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13 people charged for fire at Tazreen Fashions

Three years after the disastrous blaze at Tazreen Fashions that claimed the lives of 112 garment workers, a Bangladesh court on Thursday finally charged more than a dozen people with homicide. Among those accussed are the two factory owners Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akte as well as eleven managers and security guards. The factory at...

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Tazreen owners charged with homicide

More than a year after the deadly fire at the garment factory Tazreen Fashions on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh that killed more than 110 workers, most of them women, the process against those responsible has finally begun. Overall, 13 people are being charged, among them the factory owner Delwar Hossain and his wife as well as security...

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Bangladesh: compensation meeting delayed

Already months after two devastating garment industry accidents, the injured workers and the families of the deceased of the Tazreen Fashions fire on 24th November 2012 and the Rana Plaza building collapse on 24th April 2013 will have to wait even longer for compensation. A crucial meeting between labour and worker rights groups, unions, brands...