A US federal judge has denied the request of Hong Kong’s Esquel group to have trade restrictions on its subsidiary lifted after it was placed on the Commerce Department’s “entity …
Crews Are Abandoned on Ships in Record Numbers Without Pay, Food or a Way Home
An engineer stuck on a cargo ship abandoned in a Black Sea port has waited four years to get paid and go home. Off the coast of Somalia, a crew …
European Court: Azerbaijan Must Pay Bosnian Victims of Forced Labor
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday in favor of a group of Bosnians who sued Azerbaijan more than a decade ago for cross-border human trafficking and forced labor. …
EU to propose ban on products made by forced labour
The European Commission will propose an EU ban on products made by forced labour, its president Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, adding that human dignity and freedom were …
In California, a women-led coalition is fighting for the passage a new anti-sweatshop law
Maria, 58, rapidly sews one piece after another, deftly operating her sewing machine with the kind of skill that comes from her many years of experience as a seamstress. But …
U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor
Last month, dozens of boxes of sneakers, men’s dress shirts, blouses and other clothing were unloaded off a plane in Atlanta, bound for U.S. consumers. But the shipments never made …
Rights group files complaint against German retailers over Chinese textiles
A human rights group filed a complaint to German prosecutors on Monday alleging that several fashion retailers profited from forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region. The Berlin-based European Centre for …
Cocoa giant in Brazil slave labour probe says it can’t trace supplies
One of the world’s top cocoa processors has told a Brazilian court investigating child and slave labor it cannot trace its supplies, contradicting its own public statements and raising fears …
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Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers
“One of China’s biggest tuna fishing firms, Dalian Ocean Fishing, made headlines last year when four young Indonesian deckhands fell sick and died from unknown illnesses after allegedly being subject …