International fashion retailers leave Myanmar for alleged workers abuse

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00:00 International fashion retailers are cutting ties with Myanmar amid reports of garment

00:04 worker abuse.

00:05 The Business and Human Rights Resource Center, a human rights advocacy group based in the

00:10 United Kingdom, has been following 156 cases of alleged labor abuses in Myanmar's garment

00:16 factories from February 2022 to February 2023.

00:21 That's 56 cases higher in the previous year, a telltale sign that workers' rights have

00:25 been deteriorating since the military coup in February 2021.

00:30 Among the allegations are wage reduction, wage theft, unfair dismissal, inhumane work

00:35 rates and forced overtime.

00:37 Inditex, the Spanish company behind the top fashion retailer Zara, Primark and Marks & Spencer

00:42 have already phased out purchases from the Southeast Asian country.

00:46 Of late, the world's second largest fashion retailer, H&M, is following up on 20 cases

00:51 of alleged abuses of garment workers in Myanmar.

00:55 military government has yet to comment on the allegations.