Modern Slavery Bill, Member’s Bill 242—1

This Bill is jointly sponsored by two members in accordance with Standing Order 277(1). The Bill’s purpose is to implement a statutory framework to strengthen and coordinate actions to combat …

Kmart faces court over Australian Uyghur challenge

The legal challenge against retail giant Kmart filed by Australian Uyghurs will be heard in the Federal Court of Australia today.   The Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association (AUTWA) is seeking documents to determine whether Kmart engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about the use …

Xinjiang cotton express train raises due diligence fears

A leading forced labour expert has warned that the launch of China’s first high-speed ‘express’ cotton train – linking the Xinjiang region with eastern textile hubs – raises sourcing fears …

Kenyan job seekers were lured to Russia, then sent to die in Ukraine

Hundreds of Kenyans have been recruited by the Russian military to serve on the front lines in Ukraine, according to former recruits and their families. Many have never returned. Most …

The Taliban’s New Criminal Regulation Legalizes Slavery, Violence, and Repression of Women

On January 7, 2026, the Taliban’s emir issued a two-point decree formally endorsing a new Criminal Procedural Regulations for Courts (119 articles, 3 chapters, 10 sections) and announcing that it would take effect …

Everyone Gets A Cut, and Migrant Workers Pay the Price

The migrant worker — indebted, jobless and stranded in a foreign country — tried to keep it together as he picked up the phone to call his wife. His name …

Behind Oklahoma Cannabis Farms, New Yorkers With Ties to Beijing

The police found him in his bedroom in Edmond, Okla., facedown, dead from a gunshot wound and still gripping the bloody kitchen knife he had used to try to defend …

They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.

One group paid its leader more than $500,000 a year while shipping foreign trainees to American jobs where they said they felt like slaves. Another put the wife, daughters and …

Brazilian labor prosecution reaches R$40 million deal on forced labor at BYD Camaçari facility in 2025

The Brazilian Labor Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) announced in early 2025 the conclusion of a significant judicial agreement with Chinese automaker BYD, alongside contractors China Jinjiang Construction Brazil and Tecmonta …

Brazil judge orders government to add JBS subsidiary to ‘dirty list’ for slavery

A federal labor judge in Brazil ordered the government to add a poultry unit of meatpacker JBS to a so-called “dirty list” of employers responsible for subjecting workers to slavery-like …