DEADLY ALARM: Boycott "Blood Cashews" From Vietnam - BÁO ĐỘNG ĐỎ: TẨY CHAY, DẸP TIỆM HẠT ĐIỀU (ĐÌU) XUẤT CẢNG (KHẨU) TỪ VIỆT NAM DÍNH ĐẦY MÁU NGƯỜI

BÁO ĐỘNG ĐỎ: TẨY CHAY, DẸP TIỆM HẠT ĐIỀU (ĐÌU) XUẤT CẢNG (KHẨU) TỪ VIỆT NAM DÍNH ĐẦY MÁU NGƯỜI TỪ TÙ NHÂN CHÍNH TRI. BI. VC CƯỠNG BÁCH LAO ĐỘNG KHÔNG CHO ĐEO GĂNG TAY.

http://elephantvoi-canhchimtudo.blogspot.com/2012/06/boycott-blood-cashews-from-vietnam.html         Boycott "Blood Cashews" From Vietnam Press Release       June 13, 2012 Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA) calls on consumers around the globe to boycott cashews exported by Vietnam because they are a product of modern-day slavery. Human Rights Watch, in its publication titled "The Rehab Archipelago," reports that forced labor has been used in drug rehabilitation centers across Vietnam, where inmates have to husk and peel cashews, working six to seven hours a day for $3 a month. According to the report, between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people passed through 56 drug detention centers in Vietnam.  Cashew export brings in 1.5 billion US dollars a year for Vietnam. At a recent hearing before the US Congress, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Executive Director of Boat People SOS (BPSOS), reported that Vietnamese prisoners, including political prisoners, have similarly been subjected to forced labor:   "One Montagnard, jailed from 2002 through 2009, had to do this for 7 years.  His hands were injured by the caustic resin from the cashew nuts because he was not allowed to wear gloves."   Speaking for CAMSA, Mr. Vu Quoc Dung, Secretary General of Germany-based International Society for Human Rights, denounces the dangerous cashew work in prisons such as the Z30A Prison in Xuan Loc, where political prisoners are forced each to process 32 kg of class B cashews daily. Some prisoners have developed blindness as a result. Many have suffered injuries to their faces and hands. Those failing to meet the assigned quota would be beaten with a whip and kicked. Political prisoners who oppose forced labor have reportedly been shackled and held in solitary confinement. CAMSA urges concerned citizens of the world to join the campaign by boycotting cashews produced through forced labor. CAMSA will set up at http://camsa-coalition.org a list of stores that reportedly sell cashews from Vietnam. CAMSA also calls on governments and UN agencies to exert pressure on Vietnam to end the practice of forced labor and to allow international delegations to inspect all centers and prisons. The ultimate goal of this boycott campaign against the "blood cashews" from Vietnam is to free all Vietnamese detainees and prisoners, including political prisoners, from modern-day slavery. Read full Human Rights Watch:   http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/vietnam0911ToPost.pdf