International human rights organisations are dismayed by the outcome of this fundamental legal case against a human rights defender. The settlement which concluded the legal procedures does not do justice to the legitimate role of…
In the report titled ‘The Other Side of Apple,’ published January 20th, 2011, a coalition of environmental organizations brought to light problems of pollution and poisoning in Apple’s supply chain in China. Yet to this…
Many of you have already responded to petition and call on Hitachi, who claims to source from Asahi Kosei, an electronic producing company in Malaysia. Asahi Kosei is suing Charles Hector in order to stop…
A new report by China Labor Watch (CLW), ‘Tragedies of Globalization: The Truth Behind Electronics Sweatshops’, points at on-going labour rights violations at ten Chinese electronics factories that supply finished manufactured electronic products to multinational…
Officially, special economic zones (or Ecozones) were created to “promote industrial, economic and social development and, by the way, give jobs to the Philippino people”. But in reality, Ecozones are first of all destined to…
GoodElectronics and makeITfair have developed a set of principles and guidelines for innovative worker trainings focused on workers’ empowerment.These principles and guidelines are the outcome of the work conference ‘Workers’ empowerment through training Complementary roles…
Malaysian human rights defender Charles Hector is facing trial in court for alleged defamation of Japanese electronics company Asahi Kosei. The dates of the full trial were set for June 28 and 29, but at…
Japanese-owned electronics company Asahi Kosei sues Malaysian human rights defender for $3.3 million. The trial is scheduled to start on 27 June 2011. At stake the labour rights of migrant workers and the freedom of…
Economic operators in the mining sector in East Congo, incl the army and representatives of artisanal diggers, met to discuss issues at stake and challenges ahead now the temporary mining ban has been lifted.On 16…
A new research report published today by China Labour Bulletin examines in detail how this conveyor belt supplying cheap Chinese labour to Japan developed over the last decade, and shows that while Japanese employers and…