Workers associations condemn apparent anti-labour ‘decree’
A group of Asian labour associations condemn an apparent ‘ruling’ that promises to fire and blacklist workers who participate in industrial action, with new labour laws possible post-election
Political inmates ‘face threats to life’
Political prisoners in Burma are being detained alongside death row convicts and face ‘life threatening’ conditions, a recently released inmate claims
Land dispute farmers get early release
Feb 23, 2010 (DVB)-Eleven Burmese farmers whose controversial sentencing last year after a land dispute with the Burmese junta received widespread attention have been released from prison early. The farmers,[…]
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50 percent rise in Burma forced labour
Nov 18, 2009 (DVB), Complaints of forced labour in Burma have risen by nearly 50 percent in the past five months, with more than half of these stemming from the[…]
