"We recognise that full responsibility for these violations rests with our company and we have apologised to each of the students for our role in this action, " the electronics manufacturer said in a statement.

BBC: Foxconn

Back in 2001 he helped win one of the first ever class-action lawsuits, against Samsung Electronics.

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She worked for Greenpeace, took direct action to fight toxic dumping of electronics and appliances in Asia, narrowly escaped kidnapping in India.

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