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Volkswagen’s decision last week to cease operations in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region after 12 years is significant, though long overdue.

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Volkswagen’s China Joint Venture to Exit Xinjiang
Volkswagen should take further steps to insulate itself from state-imposed forced labor by ensuring its Chinese joint ventures and suppliers adopt and enforce the same human rights and environmental s...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical education.
Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women
This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical educ...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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FIFA has announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup.

This is despite evidence of pervasive human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. Learn more:
December 11, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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#Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup host despite appalling human rights record: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Guess who will build the new stadiums etc needed for it?

Migrant workers, the people Saudi Arabia has been abusing mercilessly for years: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
FIFA Fails on Saudi Labor Abuses: Daily Brief
Before they accepted the #Saudi bid for the Men’s 2034 World Cup, FIFA could have demanded that Saudi officials address rampant labor abuses and fix glaring gaps in existing labor laws. FIFA failed to...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM