Activists say that the company’s own audits have been ineffective and workers receive inadequate safety protectionsWorkers and activists have been campaigning to push Levi’s, one of the world’s largest clothing brands, to sign on to an international ac…
‘This is our documentary of the crisis we face’: the Rohingya smartphone photographers
Refugees who have fled Myanmar describe the risks and their sense of duty – as well as joy – in recording life around them in the sprawling camps of BangladeshThe camera of a budget smartphone has become a way for many of the Rohingya stuck in Banglade…
Women behind the lens: silent and alone, Nur hopes for a greener future
In the sweltering summer of the Rohingya refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, Ishrat Fori Imran photographed a young girl planting tiny trees in bottle topsNur Asma is 10 years old. She lives in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, with her fa…
Rohingya crisis: plight of Myanmar’s displaced people explained in 30 seconds
One million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh refugee camps and the persecuted group has little hope of returning to MyanmarIt has been five years since Myanmar’s military launched a campaign of massacres that killed about 7,000 Rohingya in a single month …
‘Abandoned to their fate’: five years of agony for the 700,000 Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh
Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis In the 31 years since Anuara Begum’s family moved into their bamboo shelter …
Uprooted by partition: ‘I feel I don’t belong in England. I’m a very proud Punjabi’
Impact of ‘traumatic period’ still lingers with those who now based in UK – and their families – 75 years onAfter living in Britain for nearly half a century, Pabitra Ghosh is still gripped by a rootlessness borne after being displaced from modern-day …
India marks 75 years of independence from Britain – in pictures
This month marks three-quarters of a century since the creation of the independent state of India after British rule. Here we look back at some of the key events that shaped the country Continue reading…
‘My mother was beheaded in front of me’: a survivor recalls India’s violent partition
Zareena Parveen was 12 years old when British colonial India was carved up along religious lines. Two independent states were created: Hindu-majority India, and the Muslim-majority Dominion of Pakistan, which was made up of West Pakistan and East Pakis…
‘A Sikh soldier pulled me out of the rubble’: survivors recall India’s violent partition – and reflect on its legacy
Seventy-five years ago, India was carved up in a matter of months and the new states of East and West Pakistan were formed by lines drawn on a map by a man who had never visited the country. Here, three people who witnessed the huge upheaval and terrib…
Third member of Cardiff family dies from ‘poisoning’ in Bangladesh
Death of Samira Islam, 20, follows deaths of Rafiqul, 51, and Mahiqul, 16, during holidayA woman has become the latest family member of a British family of five on holiday in Bangladesh to die from a suspected poisoning.Samira Islam, 20, died on Friday…
After 75 years, the hidden memories of India’s partition are rising up through Britain’s generations | Kavita Puri
Those whose lived through the formation of India and Pakistan are telling their stories – and their grandchildren are asking questionsTwo sisters handed me a piece of paper that was faded and yellow. On it were typewritten words from their father. He h…
Tell us: how have you been affected by the 1947 partition of India?
We would like to speak to people in Britain, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who experienced partition or whose family may have been based in India before or during that timeAs the 75th anniversary of partition approaches, we would like to speak to indi…
Shock in Cardiff after ‘poisoning’ of father and son in Bangladesh
Rafiqul Islam, 51, and Mahiqul, 16, found dead with three unconscious relatives while on two-month visitPolice investigating the apparent poisoning of a British family of five on holiday in Bangladesh, which killed a father and son, are hoping the surv…
Bangladesh to hold talks with IMF after applying for bailout
Dhaka is understood to be seeking $4.5bn rescue package after being hit by high import costs and falling exportsBangladesh is to hold talks with the International Monetary Fund after applying for a bailout to prevent the country running out of cash.The…
Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed
UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority groupThe United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s…