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Case reveals shocking plight of migrant workers on death row in Saudi Arabia Socialist Action reporters in Hong Kong HONG KONG: Around 40 migrant workers and their supporters staged a manifestation outside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Wan Chai t...

Newly formed refugee union stages sit-in protests against aid group ISS-HK over unfair treatment Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Sit-in protests by up to 100 asylum seekers in Hong Kong entered their third day on Thursday 13 February. Chinaworke...

The Erwiana scandal has shaken Hong Kong says migrant rights campaigner Eman Villanueva Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “Domestic workers in Hong Kong see Erwiana as an epitome of themselves,” says Eman Villanueva, a veteran campaigner for migra...

From Indonesia to the United States – wide range of speakers and topics Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Socialist Action’s first ever ‘Forum of Struggle’ at City University in Kowloon Tong was a clear success with over 60 partic...

Up to 1,000 migrant domestic workers in synchronised dancing and manifestation demanding end to discriminatory laws and violence Socialist Action reporters It rained in Hong Kong on Sunday 9 February, at times heavily. But this did not dampen t...

Corruption, LGBT rights and environmental destruction in focus as ‘Putin’s Games’ open Rob Jones, Moscow When the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2014 winter Olympics to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, eyebrows were raised at...

Working class and rural poor need party of their own Ravichandran, CWI Malaysia The present political crisis in Thailand has been ongoing since the 2006 military coup which ousted Thaksin Shinawat - the billionaire tycoon turned politician. It ...

Violent attack from neo-nazis gets massive reply Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) reporters The demonstration in Kärrtorp, south Stockholm, on Sunday 22 December was the largest anti-racist demonstration ever in Sweden. 20,000 gath...

There is rising discontent among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong after the Erwiana scandal Sally Tang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) “I have two kids and two parents to feed. I must send money home to them; if I don’t feed them, w...

Over 4,000 march on Sunday 26 January • Erwiana case has opened the floodgates of protest from territory’s army of domestic workers Socialist Action reporters Migrant workers in Hong Kong are angry. On Sunday 26 January over 4,000 migrant worke...