More than a dozen DRC families file a complaint with US court, blaming Apple, Google, Tesla and other big companies for deaths and injuries of children who were forced to mine cobalt
In this file photo, people look at iPhones at the World Trade Centre Apple Store during a Black Friday sales event in Manhattan, New York City on November 23, 2018.
The companies were part of a system of forced labour that the families claimed led to the death and serious injury of their children, it said. Six of the 14 children in the case were killed in tunnel collapses, and the others suffered life-altering injuries, including paralysis, it said. A spokesperson for Glencore said: "Glencore notes the allegations contained in a U.S. lawsuit filed on 15th December 2019.
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