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Malaysia Penalizes 400 Companies in 2023 for Labor Offences
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Malaysia Penalizes 400 Companies in 2023 for Labor Offences

TEMPO.CO, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has taken action against 400 companies so far this year for violating labor laws, state news agency Bernama reported, citing Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar. The ministry’s labor department issued fines totaling 2.17 million ringgit ($463,000) against 272 employers, while the courts fined 128 employers a combined 242,000 ringgit, Bernama cited…

Agency: 100 migrants from one Indonesian province have died abroad in 2023
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Agency: 100 migrants from one Indonesian province have died abroad in 2023

Illness and overwork have been blamed for the deaths this year of 100 migrants who ventured abroad from one eastern Indonesian province, the national workers’ protection agency said Wednesday. Ninety-seven of them had died since Jan. 1 in neighboring Malaysia, while the rest died in Laos, Papua New Guinea and Gabon, according to Benny Rhamdani,…

G20 countries including India are fuelling modern slavery, says new report
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G20 countries including India are fuelling modern slavery, says new report

50 million people are living in conditions of modern slavery — a 25% rise over the last five years, says a new report. According to it, the Group of 20 nations are contributing to this increase, as their trade operations and global supply chains allow for human rights abuses. Among the G20 nations, India tops the…

Americans thought child labor was a travesty ‘over there.’ That myth has been shattered.
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Americans thought child labor was a travesty ‘over there.’ That myth has been shattered.

Child labor in palm oil industry in Southeast Asia tied to Girl Scout cookies In India, I have squatted with kids on towering heaps of smelly trash, helping as they picked through rubbish for the tiny items they think they can sell or use. In Congo, I have knelt at the 2-foot openings of unstable…

This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own | KERA News
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This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own | KERA News

A Girl Scout, distressed that the cookies she was selling contained palm oil, went rogue and baked her own to raise money for her troop. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Girl Scouts rely on cookie sales like we rely on BJ Leiderman to write our theme music or public radio relies on pledge drives. This cookie…

Expanding Our Anti-Trafficking Work into Indonesia
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Expanding Our Anti-Trafficking Work into Indonesia

A young tattooed girl stood in line for the ticket booth with two older women. The sun at its peak looked down through a hazy sky. Great hulking vessels waited lazily in the shipyard while people milled about over the docks, dragging luggage and readying for departure. This port in Indonesia is a hotspot for…

15 human trafficking victims, including 3 kids, rescued off Tawi-Tawi
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15 human trafficking victims, including 3 kids, rescued off Tawi-Tawi

  ILIGAN, Philippines – Police and Marines have rescued 15 people, including three toddlers, from a human trafficking syndicate during a two-day operation on the waters off Tawi-Tawi, according to a military task force on Monday, February 13. The rescue missions were spearheaded by the Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi and involved members of the Marine…

The disturbing links between climate change and modern-day slavery
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The disturbing links between climate change and modern-day slavery

© Provided by The Hill On Sept. 12, a disturbing new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that the number of people in modern slavery has risen by approximately 10 million since 2016. Fifty million women, children and men are exploited through forms of slavery like forced labor and…

Human rights groups urge the U.S. government to sanction for human trafficking abuses
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Human rights groups urge the U.S. government to sanction for human trafficking abuses

The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 The Honorable Antony Blinken Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20520 December 8, 2022 Dear Secretary Yellen and Secretary Blinken: The undersigned nongovernmental organizations are writing to…

The disturbing links between climate change and modern-day slavery | The Hill
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The disturbing links between climate change and modern-day slavery | The Hill

On Sept. 12, a disturbing new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that the number of people in modern slavery has risen by approximately 10 million since 2016. Fifty million women, children and men are exploited through forms of slavery like forced labor and sex trafficking on any given…