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June 06, 2025
Workers Rights: Companies
Go Public With Rights Audits
Seven major shoe and clothing companies voluntarily released,
and posted on the Internet, independent audits that examine working
conditions in factories that produce their goods this week. The
audits, which looked at a random sampling of factories
in the supply chains of Nike, Reebok, Liz Claiborne and other
global brands, were compiled by the
Fair Labor Association, upon whose board LCHR sits. More»
View
rights audits that looked at the way workers' protections were
enforced in the supply chains of seven major companies
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9/11 Detainees:
IG Report Confirms Abuses by Justice Department
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In the
aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, there were “significant
problems” with the way the Justice Department rounded up
and jailed hundreds of immigrants for months without charge, a
new report from the Justice Department's Inspector General said
this week. The report, which mentioned the Lawyers Committee’s
work and reports on civil liberties, was particularly critical
of the slow-moving process the department used to release those
who were not considered threats. More»
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Congo: Fears of Genocide
More
than 3 million people reportedly have died in the Congo since
1998. Right now the situation in the Eastern Congolese town of
Ituri is particularly dire. Since the withdrawal of Ugandan troops
from Ituri in the first weeks of May, attacks by armed militias
against civilians have increased dramatically and international
observers fear that without sustained and serious international
intervention the Eastern Congo could turn into “another
Rwanda.”
Read more about the situation in Eastern Congo
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Zimbabwe: G8 Leaders Must Act
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LCHR
is urging world leaders to focus more time and energy on the
escalating human rights crisis in Zimbabwe. President Robert
Mugabe, who declared himself the winner of flawed elections
held last year, has been using increasingly draconian measures
to maintain his grip on power there. LCHR urged the G8 to address
the situation at their June summit this week in France. More»
Read the G8 closing statement on Zimbabwe
Read
News Coverage of LCHR’s efforts to get the G8 to pay attention
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Military Commissions: Final Rules
Provide No Real Right to Appeal
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