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North Korea: Economic System Built on Forced Labor

June 13th, 2012 | Author: Human Rights Watch

The North Korean government continues to require forced, uncompensated labor from workers, including even schoolchildren and university students.

(New York) – The North Korean government continues to require forced, uncompensated labor from workers, including even schoolchildren and university students, Human Rights Watch said today.

Vietnam: Torture, Forced Labor in Drug Detention

September 7th, 2011 | Author: Human Rights Watch

People detained by the police in Vietnam for using drugs are held without due process for years, forced to work for little or no pay, and suffer torture and physical violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government-run drug detention centers, mandated to “treat” and ”rehabilitate” drug users, are little more than forced labor camps where drug users work six days a week processing cashews, sewing garments, or manufacturing other items.

(Bangkok) – People detained by the police in Vietnam for using drugs are held without due process for years, forced to work for little or no pay, and suffer torture and physical violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

UAE: Artists Boycott Guggenheim-Abu Dhabi

March 18th, 2011 | Author: Human Rights Watch

(New York) – The boycott by leading artists of Guggenheim-Abu Dhabi on March 17, 2011, is a major step toward focusing attention on the exploitation of foreign migrant workers building the museum on Saadiyat Island, the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch said today.