Canadians can buy Xinjiang cotton products despite Ottawa s vow to stop forced labour imports theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hong Kong, Democracy in Peril: Interview with Nathan Law
16.Mar.2021 9:00 AM . 7 min read
Nathan Law is a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong. He was one of the student leaders of the Umbrella Movement of 2014 as well as the founder and chairman of Demosistō, Hong Kong s now disbanded pro-democracy political organization. Law was Hong Kong s youngest elected legislator before seeking asylum in the United Kingdom. Law was included by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2020 in addition to being the winner of the Time100 Reader s Poll in the same year.
You began advocacy when you were quite young. How did you get your start in advocacy?
Office probing human rights abuses by Canadian companies abroad to begin investigating complaints theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mercury
Mercury’s lobbying and public affairs firm, which is headed by Michael McKeon, boasts more than 30 media relations professionals in its New York office. The growing media relations team is led by former Bloomberg spokesperson John Gallagher, managing director and former National Action Network communications lead Rachel Noerdlinger, former Fox News producer Dan Bank and former Associated Press chief White House correspondent Ben Feller. Mercury, which represents a wide variety of clients, has a national presence that is bolstered by former New York Post reporter Stefan Friedman, who leads the media relations practice on the West Coast.
Other key employees: Beth DeFalco, Karen Mustiga, Kim Winston, John Tomlin, Djenny Passé, Shannan Siemens, Eric Bloom
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Marks & Spencer is 1st global fashion brand to make public commitment on Uyghur forced labour by signing Call to Action Statement: End Uyghur Forced Labour Coalition Welcomes Public Commitments by Marks & Spencer on Uyghur Forced Labour , 6 January 2020
. [M]ajor British multinational retailer, Marks & Spencer [has] publicly announced its formal commitment to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uyghur forced labour and to ban any sourcing from the Uyghur Region, from cotton to finished garments. The company has signed the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labourâs Call to Action, endorsed by 300+ human rights and civil society organisations.