Thursday, April 16, 2026

Bruxelles : Journée des prisonnier·e·s palestinien·ne·s ce 17 avril


Le Secours Rouge appelle à se rejoindre le vendredi 17 avril à 19h à gare centrale, en l’honneur de la journée internationale pour les prisonnier·e·s palestinien·ne·s.

Il y a quelques jours, l’entité sioniste a adopté une loi autorisant l’exécution des prisonnier·e·s palestinien·ne·s. Celle-ci s’inscrit dans un continuum de violences de la part d’une entité fondée sur la mort. Une entité qui ne cesse de montrer au monde ses intentions coloniales et génocidaires. Les choses n’auront jamais été aussi claires que ces dernières années, avec l’accélération et l’intensification de ces violences. Le 2 avril, à Khan Younes, des milliers de Palestinien·ne·s se sont rassemblé·e·s pour dénoncer la détérioration des conditions de détention, citant privations de nourriture et soins, restrictions sur la propreté et les visites, et multiples abus quotidiens.

La tentative de légitimer l’exécution des prisonnier·e·s n’est pas anodine : les prisonnier·e·s tiennent un rôle majeur dans la résistance, en matière d’organisation, d’éducation politique mais aussi de survivance de la vie, d’ingéniosité et d’espoir.

Nous pensons à Walid Daqqah, symbôle de cette ingéniosité pour faire perdurer la vie, mort il y a maintenant 2 ans, le 7 avril 2024, après 38 années d’enfermement.

Des geôles de l’entité sioniste aux geôles britanniques, en passant par la Belgique, la France ou encore l’Italie, nous pensons aux camarades enfermé·e·s, libérez les Brize Norton 5, libérez Ali en France, libérez Ali en Belgique, libérez tous les prisonnier·e·s.

Répondons présent·e·s aux appels de nos camarades en Palestine, organisons-nous, soutenons toutes les formes de lutte qui tente de faire dérailler la machine impérialiste.
Gloire à la resistance, gloire aux prisonnier·e·s !
Construisons la solidarité !

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Hungary -Building BYD Szeged: Labor Risks for Chinese Migrant Workers in Hungary’s EV Supply Chain

 

Building BYD Szeged: Labor Risks for Chinese Migrant Workers in Hungary’s EV Supply Chain


Executive Summary

This report documents the working conditions of Chinese migrant workers at the construction site of BYD’s new electric-vehicle manufacturing facility in Szeged, Hungary. 

The investigation reveals a pattern of labor rights violations affecting Chinese migrant workers employed through subcontractors and intermediary recruitment agencies. These abuses cluster into three interrelated areas: systematic excessive working hours without adequate rest, coercive and opaque recruitment and management practices, and wage and cost arrangements that, through the withholding of wages and the shifting of recruitment and travel costs to workers, place some migrant workers in situations of heightened vulnerability.

The eleven issues outlined below illustrate these systemic risks which may run contrary to Hungarian law and align with the ILO’s indicators of forced labor:

  1. Continuous Seven-Day Workweeks with No Guaranteed Rest
  2. Excessive Hours Amounting to Systematic Overtime Abuse
  3. Wages Structured to Obscure Overtime Obligations
  4. Recruitment Fees Creating Debt-Driven Labor Dependence
  5. Conditional Fee Refunds as a Retention Mechanism
  6. Illicit Use of Non-Work-Authorized Immigration Status for Full-Time Industrial Labor
  7. Delayed Wage Payments Among Smaller Subcontractors
  8. Opaque Employment Relationships
  9. Company-Directed Instructions to Falsify Working Hours During Inspections 
  10. Inadequate Medical Insurance and Medical Care for Workplace Injuries
  11. Intimidation and Retaliation

Introduction

Recruited by a labor agency, an installation worker who spoke to  CLW shared that he paid approximately RMB 8,000 (approx. USD 1,100) in recruitment fees to secure his job at Szeged. His labor agency did not even issue a formal receipt or cover any of his travel and accommodation costs. Paying recruitment fees and international travel costs out of pocket before starting work is a substantial financial burden. But the worker was informed that the recruitment fee would be refunded after completing one full year of employment. If he left earlier, however, he would need to cover visa fees in addition to all costs already paid upfront. Although his employment contract specified a two-year term with one annual return trip to China, he also signed multiple contracts with different intermediaries, including one with a Hungarian company. As a result, he was unsure which contract would prevail and which terms, conditions, and benefits applied to him.

After arriving at BYD’s Szeged project, he worked from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, with an official one-hour lunch break that was frequently shortened. Except for rain-related stoppages, he reported working for many consecutive days without rest. About 70-80 percent of his wages were paid monthly, with the remainder withheld until year-end or after his return to China. This wage structure left him financially unable to stop working or resign before completing at least one full year of employment. 

The anonymized account above illustrates the recruitment and working conditions experienced by Chinese migrant workers at BYD’s Szeged construction site. This was not an isolated case; similar patterns in recruitment, wage, and working-time structure were documented across multiple subcontracting teams, according to workers.

BYD’s manufacturing facility in Szeged was announced in December 2024 as the automaker’s first passenger vehicle production base in Europe. Construction began in 2024 after permits were secured, with site preparation and foundation work underway. The facility is planning to offer 10,000 job opportunities upon completion, with an annual capacity of producing around 300,000 vehicles per year. 

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Inde : Manifestations ouvrières et affrontements avec la police à Noida

En Inde le 13 avril, des manifestations de dizaines de milliers d’ouvriers dans la zone industrielle de Noida ont ont été le théâtre d’affrontements avec la police, après plusieurs jours de mobilisation contre de faibles salaires et des conditions de travail difficiles. Plus de 60 personnes ont été interpellées, tandis que les autorités ont évoqué l’implication d’éléments extérieurs, le chef du gouvernement de l’Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, ayant initialement suggéré un lien avec le mouvement naxalite avant de revenir en arrière. Face à la colère sociale, le gouvernement a finalement annoncé une augmentation des salaires minimums et la mise en place de mesures en faveur des travailleurs, alors que des mobilisations similaires ont également eu lieu dans l’État voisin de l’Haryana.

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Ten workers killed, 23 injured in boiler blast at Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 14, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
Ten workers killed, 23 injured in boiler blast at Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh
NEW DELHI: At least ten workers were killed and 23 injured in a boiler explosion at Vedanta Limted power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district on Tuesday.
Sakti Collector Amirt Topno shared the updated toll from the tragic incident. Earlier, Sakti Superintendent of Police Prafull Thakur had reported preliminary casualty figures of nine workers killed and 15 injured.
"Nine workers have died, and 15 have sustained injuries," Prafull Thakur said, adding that the explosion occured in the afternoon.
The SP further informed that right after the blast, local administration and police teams rushed to the site and the rescue operation was immediately launched to look for survivors.





According to the police, three victims were killed on the spot, while the others succumbed to injuries at hospitals. Injured workers have also been admitted to the hospitals in the neighbouring Raigarh district as they undergo treatment.

Workers and staff have been evacuated from the vicinity, as it remains extremely hot.
Raigarh SDM, Mahesh Sharma, said the probe was under way to examine the exact cause of the mishap. "A heartbreaking incident has taken place at the Vedanta Power plant today in which some workers have been injured, and their treatment is underway. Our investigation is ongoing," he said.

Chhattisgarh chief minister expressed his condolences for the lives lost and extended his prayers for the victims injured.

In a post on X, he called the incident "extremely distressing and agonising" as he wrote, "The news of the horrific accident caused by a boiler explosion at the 'Vedanta Power Plant' located in Singhitrai in Sakti district is extremely distressing and agonising. The reports of the demise of some workers and injuries sustained in this accident are profoundly heartbreaking. My deepest condolences are with the bereaved families. I pray to God to grant eternal peace to the departed souls in His divine abode and bestow upon the families the strength to endure this unbearable grief."






Talking to the reporters he said that investigation for the cause of accident is under way and that strict actions will be taken against the responsible entities.


The plant management, in a statement, said, "An unfortunate incident occurred at one of the boiler units at our Singhitarai plant, involving personnel from our sub-contractor, NGSL (NTPC GE Power Services Limited), which operates and maintains the unit."


The management said that its immediate priority is to ensure the best possible medical assistance and treatment to those affected, and that it is closely coordinating with medical teams and local authorities.


"We are in the process of ascertaining details, and a thorough investigation has been initiated in coordination with our partner and relevant authorities," it said.


Tuesday, April 14, 2026

INDIAN WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION – GREAT BRITAIN declaration for 28th protest against Operation Kagar

I ndian Workers’ Association is thankful to the Joint Committee to Stop Repression in India for extending the invitation to us to join this very important protest.

What is this war on the People of India? This has been waged by various successive governments of India on the Adivasis – the tribal population – who happen to live in the dense forests in the heartlands of India. They have lived in these lands since time immemorial but recent geographical explorations have revealed that the Adivasis occupy the hills and jungle, underneath which there are vast quantities of very rich minerals. These minerals, coal, aluminium, iron, steel and numerous others are much sought after by the national and multinational corporations from which they hope to make super profits. Their problem is of course the tribal populations who live on that land, in harmony with their environment. The Adivasis refuse to vacate their land for the government sponsored mining corporations.

The Adivasis have been fighting to save their land for many, many decades and hundreds of thousands have been displaced thus far with no compensation and nowhere to go. Their difficulties to adapt to life outside of their hills and forest have been completely overlooked, with complete disdain by the ruling elites of India. In the past three to four decades the Adivasis have befriended the revolutionary Naxals, also known as Maoist, and together they have engaged in the movement of resistance against the onslaught of government backed corporates greed in these areas. This collaboration – between Adivasis and Naxals – has been going on for so long it is increasingly difficult to decipher between an Adivasi and a Naxal. Are the Naxals leading the Adivasi or is it the other way around? Their combined struggles have had to endure numerous militarised operations such as Operation Green Hunt, Salwa Judum at the hands of government’s armed police and elite paramilitary forces. The latest one being Operation Kagar.

The previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, leading the Congress government, called the Naxalites the “single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country”. To eliminate that threat, the current Home Minister of the BJP government, Amit Shah, has vowed to “… ensure that by March 31, 2026, India will be free from Naxalism.” That date is due in a few days. One wonders if Home Minister’s objective will indeed be realised?

One wonders, with the Naxals “completely defeated”, will the resistance of the Adivasis against the mining corporates be also annihilated? One wonders how peoples’ resistance ceases in the face of continued repression? One wonders how pursuit for justice disappears in the face of continued gross injustice. If one gazes over the entire landscape of India, injustice is everywhere to be seen. The patriarchal subjugation of women, complete disregard of the rights of differently oriented communities, deep caste prejudice against Dalits, persecution of religious minorities, particularly the Muslim and Christians, and the unconstitutional, near imperialist, attitude towards national minorities are amongst the injustices being carried in India, only a daily basis. The government’s majoritarian approach in legislating against the hard-won rights of the workers and throwing the peasants to the mercy of foreign agricultural multinationals are yet other forms of injustices prevailing over the whole stretches of India. One wonders how resistance against such injustice can be killed off?

Returning back to the jungles of India, the Indian government may well believe that they can wipe out Naxals, Maoist, etc. However, so long as governments remain lackeys of the greedy corporations, and the elite ruling classes, in of support of maintaining feudalism and serving imperialism, whilst ignoring the rights of workers and peasants of India, countless other people’s resistance movements will inevitably emerge. That is human nature. That is the history of people’s movements. It remains to be seenwhether the 31st March will bring an end to the Naxals/Maoist as the Home Minister Amit Shah has proclaimed.

The Indian Workers’ Association GB is grateful for the opportunity to share its views with you and stands in solidarity at this historic event. Let us keep exposing the Indian government’s subservience to imperialism, feudalism and greedy corporations. Let us keep routing for Peoples’ fundamental democratic rights to life, privacy, liberty, freedom from torture, fair trials, freedom of expression, and equality. Let us continue the fight for justice and Peoples’ Democracy.

INDIAN WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION – GREAT BRITAIN
28th March 2026

the daily struggle in Italy for the freedom of palestinian political prisoners in the italian jail - from Soccorso Rosso Proletario -Italy

 

Ahmad Salem condannato a 4 anni per essere palestinese ed aver chiamato a mobilitarsi contro il genocidio - info da Soccorso rosso proletario

Ahmad Salem è stato condannato a 4 anni di reclusione a fronte di una richiesta di 3 anni e 6 mesi avanzata dal pubblico ministero. Una sentenza intollerabile, profondamente razzista e islamofobica, contro la quale è ancora più necessario e urgente tornare a mobilitarsi contro questo governo fasciosionista alleato dei peggiori regimi nazisti, guerrafondai e genocidiari, Israele in primis.

La stessa udienza di oggi al tribunale di Campobasso, si è svolta in un clima intimidatorio da stato di polizia, con la Questura che ha convocato un tavolo tecnico per la “sicurezza” disponendo la chiusura di tutte le strade del centro cittadino per creare un clima artificiale di tensione e paura e criminalizzare la solidarietà verso il popolo palestinese.

È la stessa logica con cui si colpisce Ahmad Salem, “colpevole” di aver invitato alla mobilitazione popolare contro il genocidio in corso a Gaza che ha ucciso, tra l’altro, 76 componenti della sua famiglia.

Ahmad Salem, giovane palestinese di 24 anni cresciuto nel campo profughi di al-Baddawi in Libano, è detenuto da quasi un anno nel carcere di Rossano Calabro, in regime di alta sicurezza. Era arrivato in Italia in cerca di protezione internazionale e si è presentato a Campobasso per richiedere asilo politico. Durante la sua audizione davanti alla Commissione territoriale, il suo telefono è stato sequestrato e analizzato: da lì è nato un impianto accusatorio fondato sugli articoli 414 (istigazione a delinquere) e 270 quinquies del codice penale.

«Un impianto fragile, costruito su poche frasi decontestualizzate estratte da un video di otto minuti, – fanno sapere dal movimento – in cui Ahmad invitava alla mobilitazione contro il genocidio in corso a Gaza, denunciava il silenzio del mondo arabo e chiamava alla partecipazione popolare. Quelle parole, che rientrano pienamente nel diritto di espressione politica e di solidarietà internazionale, sono state trasformate dalla Digos di Campobasso in “propaganda jihadista”. Ancora più grave è la

contestazione relativa ai presunti “materiali istruttivi”: semplici video degli attacchi della resistenza palestinese, diffusi pubblicamente negli ultimi anni anche da testate italiane, tra cui la Rai. Nessuna indicazione tecnica, nessun contenuto addestrativo. Eppure, questo è bastato per sostenere un’accusa di “autoaddestramento con finalità di terrorismo”.

Questo caso non è un’eccezione: è il prodotto diretto di un quadro normativo sempre più pericoloso. – continua la nota stampa del Movimento 4 settembre – Con il DL Sicurezza (legge 80/2025), lo Stato italiano ha introdotto e ampliato dispositivi repressivi che spingono il diritto penale dentro il terreno delle opinioni, delle parole, delle espressioni politiche. L’articolo 270 quinquies, così come riformulato, rappresenta concretamente quello che possiamo definire “terrorismo della parola”: la possibilità di punire non atti, ma discorsi, non comportamenti materiali, ma prese di posizione.

Siamo di fronte a una soglia estremamente pericolosa. Quando diventa reato esprimere solidarietà a un popolo sotto occupazione, quando la denuncia di un genocidio viene trasformata in istigazione al terrorismo, quando la parola viene equiparata all’azione, allora non è più solo un singolo imputato a essere sotto processo: è il dissenso in quanto tale. Il “terrorismo della parola” apre la strada a una criminalizzazione generalizzata: colpisce attivisti, studenti, lavoratori, chiunque si mobiliti, chiunque prenda posizione, chiunque rompa il silenzio. È uno strumento che non mira alla sicurezza, ma alla neutralizzazione del conflitto e alla repressione preventiva della solidarietà.

Ahmad Salem è oggi in carcere per aver parlato. Per aver preso parola contro il genocidio. Per aver rivendicato il diritto di un popolo alla libertà. Per questo (il 14 aprile) saremo davanti al Tribunale di Campobasso: per Ahmad, per la Palestina, ma anche contro un impianto giuridico che trasforma la parola in reato, contro la criminalizzazione del dissenso, contro il tentativo di spegnere ogni forma di solidarietà.

Difendere Ahmad Salem significa difendere la possibilità stessa di parlare, di schierarsi, di lottare. – termina il movimento 4 settembre Campobasso –La solidarietà non è un crimine. Il dissenso non è terrorismo».

USA : Une centaine de militants propalestiniens arrêtés lors d’une manifestation à New York


À New York, une centaine de militants propalestiniens, dont Chelsea Manning, ont été arrêtés le 13 avril après avoir bloqué une avenue de Manhattan à l’appel de Jewish Voice for Peace pour dénoncer le soutien militaire états-unien à Israël. Les manifestants visaient notamment les sénateurs Chuck Schumer et Kirsten Gillibrand, qu’ils accusent de soutenir les livraisons d’armes malgré les appels à leur suspension. Cette mobilisation s’inscrit dans un contexte d’agressions militaires impérialo-sionistes accrues en Iran, à Gaza tout comme au Liban.

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