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Cambodian Garment Workers Are Pressuring H&M, Walmart And Zara To Make Their Suppliers Pay A Living Wage

After launching a nationwide strike last December, Cambodia’s garment workers are back in the streets demanding a monthly minimum wage of 177 US dollars.

by Mong Palatino

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Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System

On the 14th of March 2012, a woman named Alem Dechasa committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at Der El-Salib mental hospital. Four days prior, as witnessed by an amateur video, she was kidnapped by her owner, her ma...

by Joey Ayoub

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Review: The Salt of the Earth

This month sees the UK release of The Salt of the Earth, the production from film-maker Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) that documents the life of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado. Originally released in Frenc...

by Bryony Cottam

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Cambodian Garment Workers Are Pressuring H&M, Walmart And Zara To Make Their Suppliers Pay A Living Wage

Silent No More: Lebanon’s Migrants Fight the Kafala System

Review: The Salt of the Earth

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