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Losing More Than Their Health – COVID-19 and Migrant Worker Wage Theft

“The fear of losing jobs is worrying everyone at the moment.” These are the words of Sharif Uddin, a Bangladeshi construction supervisor, who sends the bulk of his wages to his family in Bangladesh …

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Thai Appeal Court decision on Mitr Pohl paves the way for Asia’s first transboundary class action on human rights abuses

Today, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The …

Abordagem do trabalho forçado na região autônoma do Uigur de Xinjiang

“O trabalho forçado de minorias étnicas e religiosas na Região Autônoma do Uigur de Xinjiang (XUAR), como parte de um padrão mais amplo de violações graves dos direitos humanos, é uma importante e…

Monitor das Liberdades Fundamentais do Camboja (Quarto Relatório Anual)

“O Projeto de Monitoramento das Liberdades Fundamentais (FFMP) examina o estado da liberdade de associação, a liberdade de expressão e a liberdade de reunião no Reino do Camboja (Camboja). Utilizando…

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Samoan chief in New Zealand sentenced to 11 years in jail for slavery but experts say he is just the tip of the iceberg

They were told they would leave Samoa — a small island nation in the South Pacific — for their larger neighbor, a country with about 25 times the population. Once …

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Aux Maldives, la pandémie de Covid-19 aggrave le sort des travailleurs migrants

Aux Maldives, de nombreux travailleurs migrants n’ont pas reçu leurs salaires depuis près de six mois. Ce blocage a déclenché une importante vague de manifestations, dont la plus récente s’est …

Tesco to end contracts with migrant worker agencies

Tesco Malaysia has confirmed that it will terminate its contracts with employment agencies that supply foreign workers. “In order to adhere to new government policies on recruiting workers from outside …

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The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in South East Asia

“Closed businesses, empty city streets, and airports have become global symbols of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of us have been directly or indirectly impacted through lockdown measures – movement and travel …

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Coalition Brings Pressure to End Forced Uighur Labor

On Thursday, more than 190 organizations spanning 36 countries issued a call to action, seeking formal commitments from clothing brands to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uighur forced …

Indonesia charges three recruiters over sailor’s torture death on Chinese fishing vessel

Police in  Indonesia have charged three recruiting agency bosses over the  torture death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, an official said …

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