Nine years after war’s end, Sri Lankans wait for government to return property
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Sri Lanka has failed to fulfil pledges to return properties to thousands of people forced from their homes during decades of war, many of whom now live in desperate poverty, researchers said on Tuesday. Thousands of acres of land taken over during the war are still held by government forces who […]
Indian crime thriller shines spotlight on garment sector exploitation
Thomson Reuters Foundation A crime thriller about the death of an activist rescuing women from exploitative work conditions in garment and textile factories in southern India has become an unlikely bestseller among those campaigning for workers’ rights. The 300-page debut novel by a lawyer from Coimbatore, a district in Tamil Nadu state, is being used […]