Lao authorities have released a villager held since 2017 with a group arrested for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company, sources in the communist Southeast Asian state […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Laos
Weiterlesen »Lao villagers formerly leasing land to a Vietnamese rubber company under a profit-sharing arrangement are now being refused compensation by the foreign-owned firm, which says the land belongs not to the villagers but to the […]
Schlagwörter: Land Grabbing, Laos
Weiterlesen »The Austrian company is the holder of a $300 million contract to supply turbines to power the Xayaburi Dam in Laos. Andritz Hydro plays a critical role in the project as a supplier of key […]
Schlagwörter: Andritz, Laos, Wasserkraft, Xayaburi
Weiterlesen »Die EU weigert sich seit 2013, ein Freihandelsabkommen mit Thailand zu unterzeichnen, da Fischer dort unter sklavenartigen Bedingungen arbeiten. Berichte belegen Menschenhandel und schlimme Ausbeutung vieler der 3,8 Millionen ausländischen Arbeiter, die meist aus Burma, […]
Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Fischerei, Laos, Sklaverei, Südostasien, Thailand
Weiterlesen »Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number dead after a dam under construction collapsed in south-east Laos, state media reported. More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44935495
Schlagwörter: Laos, Wasserkraft
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