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    21 Search results for ""Myanmar Association in Thailand""

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    Vox Pop: What is your reaction to the death of Thailand’s king?

    DVB speaks to several Burmese residents of Thailand about what the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej means to them.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Girl freed from trafficker after five years of forced labour

    The girl, who was smuggled into Thailand at the age of 11 and forced to work at various jobs without pay, was rescued last week after five years as a captive of a fellow Burmese national.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Embassy responds to dispute with migrant group

    The Burmese embassy in Bangkok has acknowledged that cards it had issued to two Burmese migrants rights groups working in Thailand had been “confiscated”, but denied that the move would[…]

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    Labour rights groups claim govt blocking them

    Two Burmese labour rights groups said Burma’s authorities had blocked them from operating in Thailand because they had criticised recruitment practices as “legal human trafficking”.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Replace rude embassy staff, say Thai-based NGOs

    “The attachés yelled at us, shouted rude things, and threatened to get us arrested for disturbing their work.”

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Rescued workers face months in detention

    Nineteen Burmese workers rescued from human traffickers on Sunday now face months in detention as the case against their accused abusers proceeds.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    3 more migrants rescued from fishing boat slavery

    MAT said the three men had been hiding in a forest near the port of Chonburi for two days after escaping from their fishing boat.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News

    3 Burmese rescued from slavery on Thai fishing boat

    The three men were rescued from a Chonburi dock after their boat returned to shore.

    Human Rights Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Human traffickers arrested in Burmese-Thai operation

    A notorious human trafficking ring was busted in Thailand following reports of murder, rape and extortion of vulnerable Burmese migrant workers.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Nine Burmese dead in Thai truck tragedy

    Truck crashed while carrying 21 Burmese migrant workers in Samut Sakhon Province. The driver, also a Burmese national, was arrested for negligent driving.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese father & son trafficked three times in Thailand

    Two Burmese migrants – a father and son – were sold by human traffickers a total of three times from one owner to another in southern Thailand’s Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese shot dead in Thai rubber plantation

    Trio of Burmese workers, including a 13 year old boy, shot dead in Suratthani.

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese embassy requests reopening Koh Tao murder case

    Lawyer Aung Myo Thant tells DVB that the request was made to Thailand’s Ministry of Legal Affairs on the basis that confessions by Burmese suspects Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were made under duress of torture.

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Re-enactment was orchestrated by police, say Koh Tao suspects

    Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun tell embassy delegates on Friday that local Thai police had directed them what to say and do during a re-enactment of the crime on 3 October.

    Law Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrants march against ‘conmen’

    Hundreds of Burmese migrant workers marched in the streets of Bangkok demanding legal action against a company that allegedly cheated them.

    Crime Law Lead Story News

    Third Burmese said he did not witness murder

    Lawyer: “He [Muang Maung] said he did not know what happened afterwards, and that when he returned to the room there was nothing to suggest that Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun had committed murder.”

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Koh Tao ‘murderers’ were tortured, says Burmese embassy lawyer

    A lawyer contracted by the Burmese embassy to defend Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, who are accused of murdering two British tourists, said the men confessed to the crimes but told the legal team they had been tortured.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrants freed from slavery in Bangkok restaurant

    Three young Burmese migrants were rescued on 19 February from a Bangkok restaurant where they had been kept as slaves.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese migrant group files formal complaint against Thai police

    A Burmese human rights organisation has filed what is claimed to be the first ever formal complaint against Thai police for their alleged role in extorting Burmese migrant workers in Thailand.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Leaders of infamous human trafficking gang arrested in southern Thailand

    Thai authorities in the last week have rounded up three leading members of a Burmese human trafficking gang responsible for selling hundreds of their fellow countrymen into slavery and murdering dozens of people

    News Politics

    ‘Legal’ Burmese migrants still face exploitation in Thailand

    Burmese migrants, who have arrived ‘legally’ in Thailand under a bilateral agreement between the two countries, continue to be systematically exploited and abused by their Thai employers, activists have warned

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