“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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One Year into the Lose-Lose Putsch (3): Friends Like These?
This is the third instalment in a four-part series remembering the first year of the cataclysmic military coup in Burma. The first instalment, “2021: The Golden Age of the Burmese Military”, can be found here. The second, “Who Rules Burma?”, is here. Min Aung Hlaing dreams of electric buses Although both vital and novel, none of …
04:00 PM, 26 February 2021 News Briefing
A meeting hosted by the recently military-formed Union Election Commission (UEC), between the political parties was held at the UEC office in NayPyiTaw this morning(Feb26). Of the around 91 total political parties in Myanmar, almost 50 attended and the rest of parties refused to attend the meeting as a boycott of the military, as well …
11:00 AM, 11 February 2021 News Briefing
Without giving any reasons, two unknown civilians tried to violently arrest Ko Zaw Thurein Tun, chairman of the Sagaing Division Computer Professionals Association, at the infront of his home, and escaped by the help of family and some neighbours. U Zaw Thurein Tun, well-known actively participating in the anti-coup demonstrations in Sagaing region, and also …
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.
Thai PM hears Burmese migrant workers’ concerns
Surachai told DVB that migrant fishermen are frequently threatened by Thai authorities and bosses if they raise their concerns.