Deals bringing Burma horrors closer to home

Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party Friday 10 October 2008 Free trade deals bringing Burma horrors closer to home, says Alliance The Alliance Party says an international trade union campaign on the plight of Burmese workers is a embarrassing reminder that New Zealand is actively signing up to free trade deals involving the Burmese regime. Alliance Party trade spokesperson Victor Billot says a new documentary from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) graphically illustrates the horrifying brutality of the Burmese regime, with which New Zealand is involved in free trade deals. Mr Billot says the issue is closer to home than many New Zealanders realized. "There have been numerous incidents in New Zealand waters in recent years where Burmese seafarers and fishermen have been mistreated aboard vessels in New... [read full story]