Monday, March 10, 2014

Some of the things I read today

Busy day today so I missed/forgot a couple things I wanted to include, but here's what I put together:
  • Human Rights Watch Daily Brief
  • More about Thailand human trafficking
  • Vietnam and labor rights
  • Child labor and mineral make-up
  • A collection of articles about elephants, poaching and #bloodivory
  • #SyriasChildren of War - NBC News "live documentary"
  • Book Club: "The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil"
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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief

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Thailand Human Trafficking (GlobalPost/NBC News)


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Vietnam and Labor Rights (Guardian Sustainable Business)


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Mineral Make-Up and Child Labor (Guardian Sustainable Business)




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Elephants, Poaching, and #BloodIvory


allAfrica.com - Tanzania: Vietnam Commits to Fight Poaching

The Cape Times/Conservation Action Trust - Measures to Curb Ivory Trade

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#SyriasChildren - 48-hour "live documentary" coverage on NBC platforms


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Book Club: The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil by Christine Bader


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Friday, March 7, 2014

Some of the things I read today

For the foreseeable future, my twitter time is going to be restricted, so I'm gathering some things that I would normally tweet in one spot. Until my schedule frees up, I'll do this (when time permits), especially when directly RTing all of the links seems excessive.

Below, I've included links to:
  • reports on #CARcrisis
  • story about China's destruction of a Uigher Old City
  • plight of the Crimean Tatars
  • AFP video from Caracas, Venezuela
  • report on human trafficking in Thailand
  • annual report from the International Service for Human Rights
  • latest developments in Bangladesh Rana Plaza victim compensation efforts
  • and a couple articles on Beacon Reader (subscription required and recommended).

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  • #CARcrisis (Amnesty International story map and HRW backgrounder)


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  • China - destruction of Uigher Old City (New York Times article)

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  • Ukraine - Crimean Tatars (New Yorker article)

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  • Venezuela Protests - Caracas (AFP video - click the link to watch it on youtube)



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  • Human Trafficking - Thailand/Myanmar (Burma) (CNN Freedom Project)

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  • International Service for Human Rights - annual report

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  • Bangladesh - developments re: Rana Plaza victim compensation

Statement from the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (Accord) regarding the Rana Plaza Arrangement
Posted on March 7, 2014 by Bangladesh Accord

“The Accord welcomes and supports the Rana Plaza Arrangement, a comprehensive and independent framework, consistent with international labour standards, which will provide the much-needed support for loss of income and medical expenses to the victims and dependents of the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building. Compensation falls out of the scope of the Accord, which is why we are very pleased that a common framework, the “Rana Plaza Arrangement”, has been agreed by all relevant stakeholders nationally and internationally, with the ILO acting as a neutral chair.

Full statement: http://www.bangladeshaccord.org/2014/03/rana-plaza-arrangement/

Rana Plaza Arrangement site: http://www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org/

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  • Stuff on Beacon (subscription required and recommended)

By the way, if you are thinking about subscribing to Beacon but don't know which journalist to sponsor, I can help with some recommendations.  Regardless of who you sponsor, you get access to all work posted by all of their journalists.

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