Arbitrary arrest and subsequent deportation of three trade union leaders (ROK)

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests urgent intervention (Dec 2007) in the following situation in South Korea.

Brief description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the arbitrary arrest and subsequent deportation to their countries of origin of Messrs. Kajiman Khapung, Raju Kumar Gurung and Abul Basher M. Moniruzzaman (Masum), three leaders of the Migrant Workers’ Trade Union (MTU), an affiliate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). For details read HERE and another request by Amnesty Intl HERE.

More on crackdowns against migrantworkers can be read at jinbo.net.