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Multi-millionaire garment brand owners once again fail their workers
War on Want and Labour Behind the Label joint statement on Arcadia
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Garment workers on the frontline of the pandemic: outbreak in Sri Lanka
Over 1,000 Covid-19 cases at a Brandix factory in Sri Lanka
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'Food security' vs 'Food Sovereignty' – North Africa
Mechanisms put in place to ensure food security have impoverished and starved people
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UK charities ask: Is the UK government abandoning the Palestinian people?
We are gravely concerned by the Israeli Government’s threat to annex more Palestinian land
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Indian workers protest draconian government measures which undermine their rights
Thousands face destitution and hunger as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Statement on the release of the UN database of businesses involved in illegal Israeli settlements
UK organisations urge UK Government to take action to end businesses’ involvement in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory
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UK organisations urge government to challenge annexation, US ‘Peace Plan’
Statement on the 'Deal of the Century' endorsed by 16 agencies
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Hypocrisy at the World Economic Forum 2020
Those gathered at Davos are the very people blocking ambitious climate action
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UK–Africa Investment Summit: put dignity of people first
Abahlali baseMjondolo statement and an open letter from UK civil society
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COP25: Final Declaration of the People's Summit 2019
The solutions to the crises are driven by the communities who defend their lands