Electric Cars and Aluminum Abuses: Daily Brief
Car companies need to address abuses in aluminum supply chains; class action lawsuit against ethnic profiling in France; death sentences in Myanmar; downgrading minority languages in China; Hong Kong should drop charges against vigil organizer; the fight for LGBT Rights at the Olympics and Paralympics in Japan; Tanzanian opposition leader and supporters arrested; lessons from the floods in Germany; and Hungary's dictator wants a referendum to build support for hateful discrimination.
Car manufacturers see aluminum as a critical material for the transition to fuel-efficient vehicles, but they need to do more to address abuses in their aluminum supply chains and the bauxite mines they source from.
Ethnic profiling by police in France remains a serious problem, but now, there's a possible solution - in the form of a new class action lawsuit against the French state.
The Myanmar junta’s military tribunals have sentenced 65 people to death following unjust trials since the military coup on 1 February.
The Chinese government has long issued laws and statements declaring its respect for minority languages, including regulations requiring all public signs in minority areas to be bilingual. But the latest evidence from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) indicates Chinese authorities’ real view of minority languages: they come second. Literally.
The Hong Kong government should immediately drop all charges against Chow Hang-tung, the organizer of the annual Victoria Park Vigil that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, 73 international organizations and individuals said today in a new letter to Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng.
Join us later today for a discussion of the fight for LGBT Rights at the Olympics and Paralympics in Japan - and beyond...
An opposition leader and supporters have been arrested in Tanzania.
Greek authorities are using criminal investigations to harass and intimidate groups that investigate abuses against migrants at Greece’s border.
Deaths in Germany's recent flooding highlight climate change risks for people with disabilities.
The ruling party in the dictatorship of EU member Hungary has surpassed even itself for anti-democratic efforts: its leader now wants a referendum to build support for its hateful discrimination against LGBT people.