Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report

By Amnesty International

Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses that meet many of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) indicators of forced labour, while being denied access to the country’s strict labour protections, Amnesty International said in a new report. The research, which documents the plight of workers in […] The post Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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