Photo: View on border area between Sebatik island and Nunukan island in North Kalimantan. Documentation: TPOLS (2020) Press Statement 30 August 2021 In Sabah, Malaysia, thousands of migrant workers and their families continued to live in fear of raids. They hide in...
Sabah, Malaysia, is one of the hardest hits by Covid-19 pandemic, where migrant workers in palm oil plantations are among the most impacted. As per 24 April 2020, cases of Covid-19 infection in Tawau district is the highest in Sabah, with 81 confirmed cases out of 309...
Pemerintah mengadakan program 'Rehiring' tiga tahun lalu untuk memberikan kesempatan pekerja migran mendapatkan dokumen resmi. Sumber foto: Bernama, diambil dari Free Malaysia TodayPETALING JAYA: Organisasi pengusung hak asasi manusia di Malaysia Tenaganita...
The government launched a ‘Rehiring Programme’ three years ago to legalise undocumented migrant workers. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A migrant rights body has asked the government where the millions of ringgit collected in 2016 from foreign workers who were not issued...
Dearah Perbatasan Indonesia-Malaysia Jalur Perdagangan Manusia. Foto: Google, 2019KOMPAS.com - Gubernur Nusa Tenggara Timur ( NTT) Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, langsung mengumumkan moratorium pengiriman tenaga kerja dari wilayahnya ke luar negeri, beberapa saat setelah...
Introduction On 28-29th November 2023, an international conference on “Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry” was held in Sambas, West Kalimantan in Indonesia. The conference was attended by 140 participants, mainly from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia,...
We, the undersigned, urgently call for public support for the immediate release of two development workers and the cancellation of trumped-up charges against them and three more development workers. Four of the falsely accused are affiliated with the Paghidaet sa...
Vincent Djiropo, a dedicated community leader, has been unjustly detained in San Pedro, in the Bas-Sassandra region of Ivory Coast, for standing up for the forest that sustains the local community. The informal alliance network across Africa demands that authorities...
Gabon, November 2024 THE MOUILA DECLARATION of the Informal Alliance against the Expansion of Industrial Monocultures We, members of the Informal Alliance against the expansion of Industrial Monoculture Plantations, gathered at the 6th General Assembly, in...
This poster, created by LBH Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan Legal Aid Institute), firmly supports the workers of PT Duta Palma Group whose rights have been violated. LBH Kalimantan Barat is actively collaborating with the Sambas-Bengkayang Workers Alliance...
In 2024, the TPOLS Secretariat gathered insights from our network members, revealing alarming trends in the palm oil industry. This summary highlights some of the most pressing issues, showcasing the destructive practices of palm oil companies that cannot be ignored....
