Tazreen factory fire
10 injured as police repress garment workers’ protest in Gazipur, Bangladesh
The workers were protesting the failure of their company’s management to pay wages for between three and five months
Despite eight-year struggle, Tazreen fire victims in Bangladesh yet to get justice
On November 24, 2012, a short-circuit triggered a massive fire at the nine-story Tazreen garment factory in Ashulia,. Over 110 workers were killed. Eight years on, many of the families of victims and survivors are still in a bad state
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