<p>I understand that your subsidiary Body Fashion (Thailand) has announced plans to lay off 1,930 workers – half the workforce - at its Bangphi plant effective August 31 2009.</p>
<p>This 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) will be a milestone for the development of human rights in the region and community building in ASEAN. After 12 months of hard work, the High Level Panel (HLP), the team that was tasked to draft the Terms of Reference (TOR) on the establishment of the ASEAN human rights body (AHRB) will have their meeting tomorrow (18 July 2009) and will submit the draft to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers on the day after.</p>
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<div>1,003 factories have been shut down between 1 Jan and 7 May, putting 84,876 workers out work. Many more factories and workers are likely to meet the same fate, according to the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare.</div>
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<p>Thai Netizen Network with support from Media Legal Defense Initiative (MLDI) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) would like to invite you to a seminar on Cyber-Crime laws: Global perspectives and Legal practice.</p>
<p>The forum will be held by Chulalongkorn's Institute of Security and International Studies. Speakers will include President of the FCCT, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (Thailand), representative of JBIC and the Ambassador of Argentina. Details are below for those interested.</p>
By Asian Transnational Corporation Monitoring Network |
<p>The Asian Transnational Corporation Monitoring Network (ATNC) strongly condemns the closure of the Triumph International Philippines factory inside the FTI Complex in Taguig City and the nearby Star Performance Incorporated as well as the layoff of nearly 50% of the workforce in the Body Fashion Thailand (BFT), Triumph International's Thai subsidiary. </p>
<p>(Signatures are being collected in support of the workers in an online petition: <a href="http://gopetition.com/online/29350.html">http://gopetition.com/online/29350.html</a>.)</p>
<p>On July 13, workers rallied at the office of the Board of Investment, saying that the Board’s support for the investment of Body Fashion (Thailand) Co in Nakhon Sawan lost almost 2,000 of their jobs in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan.</p>
<p>Following the demands from the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus on humanitarian aid for new refugees who arrived in Tha Song Yang district of Tak Province since early June, and the expression of concerns from the network of Thai non-governmental organizations regarding the increase in forced repatriation, restriction of humanitarian aid, access to education, and the lack of a clear, proper and up-to-date refugee management measures,</p>
<p>Luksna Kornsilpa has sent a press release plus an article in Thai and English to the press today. According to the press release, more charges are to be filed against many people including police and state attorney for malfeasance. Besides Thaksin and his cronies, those who will sign the petition to the King will be charged as well.</p>
<p>The International AIDS Society (IAS) today welcomed Thursday's decision by Delhi's High Court to decriminalize homosexuality as a victory for human rights and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. The IAS urged India's Government to take affirmative steps to promote and protect the rights of all criminalized communities at risk for HIV in India, including men who have sex with men (MSM), people who use drugs, and sex workers.</p>
<p>Jon Ungphakorn, social activist and founder of Prachatai, has launched iLaw (<a href="http://ilaw.or.th/">http://ilaw.or.th</a>) to enable people to propose and amend laws through the process of collecting 10,000 signatures to Parliament under Sections 142 and 193 of the 2007 Constitution.</p>
<p>The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is appalled to learn that our colleagues, the entire board of <a href="http://www.fccthai.com/">the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand</a>, have been accused of committing lese majeste, a crime which could carry a prison sentence of up to 15 years.</p>