Tag: Business and Human Rights
When National Human Rights Institutions Become International
Don Sahong will be the first transboundary case for SUHAKAM should it decide to tackle the complaint. This would also follow the recent decision of the Thai NHRI in 2010 to accept a case against a Thai company operating in Cambodia, for alleged human rights violations. There is thus...
MNHRC releases report on Letpadaungtaung conflict
A new report released by the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) on January 14 cites the failure of police to abide by regulations on the use of riot gear as the cause of the death and injuries sustained by protesters at the Letpadungtaung copper mine site last month.
Published...
Thailand’s plan to use prison labor at sea condemned
Thailand's government has drawn criticism for its plan to use prisoner labor from more than 40 labor and human rights groups.
By Andrew V. Pestano | Jan. 15, 2015 at 12:42 PM
BANGKOK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Thailand's government has drawn criticism for its plan to use prisoner labor from more...
The Irrawaddy Business Roundup (Jan. 24, 2015)
The Irrawaddy Business Roundup (Jan. 24, 2015)
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY| Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
Open Data Survey Puts Burma Bottom of the Accountability Table
Burma has been ranked at the bottom of a list of 86 countries in a study on openness of public information available from government,...
Rethink your mega dams plan, Dr M suggests to Sarawak government
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today suggested Sarawak rethink its highly controversial policy of building mega dams to harness electricity by replacing them with series of smaller dams like in Europe.
BY DESMOND DAVIDSON
Published: 27 January 2015 5:22 PM
Dr Mahathir, who was in Kuching attending the International Energy...
Criticism of Indonesia’s Freeport mining plans
Indonesia's human rights commission has criticised the government's approval of a plan to build a smelter in East Java, saying it should be built in Papua, to promote development.
Updated at 1:48 pm today
The National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, has told the Jakarta Post that the miner,...
Spread of palm oil production threatens livelihoods in Indonesia: report
An environmental NGO on Wednesday said that Indonesia’s growing palm oil industry poses significant threats to livelihoods and the environment in rural provinces.
Environmental group calls for greater regulation of commercial plantations
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta | Indonesia | January 28, 2015
An environmental NGO on Wednesday said that Indonesia’s growing palm oil...
Fashion Bloggers Work In Cambodian Sweatshop, Learn ‘We’re Rich Because They’re Poor’
When three sprightly fashion bloggers from Norway agreed to star in a month-long reality show in Cambodia, they were probably expecting more "Project Runway," and less human rights violations in a series produced by their country’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten.
The Huffington Post | By Eleanor Goldberg
Posted: 01/28/2015 9:07 am EST...
Papuan students call for Freeport ejection
The Papuan Students Alliance in Java have urged the Indonesian government to close a number of national and foreign companies suspected of involvement in human rights abuses in Papua.
Updated at 4:17 pm on 6 February 2015
The chairman of the Alliance, Otiz Tabuni, singled out the miner PT Freeport Indonesia,...
The ‘timber gangsters’
Cambodia's foremost logging syndicate has flouted domestic and international laws by creating a clandestine smuggling network to facilitate the “large-scale industrial take-over” of protected areas and national parks, according to a report to be released this morning by Global Witness.
Fri, 6 February 2015 | Daniel Pye and May Titthara
Cambodia's...
