One local producer vows to cut ties with any prison found using abusive practices
Inmates sit on the floor during an inspection visit inside a prison in Bangkok. (Photo: Reuters)
A coalition of human rights groups is urging the US government to ban imports of fishing nets from two major Thai suppliers, following a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation into the use of forced prison labour.
The report in December found inmates at some Thai prisons were being forced to make fishing nets for private companies — including one that exported to the United States — under threat of punishment including beatings and delayed release.
“This is just one of many examples of how multinational corporations scour…
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