LEAD STORY
Brazil: Indigenous leader Emrya Wajãpi killed by miners as they invaded protected territory
United Nations; New York Times; Guardian (UK); Mongabay
- Miners, loggers & farmers, encouraged by President Bolsonaro's statements, have reportedly increased incursions into protected areas including indigenous territories
- UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet called the killing "a symptom of the growing problem of encroachment on indigenous land...by miners, loggers and farmers"
- Earlier this month, an estimated 20,000 illegal goldminers invaded Yanomami Park, one of Brazil’s biggest indigenous reserves
Photo credit: CIFOR
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ASIA & PACIFIC
Indonesia: Palm oil company Korindo must remedy damage caused by previous land clearing or face expulsion from Forest Stewardship Council
Mongabay
- The certification body found Korindo had cleared valuable tracts of rainforest in Papua New Guinea & failed to properly consult local communities
Australia’s “restrictive & discriminatory” migration policies may drive modern slavery, according to report
Guardian (UK)
- Report states that restrictive migration policies generally tend to leave migrants vulnerable to modern slavery & exploitation; also cited restrictive laws in EU & US
China: Court finds employer not liable in Chengdu sexual harassment case, but orders perpetrator to apologise to victim
China Labour Bulletin
- Last December the Supreme Court listed sexual harassment & equal employment rights as grounds for civil lawsuits; cases related to these have since increased
Myanmar: Landslide kills 13 jade mine workers and injures 2 others
The Straits Times
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- Teleperformance re alleged labour rights abuses & lack of compliance with French duty of vigilance law
- GeoProMining Gold LLC re abuses at Armenia gold mine
- Acai GmbH Fine Fruits Club, ASR Group, ABN Amro, Azimut Group, Boa-Franc, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Brandes Investment Partners, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Fidelity, HSBC, ING Group, JPMorgan Chase, Louis Dreyfus Company, Robinson Lumber Company, Storebrand,Tradelink, Vogel Import & Export, Argus Comercio e Exportação de Alimentos, Benevides Madeiras, Marfrig and Minerva re contributing to the deforestation of & human rights abuses in the Amazon
Non-responses
- Bank of America, BlackRock, Brighton Collectibles, Capital Group, Conceria Cadore, Deutsche Bank, ED&F Man, Faeda, Guillemette & Cie, Invesco, Northwest Hardwoods, Rino Mastrotto Group, Santander, Thompson Mahogany Company, Vandecasteele Houtimport and T.Rowe Price re contributing to the deforestation of & human rights abuses in the Amazon
- Sandvine re working with Pakistan Govt. to monitor internet traffic
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