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5th Oct 2024: Benar News – Malaysia’s PM Anwar promises Bangladeshi migrant workers will be treated fairly
5th Oct 2024: Benar News – Malaysia’s PM Anwar promises Bangladeshi migrant workers will be treated fairly uring Dhaka visit
26th Sept 2024: Former Malaysian gloves plant workers sue Kimberly-Clark. They allege abuse at company’s supplier Brightway
26th Sept 2024: Former Malaysian gloves plant workers sue Kimberly-Clark. They allege abuse at the company’s supplier Brightway Former employees
20th Sept 2024: Prothmalo – Aminul and Ruhul Amin involved in alleged migrant worker syndicate money ‘laundering’ to Malaysia
20th Sept 2024: Prothmalo – Aminul and Ruhul Amin involved in alleged migrant worker syndicate money ‘laundering’ to Malaysia Aminul
19th Sept 2024: Malay Mail- Panasonic, Sony and Daikin vows probe into forced labour claim against Malaysian contractor
19th Sept 2024: Malay Mail- Panasonic, Sony and Daikin vows probe into forced labour claim against Malaysian contractor KUALA LUMPUR,
17th Sept 2024: FMT – Japanese electronics giants probe Malaysian supplier Kawaguchi after delayed salary payments
17th Sept 2024: FMT – Japanese electronics giants probe Malaysian supplier Kawaguchi after delayed salary payments However, Klang-based Japanese electronics
12th Sept 2024: FLA – Fifty global brands urge Taiwan to support responsible recruitment of migrant workers
12th Sept 2024: FLA – Fifty global brands urge Taiwan to support responsible recruitment of migrant workers The conditions for
8th Sept 2024: The Guardian – Number of seasonal workers seeking help after being sacked by UK farms doubles in the past year
8th Sept 2024: The Guardian Number of seasonal workers seeking help after being sacked by UK farms doubles in the
6th Sep 2024: Malay Mail – Malaysian HR Ministry opens probe into slave labour claims against contractor (Kawaguchi) for Sony, Panasonic and Daikin
6th Sept 2024: Malay Mail – Malaysian HR Ministry opens probe into slave labour claims against contractor (Kawaguchi) for Sony,
6th Sept 2024: Aljazeera – Indonesian fruit-pickers say seasonal work in UK left them drowning in debt
6th Sept 2024: Aljazeera – Indonesian fruit-pickers say seasonal work in UK left them drowning in debt Original Source: Aljazeera
5th Sept 2024: FMT – Malaysian labour dept probes Bangladeshi workers’ forced labour claims in factory allegedly supplying to major electronics companies Daikin, Panasonic and Sony
5th Sept 2024: FMT – Malaysian labour dept probes Bangladeshi workers’ forced labour claims in factory allegedly supplying to major
29th August 2024 Channel 4 News: Dyson abandons libel claim against Channel 4 News report on Dyson/ATA Malaysia alleged migrant abuse saga
29th August 2024 Channel 4 News: Dyson abandons libel claim against Channel 4 News report on Dyson/ATA Malaysia alleged migrant
24th August 2024: TBIJ ‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers in UK left without jobs after Home Office decision
24th August 2024: Bureau of Investigative Journalism ‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers in UK left without jobs after
Why Human Rights Matter to Business?
Risky Business with Darian McBain: Asia
15th January 2024
Why Human Rights Matter to Business with Darian McBain – Interview with Andy Hall – Migrant Worker Rights Specialist
Asian business is changing. Customer demands, government regulations, stakeholder expectations, they are all evolving under the pressure of the environmental crisis. And even the most robust business models are starting to show cracks. But it’s through those cracks that opportunities arrive.
Do you know how to navigate this new normal?
Andy Hall is a human rights defender, a researcher/investigator and activist, and an independent specialist on migrant worker rights.
In this episode of Risky Business, Andy talks about how he uncovered – and helped to tackle – the problem of labour rights abuses in Malaysia’s latex glove industry.
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26th Sept 2024: Former Malaysian gloves plant workers sue Kimberly-Clark. They allege abuse at company's supplier Brightway
*Scoop 20th Sept 2024: Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC’s) Bestinet probe is ‘NFA’, no proof of other money-laundering claims: Azam Baki* https://www.scoop.my/news/228314/maccs-bestinet-probe-is-nfa-no-proof-of-other-money-laundering-claims-azam-baki/
Prothmalo 20th Sept 2024: Aminul and Ruhul Amin involved in alleged migrant worker syndicate money 'laundering' from Bangladesh to Malaysia
*Malay Mail 19th Sept 2024: Panasonic, Sony and Daikin vows probe into forced-labour claim against Malaysian contractor*
*17th Sept 2024 FMT/BHRRC: Japanese electronics giants probe Malaysian supplier Kawaguchi after delayed salary payments*
Andy Hall
Andy Hall is a British human rights defender and a migrant worker specialist working in Asia, Middle East and the Gulf
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