Category Archives: Workers Rights

Compensation and Injury Costs of Garment Victims are Responsibility of the State and Corporations

Click Link to watch short video. Necessary Compensation and Injury costs for Victims of Garment Factory disasters are a responsibility of the Government and the businesses involved. The video begins…

Sramik Nirapotta Forum [Worker’s Safety Forum] Mark One Year Since Tazreen Incident

  Press Release Sramik Nirapotta Forum On Saturday 23 November,  in remembrance of the devastating fire that killed 112 workers in Tazreen Fashion Factory SNF* visited Jurain Cemetry to lay…

Rana Plaza | Initial Investigation and High Court Order

Rana Plaza ASK Preliminary Investigation Report High Court Directs Bangladesh Bank to Freeze Bank Accounts 130428-2

ASK Expresses Grave Concern Over The Death of Two Garment Workers in Police Clashes

 Press Release : 20 November 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses grave concern over the recent clash between workers and police at Ashulia and Gazipur area. According to…

Final Recommendation in Home Minister’s Investigation Report Post Tazreen

Final Recommendation of the Home Ministry Probe Report – Tazreen – English Home Ministry Probe Report Tazreen [Bengali]

Initial ASK Investigation Report for Tazreen Garments Factory Fire | 24 November 2012

Report Includes Recent Writ Petition Filed by ASK and three other Human Rights Organisations. Initial photos from the investigation unit, witness statementa compiled by ASK Investigation Team, Floor Plans and…

Tazreen Owner Still Scot-Free

Source : Dhaka Tribune    Udisa Islam Family members of fire victims in Tazreen Fashion expressed frustration as the owner of the factory has not yet been arrested one year…

Initial Writ Petition Filed for Tazreen Fashions Factory Fire

Click to View Animated Timeline of Writ Petition Filed on the 25th November 2013.

Framing Development Justice in the Context of Women from the Garments Sector | Bangladesh

The national consultation with the special United Nations Mandate Holders on “Framing Development Justice” for women in the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh was held at the BRAC Centre…