Special report – Expose reveals child labour in Cambodian brick kilns despite crackdown
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodian children are working in brick kilns across the country despite a recent government declaration that all furnaces were free of child labour following a state crackdown, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose has found. Kiln visits by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a soon-to-be-released survey by the workers union, and interviews […]
End bondage, demand millions of Indian brick kiln workers as polls loom
Thomson Reuters Foundation Most of the 12 million workers in India’s brick kilns are victims of debt bondage, labour rights campaigners said on Friday, as they appealed to all major political parties to help crack down on the middlemen who trap them. Labour advocates met members of five major political parties this week, ahead of […]
With smog season looming, Pakistan shuts polluting brick kilns
Thomson Reuters Foundation To combat worsening smog, Pakistan’s government has ordered all traditional brick kilns closed for 70 days starting Saturday, as it promotes new cleaner kilns that could cut pollution up to 70 per cent. But the measure has produced an outcry both from kiln owners, who want incentives to make the switch, and […]