This policy brief outlines a global framework for forced labor import bans (FLIBs) as a key tool to address forced labor in international supply chains. Despite legal prohibitions, forced labor persists, distorting markets and harming workers.

Together they discuss: what led Laura to this work,  the role of storytelling in human rights work, the complexity of violence in freedom movements, the terminology and uses of “forced labor” and “modern slavery”, forced labor among the Uyghur population in China, difficulties faced by academics and activists in addressing human rights abuses, and hope amidst the backlash.

Emails released to the academic Laura Murphy reveal the full story of how her research into forced labour in China was blocked by Sheffield Hallam

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Dong Yuyu, a prominent Chinese journalist sentenced to seven years in prison on trumped-up accusations of espionage. He is one of 123 journalis...

Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

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The academic talks about why governments need to redouble their efforts to keep products made using forced labor in Xinjiang off store shelves.

Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said that China does not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking, nor is it making significant efforts to do so.

Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said that China does not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking, nor is it making significant efforts to do so.

With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.

Commentators call for a boycott of the chain in China after it told the BBC it does not use Xinjiang cotton.

Some products described as “Italian” appear to contain Chinese tomatoes, BBC investigation suggests.

Defendants include politicians and activists who had hoped to win control of legislature, a plan Beijing found subversive.