Tag: Labour Rights
Cambodia: Detainees in Crackdown Denied Rights
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(New York) – The Cambodian authorities should protect the rights of 23 people arrested after a violent crackdown by security forces on striking garment workers in Phnom Penh on January 2- 3, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities detained the group...
Cambodia: Urging garment manufacturers to respect workers’ rights
Joint open letter
To: Mr. Van Sou Ieng
Chairman
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
cc.
Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Minister for Commerce
H.E. Ith Sam Heng, Minister for Labour and Vocational Training
Subject: Urging garment manufacturers to respect workers’ rights
Dear Mr. Van...
Migrant Care Condemns Indonesian Workers Shooting in Malaysia
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An Indonesian non-profit organization named Migrant Care condemned shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers from East Nusa Tenggara in Malaysia in January 11. It has urged the government to take diplomatic steps such as sending protest note to the Malaysian government, downgrading diplomatic relations by withdrawing ambassador...
Migrant Care Condemns Indonesian Workers Shooting in Malaysia
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An Indonesian non-profit organization named Migrant Care condemned shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers from East Nusa Tenggara in Malaysia in January 11. It has urged the government to take diplomatic steps such as sending protest note to the Malaysian government, downgrading diplomatic relations by withdrawing ambassador...
U.N. official calls for end to political gridlock in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A United Nations official Friday urged Cambodian government and opposition officials to keep negotiating in an effort to end a political impasse.
At the end of a five-day visit to Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation...
Chin: Asylum Seekers Face Discrimination
Recent political reforms have not improved conditions in Myanmar’s northwestern Chin State, but life in neighbouring India - where many Chin people continue to seek asylum and livelihoods - often means surviving without legal protection and encountering tensions with host communities, experts say.
A 1988 uprising against the Burmese military government...
Philippine growth hit by high jobless rate
Unemployment rate in the Philippines stood at 7% despite the “robust” economic growth in the past two years, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in its Global Employment Trends 2014 report.
About 11% of the nation’s workers are classified under “extremely poor” or individuals living on less than $1.25 a...
ANZ monitors Cambodian sugar client accused of human rights abuses
ANZ says it is carefully monitoring the situation at a Cambodian sugar plantation linked to child labour, forced evictions and land grabs backed by the military.
The Financial Review is reporting that ANZ's Cambodian joint-venture, ANZ Royal Bank, is financing the Phnom Penh Sugar plantation in Cambodia, which has been...
Malaysia: ‘SOP not followed in crackdown’
PETALING JAYA: Authorities involved in the crackdown on illegal foreign workers in the country are not following standard operating procedure (SOP), in the process violating rights of these workers, Dignity International human rights coordinator Adrian Pereira claimed.
He said the foreign workers whether legitimate or not should be treated fairly...
Cambodian Security Forces Clash With Protesters
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Cambodian security forces clashed with hundreds of workers and opposition supporters who took to the streets in defiance of a ban on protests in the capital on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people injured.
The skirmishes occurred as military police and riot-control officers tried to stop protesters from...
