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UN Human Rights Office documents growing reprisals against civil society for cooperating with United Nations
Author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Human rights: Reported reprisals on the rise, says UN", 19 Sep 2019...
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Cambodia: Five ASEAN countries agree on legal frameworks and cooperation in social security to protect migrant workers
Author: Sochan Ry, The Phnom Penh Post
"CLMTV countries agree framework for mobile social security scheme", 17 September 2019...
Thailand: Employers inflate registration cost for migrant workers making them vulnerable to exploitation & modern slavery
Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation, Bangkok Post
"Slavery fears rise for migrant workers", 30 August 2019...
Myanmar: Fishermen & farmers fear loss of livelihood due to Kyaukphyu Sea-Port project
Author: Min Thein Aung, Kyaw Kyaw Aung, & Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia
"Myanmar Fishermen, Farmers Fear Losses From Kyaukphyu Sea-Port Project", 23 August 2019...
Myanmar: UN report concludes that the Burmese army and its associated businesses are responsible for systemic persecution & violence
Author: Gary Kleiman, Asia Times
"Myanmar military business sketch alerts investors", 14 August 2019...
- Related companies: Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEHL)
Verisk Maplecroft's Human Rights Outlook 2019 says risks spread for businesses & civil society as more countries embrace authoritarian tactics
Author: Verisk Maplecroft
"‘Strongmen’ regimes lead charge against freedom of speech and privacy: Human Rights Outlook 2019", 07 Aug 2019...
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Commentary: ASEAN’s Safe Migration Campaign comes up short due to simplistic concept of safe migration
Author: Tommy KS Koh, East Asia Forum
"ASEAN's Safe Migration Campaign comes up short", 1 August 2019...
Myanmar worker dies at Seoul underground construction project during a torrential downpour
Author: Zaw Zaw Htwe, Myanmar Times
"Myanmar worker dies at Seoul construction site", 2 August 2019 The Myanmar embassy in Seoul is working to repatriate the body of a Myanmar national who died at a construction site in the South Korean capital, an official from the embassy told The Mya...
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar exposes military business ties, calls for targeted sanctions & arms embargoes
This report by the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, for the first time, establishes in detail the degree to which Myanmar’s military has used its own businesses, foreign companies and arms deals to support brutal operati...