple, Nike, and other top brands linked to forced labor of China’s Uyghurs
A new report has revealed that China’s Uyghur people are being transferred by the tens of thousands to work in “conditions that [...]
Officials struggle to tackle domestic servitude in Brazil
Brazil is struggling to tackle a hidden domestic servitude crisis that threatens to worsen as a result of the pandemic, officials [...]
Young Uyghurs lead online mobilization against forced labor in China
Young Ugyhurs living overseas, reporting on the detention and forced labor of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim groups in China, risk [...]
Ukraine war potentially increasing number of known trafficking victims
A new UN report outlines how numbers of known trafficking victims are increasing following the pandemic which may be as a result of the [...]
Internet Firms Back US Sex Trafficking Bill
Major internet firms in Silicon Valley have made a sharp reversal by coming out today in support of a new bill that would make it [...]
U.S. government and businesses urged to take action on forced labor in China
Update: A new bill has been announced seeking to oblige American companies to disclose evidence about their supply chains in China to [...]
Former world leaders warn of child marriage risk girls face due to pandemic
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic risks creating a “COVID generation” of children lost to forced marriage and other forms of modern [...]
COVID-19 exposes exploitation risks for migrant workers in Portugal
As migrant agricultural workers in Portugal find themselves having to self-isolate as a result of a wave of COVID-19 infections in the [...]
Louisiana systematically keeping people incarcerated past their release date
Watch our event with a brilliant panel of activists discussing forced prison labor. Louisiana, the U.S. state dubbed the “world’s [...]
Court Rejects Nevsun Bid to Block Forced Labor Lawsuit
An appeals court in Canada has rejected Nevsun Resources Ltd’s bid to throw out a lawsuit against the company in which six [...]
US launches investigation into child and forced labor in Côte d’Ivoire cocoa
The US government is investigating the supply chains of American cocoa traders for child labor in Côte d’Ivoire, amid growing calls [...]
U.S. prepares to block cotton imports from Uyghur Region
Last week, Freedom United signed a petition urging the U.S. to ban the import of cotton goods from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in [...]
American tire company falls flat on workers’ rights
American tire giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been taken to court by its Malaysian factory foreign workers on charges of [...]
40 Traffickers Arrested, 500 Rescued in West Africa
Interpol says 40 human traffickers have been arrested and 500 people rescued across West Africa after operations in Chad, Mali, [...]
Uzbekistan calls for end of cotton boycott, but Cotton Campaign holds its ground
The government of Uzbekistan has appealed for the boycott of its cotton and textiles to be lifted, citing both recent progress and the [...]
COVID-19 pandemic driving Cambodian “bride trafficking” to China
Two anti-trafficking charities have reported this week that that trafficking of Cambodian “brides” to China has increased sharply this [...]