Canned tuna brands found failing to combat slavery in supply chains
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation About 80 per cent of the world’s biggest canned tuna brands do not know who caught their fish, putting workers in the industry at risk of exploitation and slavery, a human rights group said on Monday. Of 35 tuna companies and supermarkets surveyed by the UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, […]
Killings and threats against land rights defenders soar in 2017, says rights group
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 120 activists campaigning to protect their land, environment and labour rights from business interests were killed last year – an almost 50 per cent increase on 2016, a rights group said on Tuesday. The London-based Business & Human Rights Resource Centre said it documented 388 attacks on campaigners in 2017, including […]