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A woman holds a picture of her relative, a garment worker who went missing in the Rana Plaza collapse, on the first year anniversary of the accident.

In Bangladesh, will a legal system ‘full of holes’ prosecute those responsible for the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

Business, Economics and Jobs

Bangladeshis today are honoring the memory of those killed one year ago in the deadly factory collapse at Rana Plaza. Building owner Sohel Rana and several factory owners are in jail awaiting trial. Zafar Sobhan, the editor of the Dhaka Tribune explains why prosecution of the men would be a big step forward for the weak Bangladeshi justice system.

A woman holds a picture of her relative, a garment worker who went missing in the Rana Plaza collapse, on the first year anniversary of the accident.

In Bangladesh, will a legal system ‘full of holes’ prosecute those responsible for the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

Business, Economics and Jobs
Garment workers holding Molotov cocktails after clashes broke out during a protest in Phnom Penh on January 3, 2014.

Cambodian police shoot and kill protesters during national strike by garment workers

Conflict & Justice