"A United States-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials. International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) has previously sued Tesla, Apple and other tech firms over cobalt sourcing, but US courts dismissed that case last year."
"It did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the latest complaint. IRAdvocates, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that tries to use litigation to curtail rights abuses, said in the complaint filed on Tuesday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that Apple's supply chain still includes cobalt, tin, tantalum and tungsten linked to child and forced labour as well as armed groups in the DRC and Rwanda."
"The lawsuit seeks a determination by the court that Apple's conduct violates consumer protection law, an injunction to halt alleged deceptive marketing and reimbursement of legal costs but does not seek monetary damages or class certification. The lawsuit alleges that three Chinese smelters Ningxia Orient, JiuJiang JinXin and Jiujiang Tanbre processed coltan that United Nations and Global Witness investigators alleged was smuggled through Rwanda after armed groups seized mines in the eastern DRC and linked the material to Apple's supply chain."
IRAdvocates filed a complaint in Washington, DC alleging Apple's supply chain includes cobalt, tin, tantalum and tungsten linked to child and forced labour and armed groups in the DRC and Rwanda. The complaint alleges Chinese smelters processed coltan investigators said was smuggled through Rwanda after armed groups seized mines in eastern DRC. The suit seeks a court finding that Apple violated consumer protection law, an injunction to halt alleged deceptive marketing and reimbursement of legal costs. French prosecutors dropped a related DRC case; a Belgian criminal complaint remains under investigation. Apple denies wrongdoing and says it instructed suppliers to halt sourcing from the DRC and Rwanda.
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