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    NGO coalition addresses delay of Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive in open letter to EU

    2021-12-09T10:43:00Z

    In an open letter to the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, a coalition of civil society organizations addressed the delayed proposal for a Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive which was initially expected for the first half of December. The directive, announced by justice commissioner Didier Reynders, would mandate human ...

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    Amnesty accuses China of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

    2021-06-15T05:45:00Z

    Amnesty International has released a 160-page report titled Like We Were Enemies in a War: China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang . Since 2017, Amnesty argues, Chinese authorities have been using “one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance systems and a vast network of hundreds ...