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Burmese nationals lead more than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company in calling for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a rare demand in a country that bars foreigners from forming trade unions.
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Prominent British rights activist Andy Hall leaves Thailand, saying he fears for his safety amid legal problems and growing harassment from companies.
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A top European Union official criticises a Thai court ruling that found the British rights activist guilty of criminal defamation for alleging labour abuses.
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A guilty verdict for a British activist in Thailand charged with defamation for alleging ill-treatment of migrant workers at a big fruit company sets an alarming precedent, say rights groups.
The NHRC’s findings matched results from an earlier Labour Ministry and Labour Protection and Welfare Department probe.
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A Facebook post that alerted a group of Burmese migrants to their own exploitation has triggered a landmark case on the rights of foreign workers in Thailand.
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A group of Burmese workers is suing their former employer, a poultry farm in Thailand, for $1.33 million in compensation for alleged abuses.
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Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi impressed her Thai hosts last week with her forthright manner and clear advice on the migrant issue.
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Burma’s leader will pay her first official state visit to the neighbouring country since sweeping to power late last year.
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Burma’s new government should push Thailand to end exploitation of foreign workers, says migrant rights activist Andy Hall.
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Migrant rights advocate Andy Hall testified to a Thai court on Wednesday, on behalf of two Burmese men accused of rape and murder on the island of Koh Tao.
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Forensics expert says DNA taken from garden hoe does not match suspects – however, samples taken from rape victim’s body have not been discounted.
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Journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are accused of defamation over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking.
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“Four prosecution witnesses testified at the trial today … none of them could precisely say that the two Burmese youngsters committed the murder.”
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The outcome of the upcoming murder trial will be a test for Thailand not only to realise justice for the deceased, says rights activists Andy Hall.
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Thai authorities are issuing labour ID cards to migrant workers within its fishing industry to combat rampant human trafficking in the trade.
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The trial of two Burmese migrants accused of murdering a pair of British tourists is set to resume on the island of Koh Samui.
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“Based on our findings in various regions of Thailand, many Burmese migrants are unable to access the healthcare and welfare benefits to which they’re entitled or receive the official minimum wage of 300 baht (US$10) per day.”
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Nearly 1,200 migrant workers from Burma will be laid off in April by Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, a seafood processing company based in Samut Sakhon, Thailand.
Advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the Thai government to lay out a concrete policy for migrant workers including conditions for access to social security and healthcare.
