Rights Groups Urge Censure of Thailand Over Abuses in Fishing Industry

12 June 2014
VOA Khmer
Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Government / Human rights / Human trafficking / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development
Adhoc / Burma / Caram Cambodia / Guardian newspaper / Thailand / United States aid / US State Department / Ya Navuth

Human rights workers say the US and other countries should censure Thailand over fisheries practices that mean near-slavery for many Cambodians and others. An investigative report by the UK-based Guardian newspaper exposed serious abuses in the Thai fishing trade, where workers are cheated of pay, kept at sea for prolonged periods and physically abused or killed in the process. US officials say they are to review Thailand’s practices in an upcoming Trafficking in Persons report, but they declined to comment on whether they would downgrade the country. …

 Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-groups-urge-censure-of-thailand-over-abuses-in-fishing-industry/1935496.html