The minutes of the last meeting are here thanks to group member Lesley for writing them up. We discussed North Korea and the forthcoming video planned with Clare Moody; the Death Penalty report which highlights the events in Saudi, Pakistan and elsewhere; plans for the Human Rights Act, forthcoming events such as the stall in the market, and social media statistics including the success of the post about the war in Yemen and our role in arming and supporting the carnage, and several other topics. The next meeting is on 14 April.
March
We have just added a link to an organisation, based in the USA, which campaigns for human rights of those who work in sometimes appalling factories for a pittance to bring us cheap clothes. Called The Institute for Global Labour (sic) and Human Rights, it came to light in an article on the German retailer Lidl and its latest offering of a pair of jeans called ‘jeggings’ for the princely sum of £5.99 ($8.62). The article alleges that the factories that make them in Bangladesh do so by paying a pittance to their workforce. Source: The Observer 13 March 16
It’s sometimes easy to forget that human rights can be infringed in clothing factories as well.
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