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15th May 2026: IOM (International Organisation for Migration)/UN agencies Additional Statement on alleged misrepresentations of Bestinet/FWCMS re: alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia
15th May 2026: IOM (International Organisation for Migration)/UN agencies Additional Statement on alleged misrepresentations of Bestinet/FWCMS re: alleged criminal syndicate
12th May 2026: International Labour Organization (ILO)/UN agencies statement on alleged misrepresentations of Bestinet/FWCMS re: alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia
12th May 2026: International Labour Organization (ILO)/UN agencies statement on alleged misrepresentations of Bestinet/FWCMS re: alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi
Edge 7th May Cover Story: How a lucrative Bangladesh labour import scheme into Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi migrant workers for forced labour in Malaysia) was shelved
Edge 7th May Cover Story: How a lucrative Bangladesh labour import scheme into Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi migrant
Immediate Release 27 April 2026: Public Protest and Submission to Bangladeshi Expatriates Minister of MWN’s Urgent Demands for Compensation, Rehabilitation, Justice and Accountability for Abused Migrant Workers in Malaysia
Immediate Release 27 April 2026: Public Protest and Submission to Bangladeshi Expatriates Minister of MWN’s Urgent Demands for Compensation, Rehabilitation, Justice and
For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA (Malaysia) Landmark Forced Labour Case Settlement Announcement
For Immediate Release 27th Feb 2026: Comment Attributable to Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist, on the Dyson/ATA IMS
ABC 17th Feb 2026: Australian Anti-slavery commissioner calls for tougher laws amid forced labour concerns for Ansell (MediCeram, Malaysia) and KMart
ABC 17th Feb 2026: Australian Anti-slavery commissioner calls for tougher laws amid forced labour concerns for Ansell (MediCeram, Malaysia) and
23rd Jan 2026 Bloomberg World Exclusive on Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia | The Big Take: EVERYONE GETS A CUT, AND MIGRANT WORKERS PAY THE PRICE
(UPDATED Story by Bloomberg on 16th April 2026: Malaysia Plans to Use Tycoon Amin’s New Migrant Worker System – see
14 Jan 2026 PRESS RELEASE: UK High Court rules that forced labour and exploitation claims against Dyson (ATA Malaysia case) will be tried next year
— Solicitors Journal 14th Jan 2026: Limbu v Dyson: High Court orders liability trial for migrant workers’ exploitation claims 14
FMT 26th Dec 2025: Bangladeshi workers obtain court injunction against mould manufacturer Mediceram (Ansell supplier) in Malaysia
FMT 26th Dec 2025: Bangladeshi workers obtain court injunction against mould manufacturer Mediceram (Ansell supplier) in Malaysia Sean Augustin The
Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia/Mediceram)
November 26, 2025 1:38PM EST|Dispatches Human Rights Watch/United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers
ABC News 23rd Nov 2025: 15 Bangladeshi migrant workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian glove factory Mediceram after abuse allegations (UPDATE: 48 more workers to be deported by Monday)
ABC News 23rd Nov 2025: 15 Bangladeshi Migrant workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian glove factory Mediceram after abuse allegations (UPDATE:
21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation
21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation November
Fundraise for Andy Hall to Overturn Unjust Conviction for Whistleblowing: Qatar
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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*Join Our Campaign to Stop modern slavery in Ansell’s supply chain: 31 May 2026*
M.W.N MediCeram case fundraiser still up and running. Adapted to new focus holding Ansell (and hide behind industry association RBA/RGA) accountable to urgently compensate 200+ Bangaldeshi victims of the MediCeram forced labour case in their supply chain
*FMT 27 May 2026: JB firm Esstar Vision says pay dispute being resolved, Bangaldeshi workers claim otherwise*
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*PICKET ANSELL - END MODERN SLAVERY*
1PM, Fri 29 May, Ansell HQ, 678 Victoria
St, Richmond.
See https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/malaysia-bangladeshi-workers-employed-by-glove-co-mediceram-supplying-to-major-multinationals-protest-alleged-rights-abuses-forced-deportations-incl-cos-responses/ for background on RBA, RGA and Ansell’s ongoing failures to manage the MediCeram case
*Myanmar NOW 22nd May 2026: Fears of deportation put Myanmar workers at risk of exploitation in Thailand, say experts*
Victims of abuse know their immigration status often matters more to Thai authorities, making them reluctant to seek
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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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Support a shareholder action for Ansell to remove slavery from its supply chains.
Stop modern slavery in Ansell’s supply chain
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In 2021, ANMF stood in support of workers struggling under ‘debt bondage’ arrangements – a form of modern slavery – while making gloves and other PPE for Melbourne-based multinational company ...