No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers
The case of 14 garment factory workers arrested when a strike was forcibly put down by plain clothed vigilantes in March continues to languish in court.
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Workers, journalists detained in Shwepyithar protest
Striking employees and journalists apprehended by police in continued Rangoon industrial action.
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Protest without imprisonment
Land disputes, industrial action, and student activists: Bo Gyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners on the right to protest.
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Shwepyithar strike leaders face charges
Two garment factory workers who allegedly led a recent labour strike in Rangoon’s Shwepyithar Industrial Zone are facing public disturbance charges.
Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Police refute blame in Swepyithar garment strike scuffle
Following violence at the scene of a strike in Rangoon, police say they were following a court order to detain protest leaders.
Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Police break up striking garment workers in Shwepyithar
Several protesting workers from the E-Land Myanmar Garment factory in Shwepyithar Industrial Zone 2 were injured when they clashed violently with police.
