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    Rise of robots fuels slavery threat for Asian factory workers: analysts

    The rise of robots in manufacturing in Southeast Asia is likely to fuel modern slavery as workers who end up unemployed due to automation face abuses competing for a shrinking pool of low-paid jobs in a “race to the bottom,” analysts said on Thursday.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai court dismisses charges against Burmese workers in landmark case

    A court in Bangkok dismisses criminal defamation charges against workers from Burma who accused a chicken farm of abuses, in a landmark ruling seen as a rare victory for migrant workers’ rights in Thailand.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fears for ‘stateless’ Burmese workers in Thailand as deadline looms

    Thousands of Muslim migrant workers from Burma risk being fined and deported from Thailand after June 30, under a new law that campaigners say may increase abuse and trafficking.

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    Land Lead Story News

    Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report

    Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two decades, according to researchers.

    Lead Story News

    Cheap rides at risk in drive to clean up Southeast Asia streets

    From Manila’s iconic jeepneys to Kuala Lumpur’s motorbike taxis, Southeast Asian capitals are on a drive to clean their streets of vehicles that cause pollution and traffic jams, while experts defend the vital role they play in cities without adequate public transit.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    10 years after Sichuan, China transforms quake preparedness, but Asia lags

    One decade after an earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, China’s investment in disaster preparedness means a similar tragedy is unlikely, said experts who urged other Asian nations to follow suit.

    Land Lead Story News

    Court in Burma convicts farmers of trespass in ‘blow’ to land rights

    A Burmese court finds 33 farmers living next to a Special Economic Zone guilty of criminal trespass, a ruling seen by activists as a blow to land rights in a country with a rising demand for property for industrial use.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    Aid agencies fear for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s island relocation plan

    Bangladesh has failed to persuade aid agencies to sign up to its plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in June, internal documents show, amid fears they could be trapped there at the mercy of cyclones, floods and human traffickers.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Rights in poorer nations must be upheld as Thai firms go abroad: activists

    Thailand’s businesses and its government must do more to protect the rights of vulnerable people abroad, analysts and activists said, after a landmark case filed by Cambodian farmers in a Bangkok court against a Thai sugar firm.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny

    Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit to examine human rights in a wide range of businesses in Thailand, including the fishing and seafood sectors.

    Features Lead Story Refugees

    Living in limbo: Indonesia’s refugees face uncertain future

    Many refugees across Southeast Asia have no access to citizenship and few rights in the country where they live.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Carbon prices too low to protect Southeast Asian forests from rubber expansion

    The price of carbon credits must rise drastically if they are to help protect Southeast Asia’s tropical forests against rubber plantation expansion, according to researchers.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma is worst-performing country for aid access; plight of Rohingya highlighted

    Burma tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group ACAPS has said.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘Progress and persistent abuses’ in Thailand’s fishing industry, says ILO

    Fishermen in Thailand remain at risk of forced labour, and the identity documents and wages of some continue to be withheld, despite pressure from major retailers to clean up the industry, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrant workers go on trial for accusing Thai chicken farm of abuse

    Migrant workers from Burma who accused a Thai chicken farm of a litany of abuses went on trial for defamation on Wednesday in a landmark case between workers and an employer.

    Lead Story News

    LGBT festival opens in Burma after first public launch party

    An LGBT festival opened in Burma on Thursday after authorities allowed organisers to hold the launch event in public for the first time in the Southeast Asian nation where same-sex relations remain illegal.

    ASEAN Energy Lead Story News

    Shivering in the tropics: Southeast Asia faces ‘cooling crisis’

    Southeast Asia faces a “cooling crisis” as more and more people crank up inefficient air-conditioning to cope with rising temperatures and worsening air pollution, researchers said.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘It was torture’: Grim tales in Thai fishing sector despite reforms

    Trafficked into work and routinely abused, migrant fishermen in Thailand are still subject to forced labour despite efforts by the government to clean up the industry, advocacy groups say.

    Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story Rohingya

    Lured by a happily-ever-after dream, Rohingya girls sold in India

    Cases of men and women enslaved in bonded labour or trafficked for marriage have started to emerge in India after they managed to escape or were rescued and found their way to Rohingya settlements there.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Trafficked to India, Rohingya look for place to call home

    Sold for $130 to work as a rag picker in the northern Indian town of Mathura, Rohingya refugee Abdul Rahman lived in a tenement of stitched together polythene bags and pined for his home and the lush farmland he owned in Burma’s Rakhine State.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Scientists to map quake-prone Asian region seeking to mitigate disaster

    An international team of scientists is set to begin a four-year project this month that will map, image and monitor an earthquake-prone area that encompasses some of the most remote and densely populated parts of Asia, including Burma.

    Lead Story News Rakhine Rohingya

    At least 6,700 Rohingya killed in Rakhine State violence, charity says

    At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims, including many children, were killed in the first month of violence that erupted in Burma’s troubled Rakhine State in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Hunger gnaws at Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps

    While now safe from the threat of violence, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now face malnutrition on an “alarming” scale, say aid agencies.

    Land Lead Story News

    Women land defenders in Asia need protection as violence rises

    Women land rights defenders in Asia are at greater risk of violence and harassment, according to rights groups who are calling on authorities to do more to protect them as conflicts over land and resources get increasingly bloody.

    Features Lead Story Migrants Issues

    Poems highlight love, struggles of migrant workers in Singapore

    Some migrant workers in Singapore have taken to poetry to write about their daily struggles in an annual contest that aims to break down barriers with Singaporean society by showcasing their literary talents.

    Features Lead Story Refugees Rohingya

    From Malaysian backrooms, Rohingya send what little they can to fleeing relatives

    Many shops in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur are being used to send money to refugee camps in Bangladesh since a military crackdown in August prompted over 600,000 members of the Muslim minority group to flee Burma.

    Land Lead Story News

    ‘They beat him with sticks,’ says villager of killing of land rights defender in Shan State

    Campaigners demanding the return of land to villagers in northern Burma said their fight would go on, days after an activist was beaten to death by a mob while visiting the disputed territory on the invitation of local officials.

    Land Lead Story News

    Calls for action after Burmese land rights activist beaten to death

    Activists want a thorough investigation into the killing of a land rights activist in Burma, and greater protection of land defenders, amid a sharp increase in territorial disputes.

    Features Lead Story News

    Trafficked on Burmese passports, Indian housemaids struggle to return home

    Burma has become an emerging hub for traffickers seeking to send Indian girls to Southeast Asia to become domestic workers.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese workers fight defamation charges in Thai chicken farm case

    A group of migrant workers from Burma will fight a landmark case in Thailand after they were charged in court on Wednesday with criminal defamation for accusing a chicken farm that supplies the European Union of mistreatment and labour abuses.

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