When #DevelopmentFinance Does More Harm than Good: Case of #Indorama Agro in #Uzbekistan
" #development #banks r still failing e very pple tey claim to serve.. 60–80 #workers were reportedly perform'g unpaid labor under threat of not rcv'g new contracts — an indicator of #forcedlabor.. ~10,000 #farmers who'd lost their livelihoods were still waiting for restoration. For #IndoramaAgro, it was a convenient exit. For #IFC & #EBRD, it was an abdication of #responsibility"
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https://thediplomat.com/2025/05/when-development-finance-does-more-harm-than-good-the-case-of-indorama-agro-in-uzbekistan/
#ForcedLabor
Forced labor involving public sector employees and children persists during Turkmenistan's 2024 cotton harvest, despite a government ban, risking international sanctions timesca.com/forced-and-c... #Turkmenistan #CottonHarvest #HumanRights #ForcedLabor #ChildLabor
Forced and Child Labor Persist...
Forced labor involving public sector employees and children persists during Turkmenistan's 2024 cotton harvest, despite a government ban, risking international sanctions https://timesca.com/forced-and-child-labor-persist-in-turkmen-cotton-harvest-un-experts-say/ #Turkmenistan #CottonHarvest #HumanRights #ForcedLabor #ChildLabor
Trump coerces $100M deal for free legal svcs from Skadden Arps from his EO shakedown of primo law firms.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5220137-trump-skadden-100-million-pro-bono/
As Rachel Cohen, who quit Spadden Arps b/c of this, said recently, Trump's doing this b/c his attys are losers, so he's rustling himself some winners.
Looks like the MAGA crowd (Make Abolition Go Away) is endorsing that quaint custom from which the British East India Company profited for 400 years. The NY Times doesn’t want to talk over us, nor further the arguments for reparations by calling “forced labor” slavery.
#byanyothername #slavery #forcedlabor #DominoSugar #DominicanRepublic https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/business/economy/trump-sugar-forced-labor-ban-lifted.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k4.15-K.9kxRT3taY3wB&smid=url-share
A decade after legislation that put Britain at the forefront of the global fight against human trafficking, thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of a crackdown on illegal migration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/11/world/politics/uk-immigration-policy-modern-slavery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #immigration #migration #forcedlabor #slavery #childlabor
Listened to a quite good podcast about #energy in #China with an academic expert. But the last question was on #Uyghur #forcedlabor and he answered it like it was a compliance issue, something to be managed.
I realized, though, that's how a lot of people see many #humanrights issues. As a risk to be managed or avoided. Not a moral imperative and an issue that, frankly, should be front and central to any supply chain discussion on #cleanenergy
China will power the majority of tech... and we had no idea! The national security implications are staggering!
#News #TechNews #China #USA #semiconductors #legacychips #forcedlabor #slavelabor #monopoly #nationalsecurity
Daily podcast: China will power the majority of tech... and we had no idea! The national security implications are staggering!
#News #TechNews #China #USA #semiconductors #legacychips #forcedlabor #slavelabor #monopoly #nationalsecurity #podcast
Great to see that the latest report from #Japan's Renewable Energy Institute specifically mentions both #Uyghur #forcedlabor & #coal intensity as concerns with #China's dominance of global #Solar
One of the first times a #climate/#energy group in Japan, as far as I know, has raised this. Not surprised its REI, the most independent & expert led such org.
https://www.renewable-ei.org/en/activities/reports/20241218.php
Captchas truly are only crowdsourced AI training without having to pay for it, yes?
#AI #Labeling #ForcedLabor #Enshittification #SecurityTheater
#破土 | 英國的監獄（下） | 路易士老師 | 英史補習班
📖 全文: IG Story 連結
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1865年的《監獄法》規定，監獄應該實行「辛苦地勞動、吃辛苦食物和住辛苦地方」的原則。他們要做的包括拆解舊繩索或編織，或者處身在完全沉默的環境中，囚犯們被強迫從事一些單調、重複的任務，他們進行這些無聊的勞動，沒有任何交流。
筆者看資料時，都被兩個極無聊的活動嚇怕，一是每日轉動曲柄（Turning the Crank）一萬次︰囚犯需要重複轉動一個阻力很大的曲柄，曲柄通常會連接到一個沒有實際用途的裝置，比如一個阻力裝置，這樣設計，純粹是為了讓囚犯感到疲憊和挫敗。這種懲罰形式旨在消耗囚犯的精力，讓他們身心俱疲。
二是踩踏車輪（Treadwheel），它像跑步機，囚犯需要站在車輪上，像踩樓梯一樣不斷踩踏，使車輪轉動。這個裝置最初設計用來驅動磨坊或抽水等，但在監獄中，踩踏車輪通常是沒有實際用途的。
所有目的只得一個︰徒勞無...
#Prison #ForcedLabor #Futility #Defeat #England
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDePYEeutMY/
Full list of tomato products linked to Chinese forced labour on sale in #UK
Products described as containing #Italian #tomatoes could actually contain tomatoes grown in #China using #ForcedLabor
The investigation found 17 tomato products including purée sold in UK & #German markets are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes
Of those, 6 are sold in
- #Asda
- #Tesco
- #Morrisons
- #Waitrose
All 4 supermarkets dispute results of the testing
Were your canned tomato products produced using #forcedlabor? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crezlw4y152o #forcedlabour #slavery #supplychain #China
Happy International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, 2024.
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #internationaldayfortheabolitionofslavery #happyinternationaldayfortheabolitionofslavery #internationaldayfortheabolitionofslavery2024 #2024internationaldayfortheabolitionofslavery #abolition #abolitionism #abolitionist #abolitionists #slavery #forcedlabor #forcedlabour #servitude #slavetrade
‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
Uniqlo is facing calls for a consumer boycott in China after the CEO of the clothing company's owner said it does not source cotton from the country's Xinjiang region, which has faced allegations of forced labor in recent years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/29/companies/uniqlo-boycott-risk-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #retailers #uniqlo #clothing #forcedlabor #socialmedia #china #xinjiang
#Abortion bans have nothing to do with protecting any "right to life" of zygotes, and everything to do with enforcing a narrow interpretation of #morality on #society.
That why the same people who oppose the protection of people's right to bodily integrity are the same people who oppose any and all forms of public assistance (except for corporate #welfare programs).
It's all about #punishment of people they disdain, it's that simple. #ForcedBirth and #ForcedLabor are their values. #slavery
Volkswagen will exit its controversial plant in China's Xinjiang region, after years of investor pressure to abandon its presence in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/27/companies/volkswagen-xinjiang-china-forced-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #xinjiang #forcedlabor #volkswagen
Risks and challenges in enforcing labour protections in supply chains.
This Canadian Press wire story is running across major newspapers and television today.
“Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 — but only one was eventually determined to be in breach of the ban.
The Canada Border Services Agency provided the figures after being asked about a lawsuit against it by a Victoria solar firm, which says a shipment of solar panels worth more than $5 million was wrongfully detained over false suspicions they were made with forced labour in China.”
#HumanRights #ForcedLabour #ForcedLabor #SupplyChainIntegrity #SupplyChain #SolarPower #CdnPoli #CBSA #China
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