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Cambodia: Minister of Interior is interested in addressing land disputes raised by EC in its report related to EBA trade preferences
Author: Vida Taing, Khmer Times
"Sar Kheng says Kingdom is addressing European Union’s land dispute concerns", 21 November 2019...
Author: La Liga Contra el Silencio, en Pacifista.tv
"La multinacional que endulza académicos para favorecer el azúcar", 31 de octubre de 2019...
Turkey: Dismissed Cargill factory workers continue to protest for reinstatement after court ruling confirms they were unfairly dismissed as a result of their union activities; Incl. co. statement
Source: International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) In August 2018, 14 members of the union Tekgida-İş were dismissed from their jobs at a Cargill corn-milling factory in Bursa...
Cambodia: Koh Kong villagers claim their land dispute with a company has not been solved; while authorities claim the opposite
Author: Savi Khorn, The Phnom Penh Post
"Koh Kong villagers deny dispute resolved", 21 August 2019...
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- Related companies: Heng Huy Development
Ethiopia: Human rights concerns related to govt.s' Kuraz sugar project, incl. displacement & food insecurity
Author: Benedikt Kamski, Ethiopia Insight (UK)
"Omo investors won’t scrub away Kuraz’s sugary stain"...
- Related in-depth areas: Indigenous peoples Land Rights & Displacements
Brazil: NGO report alleges companies complicit in deforestation & human rights abuses in the Amazon
[To read this story in Portuguese, please, click here] The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited 55 companies to respond to allegations of their involvement in the deforestation of the Amazon as well as human rights abuses. The report from...
Thailand: Cambodian villagers plan to appeal civil court rejection of class action suit against Mitr Phol
Author: Reuters
"Cambodians to appeal ruling in Mitr Phol case," 05 July 2019...
- Related stories: Cambodian farmers file lawsuit in Thailand against sugar producer Mitr Phol over alleged land grabbing
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Author: Maria Fernanda Garcia, Observatório do Terceiro Setor (Brazil)
“Ela foi morta por lutar pelos direitos básicos dos trabalhadores rurais”, 18 de junho de 2019 Margarida Maria Alves...foi uma das primeiras mulheres a exercerem um cargo de direção sindical no país e foi grande defensora dos direitos humanos no Brasi...
- Related in-depth areas: Defensoras de direitos humanos Últimas notícias sobre defensores/as de direitos humanos