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Rubber manufacturer Firestone has been accused of buying rubber from plantations illegally occupied by ex-combatants from Liberia's civil war. rubatex international

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It is one of three companies that the Liberian government and the United Nations have accused of profiting from the illegal rubber-tapping.

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Their report says human rights are being violated at plantations across the West African country.

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Not all Americans who opposed slavery favored simply putting an end to it. Some considered slavery to be wrong but were unwilling to take action against it, while others accepted slavery in the states where it already existed but opposed its expansion into new territories. An early antislavery proposal was to repatriate slaves to Africa. Farfetched as it seems, in 1822, under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, the first freed slaves departed for what would become the independent nation of Liberia in West Africa. Over the next forty years, however, only about fifteen thousand blacks emigrated to Liberia, a number far below the natural increase in the slave population that accounted for most of the population's growth before the Civil War.

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On two of the sites, workers are treated like slaves, the UN said. rubatex 180 fs
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Rubber is Liberia's biggest export and Firestone is by far the biggest producer. rubatex 320
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But after more than a decade of civil war, which ended in 2003, the rubber industry is in a terrible state. rubatex rubber
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The situation is worst at two plantations occupied by former combatants beyond the reach of the law. felpro gaskets
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A UN official described the state of affairs at the Guthrie and Sinoe plantations as "disastrous", saying tappers worked in "conditions of slavery". poly hunting feeders
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Firestone, owned by the Bridgestone Corporation, does not run these plantations, but it is accused of buying rubber from them. neoprene pads
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Liberian Agriculture Minister Christopher Toe said the government had been reassured that Firestone had not bought materials from the sites, but that this was now in doubt. rubber manufacturer
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"Regrettably, the evidence that we have gathered, especially in the last four to six weeks, is contrary to that assertion that they were not involved," he said wholesale rubber
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"There will be a directive to them [Firestone] that they are not going to be engaged in this type of activity." rubber industry
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However, the manager of Firestone in Liberia, Patrick Rodrigo, rejected the allegations. rubatex international
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He said Firestone did not buy any rubber from the Guthrie plantation, but he did not know if the company bought from the Sinoe site. rubatex neoprene
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This is perhaps the nub of the problem. There is no system of checking the origin of rubber in Liberia. rubatex pipe insulation
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The existence of former combatants illegally tapping rubber is a major blot on Liberia's path to normalisation. rubatex 180 fs

And while they can still find a market, they are a problem that will not go away.