Exploitation, Forced Labor & Trafficking

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Middle East/North Africa

May 25, 2018 News Release

Qatar Joins Core Human Rights Treaties
Asia

April 13, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Turn Words Into Action on Fishing Industry
Asia

February 7, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Burmese Workers on Trial for Reporting Abuses

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January 23, 2018 Video

Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets

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January 23, 2018

Hidden Chains

Rights Abuses and Forced Labor in Thailand’s Fishing Industry
June 14, 2017

Red Card

Exploitation of Construction Workers on World Cup Sites in Russia
November 3, 2016

“The Farmer Becomes the Criminal”

Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State

News

June 6, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter from Human Rights Watch and NGOs to Kim Jong-Un
January 23, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Forced Labor, Trafficking Persist in Fishing Fleets
October 27, 2017 News Release

Qatar: Implementation Will Be Key for Labor Reforms
October 18, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor

Jessica Evans
Senior Researcher/Advocate for International Financial Institutions
September 27, 2017 News Release

Qatar: Take Urgent Action to Protect Construction Workers
September 24, 2017 Dispatches

India Can’t Mistreat Refugees By Not Signing Refugee Convention

Bill Frelick
Director, Refugee Rights Program
April 28, 2017 News Release

Spain: LGBT Asylum Seekers Abused in North African Enclave
January 5, 2017 News Release

North Korea: Celebrations Hide Human Rights Violations
November 25, 2016 Dispatches

Lesbos Fatal Blast a Stark Reminder of Hardships Refugees Face in Greece

Eva Cossé
Western Europe researcher
July 13, 2016 News Release

Oman: Domestic Workers Trafficked, Trapped
July 6, 2016 News Release

EU/NATO: Europe’s Plan Endangers Foreigners in Libya
June 15, 2016 Commentary

Migrant Domestic Workers: Overworked and Underprotected

Rothna Begum
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Women Across Frontiers

Daily Brief

July 5, 2018

"Relentless" torture in Ethiopia; why men who rape are 'men', not animals; babies born to Rohingya rape survivors; Jordan should open border to fleeing Syrians; UN Human Rights Council should act on Venezuela crisis; journalism is not a crime, Angola; some detainees still held in Saudi's anti-corruption crackdown; Zimbabwe's army vows not to meddle in elections; & Poland's Supreme Court justices are fighting a government purge.

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Forced labor, including children - linked to World Bank

Each year Uzbekistan, one of the world’s largest exporters of cotton, forces many people, including children, to work in the cotton fields for weeks in arduous conditions. Nurses and teachers are among those targeted, undermining access to health care and education.

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