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Coke meets with human rights advocates who seek new practices for giving, diversity in Brazil
Author: David Pendered, SaportaReport (USA)
The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to continue discussions with an Atlanta-based human rights group, led by veteran advocate Joe Beasley, to consider expanding Coke’s philanthropic and diversity practices in Brazil...One catalyst for the budding movement is...
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Brazil's Poor Pay World Cup Penalty
Author: María Carrión, The Progressive
“We are not interested in waving Brazilian flags or volunteering for the World Cup,” said longtime Bairro da Paz resident and community activist Rafael Lima after Campello had left. “We need jobs. We need education. We need land titles. We need health...
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Brazil: Despite judicial deadline Brazilian authorities fail to evict illegal loggers from the Awá tribe's forest
Brazil off-course for World Cup and Olympics – UN housing expert
Author: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, said Tuesday she has received many allegations concerning displacement and...
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Brazil: "Play Fair Campaign" launched by trade unions to ensure worker’s rights, conditions during 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games
Olympics blamed for forcible removal of 2m over 20 years
Author: Julian Borger, Guardian (UK)
More than 2 million people have been moved from their homes over the past 20 years, many of them forcibly, to clear space for the Olympic Games, a human rights group reported today. Three quarters of the displaced people are in China, where the...
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"The Worst Internship Ever": Report on exploitation of migrant workers in Japan
Author: Vice
Japan is facing a serious labor shortage, a problem that can be traced back to an aging population and a prevailing fear that immigrants will dilute the country's pure gene pool. In order to keep the world's third-largest economy afloat, the Japanese...
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