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Exploitation in focus
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12 February 2021
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Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US
Chocolate companies are among the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former child workers in Ivory Coast
15 December 2020
How extreme porn has become a gateway drug into child abuse
Mainstream pornography sites are ‘changing what is normal’, warns child abuse expert Michael Sheath
10 December 2020
Pornhub to ban unverified uploads after child abuse content claims
Site – visited 100m times a day – to make changes following allegations it was hosting abusive and non-consensual material
3 December 2020
Garment workers going hungry as fallout from cancelled orders takes toll – report
Workers are being forced into debt and facing food shortages as suppliers to western fashion brands cut wages and close factories
‘Deeply dark criminal activity’ drives rise in child abuse images online
The use of webcams and live streaming has led to increased grooming by predators during the coronavirus pandemic
'These images are a crime scene … it's massive for us to find the child'
The Internet Watch Foundation is seeing a growing number of tipoffs about child abuse. We talk to one analyst about her work
30 November 2020
Silent victims: the hidden Romanian women exploited in the UK sex trade
Sex traffickers can make profits of over £1m a year per brothel – and Covid lockdowns have only made it easier for them to operate
26 November 2020
Qatar firms’ failure to pay leaves migrant workers destitute – report
Despite government measures, thousands left struggling during Covid outbreak as companies withhold salaries and benefits, research shows
20 November 2020
UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour
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How Chinese PPE factories supplying the UK may be using North Korean slave labour – video
20 October 2020
Chocolate industry slammed for failure to crack down on child labour
Children as young as five still exposed to hazardous work in countries including Ghana and Ivory Coast, report reveals
25 September 2020
UK government sourcing NHS PPE from company repeatedly accused of forced labour
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Gloves from Malaysian company Top Glove found in NHS supply chain despite multiple allegations of worker exploitation
3 September 2020
‘I am starving’: the migrant workers abandoned by Dubai employers
With no salary or money to pay for flights home, many are trapped in desperate situations in crowded labour camps
1 September 2020
New labour law ends Qatar’s exploitative kafala system
Workers will be able switch jobs without employers’ permission, but rights groups say measure does not go far enough
31 August 2020
Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners
Petitions issued to US authorities cite ‘integral role of forced labour’ involving Uighur Muslims and other minority groups
7 August 2020
Covid led to ‘brutal crackdown’ on garment workers' rights, says report
Brands including Primark, Zara and H&M accused of failing to protect workers at factories in Asian from ‘union busting’
6 August 2020
Covid outbreak exposes dire conditions at Guatemala factory making US brands
More than 200 workers tested positive at garment factory supplying Amazon, Gap and American Eagle
5 August 2020
US could become ‘safe haven’ for corporate abusers, activists warn
Campaigners fear supreme court will reinterpret centuries-old law used by foreign victims of human rights violations
30 July 2020
British trafficking victim sues Priti Patel alleging abuse of personal data
Lawyers argue human rights of ‘extremely vulnerable’ woman were breached by Home Office access to personal and confidential details
23 July 2020
'Virtually entire' fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups
Human rights coalition says cotton produced in camps in Xinjiang region finds its way into one in five products worldwide
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