Bangladesh - Police attacks protesters (2013)

On 7 August 2014, police hindered Tuba Group workers from getting to the factory where they had been on an indefinite hunger strike for 11 days demanding their overdue wages and Eid bonus. Police used rubber bullets, teargas canisters and water canon to disperse the agitating workers on the factory premises in the capital. Moshrefa Mishu, President of the Garments Sramik Oikya Forum, and Bangladesh Trade Union Centre’s Assistant General Secretary Jolly Talukder were arrested.

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