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 …

Addressing Forced Labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

“The forced labor of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), as part of a broader pattern of severe human rights abuses, is a significant and …

Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor (Fourth Annual Report)

“The Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP) examines the state of the freedom of association, the freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia). Utilizing …

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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 …

Cambodia: ‘Change to labour law could hurt workers’

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng said the private sector has been confronted with competition from other exporting countries and the government is cooperating to find a …

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