(Image Source: Human Rights Watch/Private)
BY JULIA CORDEROY
ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO
You're watching multisource world video news analysis from Newsy.
Rehabilitation center-- or forced labor camp?
That’s the question behind a controversy targeting the world’s top cashew supplier.
The non-profit Human Rights Watch says rehabilitation centers in Vietnam-- are actually holding drug addicts against their will-- and forcing them to process cashews.
Human Rights Watch released a report alleging there are 123 such centers across Vietnam. It claims the addicts are coerced to work six days a week. The report also documents the personal experiences of those at the center. (TIME Magazine)
The Human Rights Watch director is adamant-- this matter be taken seriously. The Sydney Morning Herald quotes him as saying…
“This is not drug treatment, the centres should be closed and these people should be released.”
According Thanh Nien Daily, a Vietnamese news source, the country is suffering from a shortage of workers - especially in the labor intensive industries. The newspaper states...
“The number of labourers, especially manual workers that firms can employ, is much smaller compared to their demand.”
A blogger from Global Post doesn’t see why a bit of manual labor in the centers is a problem, making a point that it is not unlike the U.S. prison system...
“If U.S. prisons compel inmates to churn out licence plates and clean highways, what’s so bad about forcing drug addicts to shell nuts?”
Transcript by Newsy.
 |  |  |  |
...