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USA: WASHINGTON: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ANNUAL WORLD REPORT
English/Nat
The head of Human Rights Watch has slammed the human rights policy of the Chinese, Bosnian and Russian governments.
Human Rights Watch, an independent environmental organisation, released its annual world report Wednesday...
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Raid on India factory using children, reax
1. Child worker at a sari sweatshop, camera tracking into room where children were doing embroidery on women's clothes
2. Children rounded up by police
3. Mid of volunteer talking to child worker
4. Close-up of embroidery
5. Police and...
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CHINA: BEIJING: PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS
Mandarin/Nat
China is preparing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the start of its economic reform policy, but many sectors of the population have little cause to rejoice.
The reforms, instigated by Deng Xiaoping, have led to an...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: PARALYSING INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE ENTERS 15TH DAY
Eng/Korean/Nat
A paralysing industrial dispute entered its 15th day in South Korea on Wednesday, as thousands of workers rallied in cold and snow shouting "Down with Kim Young Sam".
The South Korean workers are accusing their president...
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German chancellor faces protests as she visits for talks with PM
October 8, 2012
1. Waitress pouring draft beer into a beer glass at Cargo bar
2. Close of glass filling with beer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Athanasios Syrianos, President of "Eza" Hellenic brewery:
"Merkel's visit is a positive sign that...
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US Assistant Secretary of State urges Bangladesh's feuding politicians to hold talks
A US official on Monday said more needed to be done to improve the safety conditions and labour rights in the ready-made garments industry in Bangladesh.
On a visit to Dhaka, the US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal said...
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Protest at plans by clothing company Burberry to transfer work abroad
1. Wide shot of protest outside Burberry store
2. Protesters marching with signs
3. Camera cutaway of someone taking pictures of protesters
4. Close up of protestors and signs
5. Close up of policemen standing outside Burberry store
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Reaction in Bangladesh after US suspends trade privileges
1. Various of front view of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building
2. SOUNDBITE: (Bangla) Kazi Ifterkhar Hossain, President of the Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association:
"Years have passed...
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Social movements stage anti-World Cup march in Sao Paulo
About 4,000 protesters in Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo marched peacefully on Wednesday night toward the stadium that will host the World Cup's opening match next week, calling on the government to provide more low-income housing.
In...
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Labour Day protests in Hong Kong and South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
1. Wide of protesters running out on street to start march at May Day rally
2. Wide of police trying to block protesters
3. Mid of police blocking march
4. Protesters holding posters reading (Korean)"Objection to FTA...
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Labour union stage protest against Qatar WC in respect to human rights of workers
Members of trade unions and other activists staged a protest in the form of a mock football match in Brussels on Monday to draw attention to what they said was Qatar's violation of worker's rights, as the Gulf nation prepares to host the...
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Are workers' right in the UAE improving?
LEAD IN:The United Arab Emirates is trying to make its labour laws more understandable for its vast population of foreign workers.The Minister responsible even attended an event at one of the labour camps.But human resources workers and...
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Labour union protest Greece austerity measures
Around 5,000 people gathered in downtown Athens on Tuesday evening to protest against the latest round of austerity measures approved by the Greek government and its European creditors.The demonstration, organised by the Greece Communist...
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Lula supporters angered by decision to keep ex-president in jail
Supporters of former Brazilian president President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed anger on Monday after an appeals court ordered that he remain in custody.
They gathered outside the federal police headquarters where da...
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WEF releases annual Global Competitiveness Report
Organizers of the annual Davos conference say the United States is atop their list of the world's most competitive economies for the first time in a decade, reflecting a new methodology and long-term factors more than recent policies of...
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Revamped US-Mexico-Canada trade deal signed
In Mexico City, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland joined Mexico's president and other officials to sign the updated version of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade...
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National public debate on legalising prostitution
November 26, 2003
1. Wide shot debate
2. Panel on podium
3. Close up panellists
4. Audience
5. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Polathep Chompoonuch, Karaoke Bar Owner:
"I agree (with legalisation) so that people who run these businesses as well as the...
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INDONESIA: JAKARTA: US CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST JESSE JACKSON VISIT
Eng/Indonesian
U-S civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has criticised sportswear giant Nike for allegedly using sweatshop labour.
Jackson is visiting Indonesia to highlight complaints of abuse at foreign-owned factories.
He and...
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USA: CHINA TRADE BILL
English/Nat
The U-S Congress is scheduled to vote this week on permanent normal trade relations with China, but the debate in Washington concerning the issue is still far from over.
The deal would open Chinese markets to more U-S goods...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO COMBAT SWEATSHOPS
English/Nat
United States President Clinton teamed up with the garment industry Monday to announce a plan to help combat sweatshops -- where workers are forced to labour long hours producing clothes for extremely low wages.
In a...
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Police raid sweatshops employing child labour, rescue 62 boys
1. Tracking shot of a lane in New Delhi
2. Tracking shot of embroidery unit and children putting on their clothes as the raid team arrives
3. Pan over of children putting on their clothes
4. Mid of embroidered dress material on frame
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Migrant workers march to protest against proposed wage levy
1. Various of rally
2. Pan across demonstrators
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Connie Bragas-Regalado, spokesperson of Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB): "It's so bad because it's five hundred Hong Kong dollars and it's two sacks of rice...
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Migrant workers admitted into National People's Congress for first time
29 February 2008
1. Wide of migrant worker using electric cutter machine
2. Close up of worker's face
3. Close up of blade and sparks flying out
4. Mid of worker's face with sparks flying out
5. Mid of migrant worker pan to machine...
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South Korea - Industrial unrest intensifies
There has been a mixed response in South Korea to calls for a mass public sector walkout on Tuesday (14/1) by the Federation of Korean Trade Union (FKTU).
The finance sector was only marginally affected by the participation in the strike...