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Collection of forced labor news, found 38 news.

Jakarta and Bandung become "closer" with high-speed railway

Efforts to bolster connectivity between Jakarta and Bandung through transportation infrastructure development have been ...

ASEAN 2023

ASEAN leaders take actions to enhance protection for migrant fishers

Leaders of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) resolved to undertake actions to ...

Indonesia calls for collective efforts against human trafficking

Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly urged various parties at the “Bali Process ...

Indonesia to unwillingly export natural commodities following defeat

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accentuated that Indonesia has now been compelled to export its natural commodities ...

Migrant workers' protection MoU outcome of long negotiations: Retno

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia was the result of ...

Rights body exposes forced labour, slavery at district head's home

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) came across practices of forced labour and actions akin to slavery ...

DFW questions efficacy of cooperation in tackling illegal fishing

Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) questions the effectiveness of regional cooperation in combating illegal fishing as ...

News Feature

Restoring popularity of Cianjur as a quality coffee producer

During the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia, forced labor for coffee cultivation was applied in West Java, including in ...

Fishing vessel captain accused of abandoning 7 seamen

The captain of a fishing vessel, KM Jaya Utama, has been accused of leaving seven crew members stranded at the Merauke ...

News Focus

Clamor grows for ending trafficking, slavery on the seas

On June 5 this year, two sailors — Reynalfi, 22, and Andri Juniansyah, 30 — jumped off Chinese-flagged ...

Moratorium on seafarer recruitment short-term answer: ministry

A moratorium on the recruitment of Indonesian seafarers on foreign fishing ships would only serve as a short-term ...

DFW proposes moratorium on seafarers working for Chinese fishing boats

The Indonesian Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) has proposed a moratorium and evaluation on the policy to send ...

KKP keen on network established to combat transnational fishery crimes

Head of the Research and Human Resources Agency of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Sjarief Widjaja ...

Foreign Ministry follows up on report of Indonesian students forced to work in Taiwan

The Foreign Ministry plans to follow up on a report of Indonesian students forced to work at a number of factories in ...

RSPO strengthens protection of palm oil workers` rights

The non-profit Association of Palm Oil Industry Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) strengthens protection of ...