Human Rights

Altana launched the newest version of its Atlas, an AI-powered map of the global supply chain used by companies and government agencies to monitor the flow of goods and their inputs.

Former SEC chair Jay Clayton told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party that U.S. businesses should start disclosing their exposure to China for investors' benefit.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the Chinese government's actions against U.S. firms are making China "uninvestable" for American businesses due to the risk and uncertainty.

North Dakota is welcoming Ukrainian refugees seeking to work in the state and alleviate a workforce shortage through the Bakken Global Recruitment of Oilfield Workers program.

Angel Studios' "Sound of Freedom" has brought in more than $50 million in ticket sales at the domestic box office since its release on the Fourth of July.

Altana Technologies developed an AI-informed supply chain mapping system used by Customs and Border Protection and a number of firms to root out Uyghur forced labor from supply chains.

Members of Congress wrote to CBP to express concern that Chinese e-commerce firms could skirt U.S. laws against the use of Uyghur forced labor due to a loophole for small shipments.

The House passed the PRC Is Not a Developing Country Act on Monday to strip China's designation as a "developing country" in international organizations like the WTO.

Exporters based in Vietnam are concerned about violating a U.S. ban on imports from China's Xinjiang region which aims to block goods made with Uyghur forced labor.

Customs and Border Protection is scrutinizing imports from China's Xinjiang region under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Solar panels are the most commonly flagged product.

The governments of the U.S. and Japan formed a task force to eliminate the use of forced labor and protect human rights in international supply chains.

The Senate Finance Committee is investigating eight major automakers after a report linked their supply chains to the use of Uyghur forced labor in Xinjiang, China.

False earthquake alerts went off on Wednesday on Android smartphones in Iran as the country continues to grapple with nationwide protests.

The Treasury Department announced new sanctions for human rights violations against a trio of Iranian officials involved in the regime's crackdown on protesters in predominantly Kurdish regions of the country.

Disney says it's "dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety" of members of the LGBTQ community, but it still does business in multiple countries that discriminate against LGBTQ people.

Procter & Gamble (P&G), an official sponsor of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, is staying mum on the country's genocide of Uyghur Muslims despite being vocal on human rights issues in the U.S.

Olympic athletes' self-censorship of their criticism of the Chinese government does not stop when they leave the country because they rely on lucrative corporate sponsorship deals with companies that stand to lose money if they criticize the Chinese Communist Party, multiple human rights experts say.

Corporate sponsors pour hundreds of millions of dollars to advertise during the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has argued this equates to "sponsoring" genocide.