Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil Workers in Private Tea Estates Suffer Serious Labour Abuses – New Report

Sri Lanka: Malaiyaha Tamil workers in private tea estates suffer serious labour abuses – new report

Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses that meet many of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) indicators of forced labour, while being denied access to the country’s strict labour protections, Amnesty International said in a new report. The research, which documents the plight of workers in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, found that members of the marginalized Malaiyah…

Amnesty report alleges serious labour abuses on Sri Lanka’s tea estates

Amnesty International has alleged that Malaiyaha Tamil workers employed in Sri Lanka’s private tea estates are facing serious labour rights abuses that may amount to forced labour under International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators. ‎ ‎In a report released on Tuesday (26), Amnesty International said its research found widespread allegations of intimidation, threats, physical violence, debt bondage, restrictions on movement and poor living a…

Abuses Against Malaiyaha Tea Estate Workers Amount to Forced Labour: Amnesty International - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of Amnesty International A new report by Amnesty International, Abandoned by the State, Trapped in Private Estates: Rights Abuses Against Sri Lanka’s Malaiyaha Tamil Tea Workers, charges that Malaiyaha Tamils working on private tea estates and smallholdings are being subjected to abuses that meet many of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) indicators of