In May 2014, the Chinese government launched the “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism” (严厉打击暴力恐怖活动专项行动) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang or XUAR) against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. …
Travail forcé des Ouïgours : une plainte déposée en France contre quatre multinationales de l’habillement
Des ONG et une rescapée ouïgoure ont déposé plainte en France, vendredi 9 avril, contre quatre multinationales de l’habillement, accusées de tirer profit du travail forcé imposé à la minorité musulmane …
India: Lt. Col. Nitisha vs Union of India: The Supreme Court Recognises Indirect Discrimination
In early 2020, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in Secretary, Ministry of Defence vs Babita Puniya, holding that the Indian Army’s policy of denying women officers a permanent commission [“PC”] …
Lt. Col. Nitisha & Ors v. Union of India & Ors
Supreme Court of India decision: NITISHA finding systemic discrimination that disproportionately impacted women in employment. The Supreme Court found that although the criteria used to determine a permanent commission was …
US bars rubber gloves from Malaysian firm due to ‘evidence of forced labour’
Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of rubber gloves, has been banned from exporting its products from Malaysia to the United States after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made a …
Thailand Orders Lingerie Maker to Compensate Workers in Rare Case
BANGKOK, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Thai lingerie manufacturer has been ordered by authorities to compensate more than 1,200 workers who were dismissed without severance pay and wages …
Class action win for Indonesian farmers after 2009 Montara oil spill
More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers stand to be compensated over one of Australia’s largest oil spills after they won a protracted class action battle against the company that ran …
Myanmar’s Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention
Female garment industry union leaders are emerging at the forefront of the deadly anti-military protests, and asking global brands to take their side. Ma Moe Sandar Myint is the leader …
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