Tag: Business and Human Rights
Myanmar Farmers Reject Mining Company Payout For Ruined Crops
Villagers affected by a controversial China-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar said Friday that an offer by the project’s operator to compensate them for crops it damaged while erecting a fence on disputed land was inadequate and pledged to continue protests until the property is returned to them.
2015-01-02
Villagers affected...
No escape for those stuck in Malaysian ‘forced labour’
Toiling 12 hours a day in a Malaysian electronics factory amid broken promises on wages and working conditions, Manu dreams of returning to his poor Nepal village but is restrained by invisible shackles.
By Afp
Published: 03:48 GMT, 28 December 2014 | Updated: 03:48 GMT, 28 December 2014
Toiling 12 hours a...
Dawei Project Threatens Livelihood of Locals, Claims Ethnic Women’s Organization
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is threatening local peoples’ way of life, according to a report by the Tavoyan Women’s Union.
January 6, 2015 • Author: Karen News
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is threatening local peoples’ way of life, according to a report by the Tavoyan Women’s Union.
The DSEZ, a...
Govt, Karen Rebels Collecting Illegal Tolls on Asia Highway: Reports
Illegal toll collection has been reported on a small stretch of the newly built Asia Highway 1, a road linking Thailand’s booming border town of Mae Sot with Burma’s commercial capital Rangoon via Myawaddy.
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY| Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Illegal...
Komnas HAM demands farmers’ rights be upheld
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan | Archipelago | Sat, January 10 2015, 10:28 AM
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the North Sumatra provincial administration and police to get involved and uphold the rights of members of the Padang Halaban farming community in a land...
PR – Human Rights Concerns Over Hydropower Development in Cambodia Brought to the UN
International and Cambodian groups today issued a complaint to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia raising concerns over human rights violations resulting from the development of two hydropower dam projects in Cambodia.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia: International and Cambodian...
Uniqlo under fire over ‘unsafe’ factory conditions, low pay
Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo came under fire Tuesday for buying supplies from Chinese factories accused of putting workers at risk in unsafe conditions, with sewage on the factory floor, extremely high temperatures and poor ventilation.
January 13, 2015
HONG KONG: Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo came under fire Tuesday for buying supplies...
Human rights and big business: new ranking aims to drive race to top
When big business arrives in poor neighbourhoods the consequences can be disastrous for local people. A new corporate benchmark hopes to change that
Phil Bloomer | Wednesday 14 January 2015 12.00 GMT
In the time it took to write this blog I received news of families in Uganda displaced by an...
Dam concerns sent to Subedi
Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi has been called on to investigate and seek justice for human rights violations caused by the development of two large-scale hydropower dams in Cambodia.
Wed, 14 January 2015 | Daniel Pye
Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi has been called on to investigate and seek justice for human rights...
Cambodia Rights Group Seeks UN Probe of Abuses
Rights groups in Cambodia called on the United Nations to investigate alleged rights abuses against villagers living at the sites of two large hydropower dam projects.
Robert Carmichael | January 14, 2015 7:08 AM
PHNOM PENH— Rights groups in Cambodia called on the United Nations to investigate alleged rights abuses against...
