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Slave worker study 'won't hurt' exports
News, Published on 25/12/2015
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has played down a report by the Associated Press on "shrimps peeled by slaves" and assured the report would not affect the nation's seafood exports.
'Cleaner' image for Thai fish industry
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 14/01/2016
» Thai authorities are preparing to clean up the image of the country's fishing industry ahead of the EU's decision on illegal, unregulated and unreported (UUI) fishing, due to be announced in the coming weeks.
Court seizes activist Hall's passport, imposes travel ban
Online Reporters, Published on 13/01/2016
» The Bangkok South Criminal Court confiscated the passport of British migrant-rights activist Andy Hall and barred him from leaving the country days before he faces formal indictment on defamation and computer crimes charges. -
Activist Hall to surrender, seek bail before indictment hearing
Online Reporters, Published on 11/01/2016
» British migrant rights activist Andy Hall will formally surrender to the South Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday, five days before he is scheduled to appear at his formal indictment on defamation and Computer Crimes Act charges.
Greenpeace takes aim at Thai Union
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/11/2015
» Greenpeace Southeast Asia has called on Thai Union Group Plc, the world's largest manufacturer of canned tuna, to halt alleged human rights abuses in the company's tuna supply chain.
Many abuses 'carried out by middlemen'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/11/2015
» The exploitation of migrant workers through low wages and poor welfare benefits is widely reported among people hired on a sub-contract basis, a group working for migrant workers' rights says.
PM vows justice in shrimp slave trade
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to punish officers who fail to tackle forced-labour seafood processing facilities, after an Associated Press report highlighted the scourge of slavery still afflicting the fish industry in the port province of Samut Sakhon.
Pacific tuna conservation meeting ends in deadlock
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» KUTA, INDONESIA - Environmental groups expressed frustration on Wednesday after a key Pacific fishing industry meeting failed to adopt measures to protect vulnerable tuna species from overfishing.
Seafood giant TU steps up worker protection
Published on 11/12/2015
» Thai Union Group Plc (TU), one of the world's largest seafood producers, will stop using subcontractors for shrimp pre-processing and will bring all operations in-house in order to improve worker protection.
New laws crack down on illegal fishing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/11/2015
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a raft of measures to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as the country struggles to meet a European Union (EU) deadline in December to clamp down on illegal fishing or risk being hit with damaging trade sanctions.