Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims

The Human Rights Organisation Amnesty International has accused telecom companies, Apple, Samsung and Sony, of failing to do basic checks to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined by children.  

In a report into cobalt mining in the DR Congo, it found children as young as seven working in dangerous conditions.  

Amnesty says miners working in the area face long-term health problems and the risk of fatal accidents. 

It claimed that 80 miners had died underground in southern DRC between September 2014 and December 2015.


BBC