Field study accuses Shell of fueling death and violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs.
Incident Tag: Beatings & Violence
Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show
Released documents show Shell paid Nigerian military to stop protest movements over its pollution. Protests were violently suppressed, with reported life losses.
Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK
Slave labor, torture, execution-style killings and human trafficking in Thai fishing boats supplying major supermarkets.
‘SEA SLAVES’: THE HUMAN MISERY THAT FEEDS PETS AND LIVESTOCK
Slave Labor in Indonesian fishing boats linked to pet consumer products – “those who fled recounted horrific violence: the sick cast overboard, the defiant beheaded, the insubordinate sealed for days below deck in a dark, fetid fishing hold.”
International Label Children’s Clothing Made Under Slave-like Conditions in Bangladesh
Production manager routinely slaps and punches young workers for failing to meet production goals; work from 8:00 a.m. to 10-11:00 p.m. 6 days/week; plus 9-10 hour work on 7th day; 94 to 101 hours/week; 41 cents (US)/ hour for senior operator.
Gap and Old Navy in Bangladesh: cheating the poorest workers in the world
14- to – 23 hour shifts, 7 days/week, reaching to massive 210 hours of overtime, even for pregnant women; extreme work hours; beatings; humiliation; death threats; starvation wages (20 to 24 cents per hour); workers visibly sick, exhausted and dazed.
Exhaustion Has No Limit at Apple Supplier in China
Incidents of over 100 security guards harassing and beatings at factory (15,000 workers). Workers toil for 64 to 72 hours/week; with low wages; workers are numb and exhausted. “We are just machines” – Zhen Ding Tech worker