Andy Hall
@atomicalandy.bsky.social
Migrant worker rights specialist blogging at www.andyjhall.org ([email protected]) living in Nepal, focused on migration in/from Asia, exploring Himalayas, investigating the unreported.
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Andy Hall
@atomicalandy.bsky.social
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A weekend with my sister (finally) in London 🇬🇧
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A weekend with my sister (finally) in London 🇬🇧
*Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia/Mediceram)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/27/h...
Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labo...
November 26, 2025 1:38PM EST|Dispatches Human Rights Watch/United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers […]
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November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
*Human Rights Watch/ United Nations (UN) Nov 26th 2025: Rampant Labour Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia (Alleged Criminal Syndicate Trafficking Bangladeshi Workers for Forced Labour in Malaysia/Mediceram)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/27/h...
*26th Nov 2025: International Solidarity Campaign: Justice for the 177 Fired Mediceram Workers*
Stop Forced Deportations, Passport Confiscations and All Forms of Threats — Defend the Rights of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Exploited in Malaysia!
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Stop Forced Deportations, Passport Confiscations and All Forms of Threats — Defend the Rights of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Exploited in Malaysia!
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International Solidarity Campaign: Justice for the 177 Fired Mediceram Workers | Sosialis Alternatif
We, the socialist, labour, and youth organisations endorsing this statement, demand that the Malaysian government, particularly the Department of Industrial Relations and the Department of Labour, tak...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
*26th Nov 2025: International Solidarity Campaign: Justice for the 177 Fired Mediceram Workers*
Stop Forced Deportations, Passport Confiscations and All Forms of Threats — Defend the Rights of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Exploited in Malaysia!
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Stop Forced Deportations, Passport Confiscations and All Forms of Threats — Defend the Rights of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Exploited in Malaysia!
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Today met Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Ms Pichamon Yeophantong to submit MWN’s complaint letter to UN agencies on ongoing forcible return to Bangladesh from Malaysia of alleged #Mediceram forced labour victims www.facebook.com/share/p/17ZU...
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today met Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Ms Pichamon Yeophantong to submit MWN’s complaint letter to UN agencies on ongoing forcible return to Bangladesh from Malaysia of alleged #Mediceram forced labour victims www.facebook.com/share/p/17ZU...
Negotiations between #Mediceram @AnsellProtects glove company unfairly dismissed Bangladeshi worker representatives (180 workers) and company management at
Negeri Sembilan Industrial Relations Department (JPP), observed by the Bangladesh HC, break down www.facebook.com/share/1BcdLs...
Negeri Sembilan Industrial Relations Department (JPP), observed by the Bangladesh HC, break down www.facebook.com/share/1BcdLs...
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Negotiations between #Mediceram @AnsellProtects glove company unfairly dismissed Bangladeshi worker representatives (180 workers) and company management at
Negeri Sembilan Industrial Relations Department (JPP), observed by the Bangladesh HC, break down www.facebook.com/share/1BcdLs...
Negeri Sembilan Industrial Relations Department (JPP), observed by the Bangladesh HC, break down www.facebook.com/share/1BcdLs...
This evening in Geneva, Switzerland I had to gate crash a closed meeting of the Malaysian government at Intercontinental Hotel on their National Action Plan (NAP) on Business and Human Rights 2025-2030 (a side meeting to UN Forum on Business Human Rights)
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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This evening in Geneva, Switzerland I had to gate crash a closed meeting of the Malaysian government at Intercontinental Hotel on their National Action Plan (NAP) on Business and Human Rights 2025-2030 (a side meeting to UN Forum on Business Human Rights)
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UN special rapporteur on slavery Tomoya Obokata condemns Mediceram/Ansell forced deportations of alleged forced labour victims today in Geneva after our meeting to discuss MWN complaint submission on the case. See www.linkedin.com/posts/tomoya...
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
UN special rapporteur on slavery Tomoya Obokata condemns Mediceram/Ansell forced deportations of alleged forced labour victims today in Geneva after our meeting to discuss MWN complaint submission on the case. See www.linkedin.com/posts/tomoya...
*MWN 24 Nov 2025: another 17 former and unfairly dismissed Mediceram workers forcibly deported back to Bangladesh from Malaysia today*
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
*MWN 24 Nov 2025: another 17 former and unfairly dismissed Mediceram workers forcibly deported back to Bangladesh from Malaysia today*
MWN✊💪
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*TPBS 23rd Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers pay up to RM30,000 for jobs in Malaysia - Former Malaysian plantations minister speaks out in dhaka* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/m...
Bangladeshi workers pay up to RM30,000 for jobs in Malaysia: Former minister
“Sometimes the promised jobs are not ready. Sometimes workers are brought in beyond the actual demand. And when this happens, they are left with no work, no income, and no support,” she said.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
*TPBS 23rd Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers pay up to RM30,000 for jobs in Malaysia - Former Malaysian plantations minister speaks out in dhaka* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/m...
*24th Nov 2025: Mediceram forcibly cancels visas and involuntarily deports Bangladeshi migrant workers, denying workers the right to attend industrial tribunal hearing today - workers speak out on landing in Dhaka*
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বিরোধের জেরে জোরপূর্বক ভিসা বাতিল করলো মেডিসেরাম কোম্পানি | Malaysia Probashi | Ekhon TV
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November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
*24th Nov 2025: Mediceram forcibly cancels visas and involuntarily deports Bangladeshi migrant workers, denying workers the right to attend industrial tribunal hearing today - workers speak out on landing in Dhaka*
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Managing to have a few hours walk to clear my head this evening in the snow ❄️ ⛄️
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Managing to have a few hours walk to clear my head this evening in the snow ❄️ ⛄️
MWN 23rd Nov 2025: Police and agent together ensure 31 more unfairly dismissed former Mediceram workers forcibly deported from Malaysia back to Bangladesh
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November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
MWN 23rd Nov 2025: Police and agent together ensure 31 more unfairly dismissed former Mediceram workers forcibly deported from Malaysia back to Bangladesh
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Tears of injustice, corruption, impunity and inhumanity today as police and agent forcibly deport more unfairly dismissed Mediceram workers back to Bangladesh #Mediceram #Malaysiaboleh
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November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Tears of injustice, corruption, impunity and inhumanity today as police and agent forcibly deport more unfairly dismissed Mediceram workers back to Bangladesh #Mediceram #Malaysiaboleh
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Bound for UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to assist MWN to submit complaints against neglect, corruption, inhumanity and impunity of Bangladesh & Malaysian governments re: #Mediceram case and other systemic migrant worker rights abuses
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bound for UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to assist MWN to submit complaints against neglect, corruption, inhumanity and impunity of Bangladesh & Malaysian governments re: #Mediceram case and other systemic migrant worker rights abuses
*21st Nov 2025 Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation* andyjhall.org/2025/11/21/2...
21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation - Andy Hall
21st Nov Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation November […]
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November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
*21st Nov 2025 Green Left AUS: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) in Ansell’s supply chain (Mediceram, Malaysia) face deportation* andyjhall.org/2025/11/21/2...
*United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 - Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/21/u...
United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 - Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate traffickin...
United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 – Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi […]
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November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
*United Nations (UN) NEWS RELEASE 21 Nov 2025 - Malaysia: UN experts sound alarm over continued systematic exploitation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia (alleged criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshi workers for forced labour in Malaysia)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/21/u...
*20th Nov 2025: Statement of Mediceram Workers to be Involuntarily Repatriated This Weekend on Yesterdays Bangladeshi High Commission KL Visit*
🇧🇩 Update of yesterday's BD High Commission meeting, the frustration of Mediceram workers deepened.
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🇧🇩 Update of yesterday's BD High Commission meeting, the frustration of Mediceram workers deepened.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
*20th Nov 2025: Statement of Mediceram Workers to be Involuntarily Repatriated This Weekend on Yesterdays Bangladeshi High Commission KL Visit*
🇧🇩 Update of yesterday's BD High Commission meeting, the frustration of Mediceram workers deepened.
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🇧🇩 Update of yesterday's BD High Commission meeting, the frustration of Mediceram workers deepened.
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Malaysia reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers, but attached "unacceptable" conditions, which may pave the way for the re-emergence of a recruitment agency syndicate, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul said today (19 Nov).
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Bangladesh objects to Malaysia's conditions over recruitment syndicate fears: Asif Nazrul
'Only a small number of recruiting agencies would get the opportunity, and that is something we do not want,' he says
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November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Malaysia reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers, but attached "unacceptable" conditions, which may pave the way for the re-emergence of a recruitment agency syndicate, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul said today (19 Nov).
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*Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s global supply chain)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/17/d...
Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s global supply chain) - Andy Hall
Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s […]
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November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
*Daily Star 17th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers (alleged forced labour victims) file police reports against Malaysia’s Mediceram glove company (Ansell’s global supply chain)* andyjhall.org/2025/11/17/d...
*16th Nov 2025: Police report of Bangladeshi workers in Nilai reveals terrible injustice by some Malaysian employers including Mediceram again!*
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November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
*16th Nov 2025: Police report of Bangladeshi workers in Nilai reveals terrible injustice by some Malaysian employers including Mediceram again!*
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Associated Press Video: Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims youtu.be/clo-Fr9eqzA
Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims
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November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Associated Press Video: Bangladeshi workers protest over unpaid wages and mistreatment claims youtu.be/clo-Fr9eqzA
*Story Malaysia 15th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers employed by glove co. Mediceram supplying to major multinationals protest alleged rights abuses & forced deportations; incl. cos. responses*
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Malaysia: Bangladeshi workers employed by glove co. Mediceram supplying to major multinationals protest alleged rights abuses & forced deportations; incl. cos. responses - Business & Human Rights Reso...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
*Story Malaysia 15th Nov 2025: Bangladeshi workers employed by glove co. Mediceram supplying to major multinationals protest alleged rights abuses & forced deportations; incl. cos. responses*
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*Green Left 15th Nov 2025: Complaint lodged against Ansell’s treatment of foreign workers*
Kerry Smith
Melbourne
November 15, 2025
Many Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia face discrimination, including those working for Ansell subsidiaries.
Read full story at: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Kerry Smith
Melbourne
November 15, 2025
Many Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia face discrimination, including those working for Ansell subsidiaries.
Read full story at: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Complaint lodged against Ansell’s treatment of foreign workers
A migrant worker rights activist has lodged a complaint to the Australian government about Mediceram, Ansell’s Malaysian supplier, treatment of its workers. Kerry Smith reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
*Green Left 15th Nov 2025: Complaint lodged against Ansell’s treatment of foreign workers*
Kerry Smith
Melbourne
November 15, 2025
Many Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia face discrimination, including those working for Ansell subsidiaries.
Read full story at: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Kerry Smith
Melbourne
November 15, 2025
Many Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia face discrimination, including those working for Ansell subsidiaries.
Read full story at: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
*15th Nov: After losing lakhs to 'syndicate', left-behind Bangladeshi workers in debt bondage and modern slavery paying yet again for Malaysia* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/a...
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
*15th Nov: After losing lakhs to 'syndicate', left-behind Bangladeshi workers in debt bondage and modern slavery paying yet again for Malaysia* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/a...
*15th Nov: After losing lakhs to 'syndicate', left-behind Bangladeshi workers in debt bondage and modern slavery paying yet again for Malaysia* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/a...
After losing lakhs to 'syndicate', left-behind workers paying again for Malaysia
18,000 workers missed mid-2024 Malaysia flight deadline due to recruiting agencies’ mismanagement
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November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
*15th Nov: After losing lakhs to 'syndicate', left-behind Bangladeshi workers in debt bondage and modern slavery paying yet again for Malaysia* www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/a...