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      Australian Report Advises 'Urgent Action' to Combat Slavery in Clean Energy Supply Chains

      "We need to see industry, government, the financial sector, and civil society working together to provide access to competitively costed, slavery-free renewable energy."

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 29, 2022

      The leading Australian clean energy association warned Tuesday that modern-day slavery plagues global renewable energy supply chains, and that the industry must take "urgent action" to ensure human and worker rights are respected as nations decarbonize.

      "Renewable energy technologies can have long supply chains that are linked at various points to modern slavery."

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      Environmental Defender Killed Every Two Days Over Last Decade, Report Finds

      "All over the world, Indigenous peoples and environmental defenders risk their lives for the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss," said the head of Global Witness.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 29, 2022

      The advocacy group Global Witness on Thursday marked 10 years of collecting data on slain environmental defenders by publishing a new report revealing that at least 1,733 people have been killed over the past decade--a rate of one murder every two days.

      "Our data on killings is likely to be an underestimate, given that many murders go unreported."

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      Global Allies Stand With Walden Bello as Social Justice Champion Posts Bail in the Philippines

      "Walden Bello's arrest is a violation of his fundamental rights, an affront to the institutions of Philippine democracy, and a threat to free expression everywhere," said the Progressive International council.

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 09, 2022

      As academic, activist, and author Walden Bello was released on bail in the Philippines on Tuesday, progressives around the world denounced his Monday arrest for alleged "cyber libel" as "politically motivated" and called for the charges to be "dropped immediately."

      "He's long been a leading voice for justice, accountability, and democracy in the Philippines, which is why he's being targeted."

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