Responding to a pledge by the hosts of the COP28 climate meeting to make ‘space available for climate activists to assemble peacefully and make their voices heard’, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The fact that the hosts of this crucial climate meeting felt the need to...
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COP28: Activist gatherings allowed… if they are “peaceful”, “authorized” and in a specific “space”
COP28 is expected to be full of contradictions. And this new declaration by the Emirati organizers is not going to change that. The United Arab Emirates certified on Tuesday, August 1st, that they will allow environmental defenders to “peacefully gather” at the UN climate conference, organized in November in Dubai. However, unauthorized demonstrations are formally...
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Ethiopia: Companies Long Ignored Gold Mine Pollution
(Nairobi) – A company operating a gold mine in Ethiopia, Midroc Investment Group, and the Swiss refinery Argor-Heraeus that sourced its gold took no action over media reports about pollution from the mine for years, Human Rights Watch said today. An assessment carried out at the Ethiopian government’s request found that local residents had experienced serious health effects....
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Equidem report Launch: “EXPOsed: Discrimination and forced labour practices at Expo 2020 Dubai”
Equidem launched its report “EXPOsed: Discrimination and forced labour practices on Expo Dubai 2020” on February 2, 2022. Speakers included: Dome Okuku, Equidem Kenya researcher, Mustafa Qadri, Equidem CEO, Namrata Raju, Equidem, India Director, Sharan Burrow, General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, and Bhim Shrestha of Shramik Sanjal (a Nepalese migrant worker network). The...