Survivors of Spycops abuses fear Home Office β€˜consultation’ is an attempt to shut down inquiry

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This is a statement from Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance regarding the Undercover Policing Inquiry Following elation at the progress of the Hillsborough law, victims of spycops were confronted on 16 July with a Home Office β€˜consultation’ into the future of the Undercover Policing Inquiry. We are shocked and surprised by the announcement and deeply concerned that this is an attempt to shut this Inquiry down. We have been requesting a meeting with the Sponsor Department of the Home Office for more than a year and have been stonewalled. Now, we are presented with this multiple choice survey which clearly demonstrates that…

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Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

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The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% overall increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked to transition mineral mining operations worldwide, up from 156 the previous year. The latest report examined more mines than the previous year. Across mines also appearing in the 2025 report, there were 270 allegations, an increase of 73%. It’s the only research of its kind. And…

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Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

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The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% year-on-year increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked to transition mineral mining operations worldwide, up from 156 the previous year. It’s the only research of its kind. And it reveals direct implications for renewable energy companies relying on these minerals and their investors: Nearly 70% of mines associated with at least one allegation of…

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