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22 Jun 2014

Human Trafficking at MRS Fashions Factory in Bahrain

According to the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, garment workers from East Asia have been forcibly deported from the MRS Fashions in Bahrian and cheated of their back wages.  They reportedly suffer from severe working conditions, and have their passports confiscated. Wal-Mart accounts for some 60 percent of total production at the MRS Fashions factory, followed by JCPenney.