State Policies

Water UK to ‘recoup’ sewer investment by passing cost onto customers

UK water companies to hike bills after apologising for 300 000 sewage spills.

Assad’s invitation to COP28 must be rescinded, here’s why…

UAE President Mohammed bin Zahid Al Nahyan invites Assad to COP28 Conference in Dubai.

Recent actions by London’s Metropolitan Police indicate a worrying de...

Over 2023, public trust in the Met, illuminated by Ms Louise Casey’s damning report, is at an all-time low. The killings of black people, un-even policing...

Layers of crisis: how the depreciation of the Lebanese pound continue...

With the exchange value of the Lebanese Pound dropping to 15,000 to 1$USD in February this year, we spoke to those living through this desperate socio-eco...

Western regulators must prevent tech companies from selling software...

As Middle Eastern nations and their populations adopt more and more technologies, opportunities for totalitarian states to control the lives of individual...

UAE WPS expansion welcome, but more must be done.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced an expansion of professions that must register under the Wage Protection System.

Swedish AP Funds reported to police for harmful investments

A Swedish civil society network has reported the country’s big state pension funds – the AP Funds – to the police for investing in a manner that is harmfu...

France: Do not endorse invasive surveillance for Olympics and Paralym...

The groups argue the proposed surveillance measures, set out in Article 7 of the new law, will violate international human rights law

Ecowashing: Head of UAE state oil company placed in charge of group t...

The decision to hold this event in the United Arab Emirates, a state that has its own history of abusing guests to that country, is an act of Ecowashing

ImpACT International Applauds the New German Supply Chain Due Diligen...

Some 80 million children work under appalling conditions of exploitation in textile mills, mines, quarries and on farms

The Forgotten misery of migrant workers in France

The Forgotten misery of migrant workers in France

Hundreds of African workers awaiting deportation detained and abused...

Dubai the fun and finance capital of the United Arab Emirates has a dark side