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New paper warns of human rights abuses in Taiwanese fishing fleet

The 20-page paper released this week by Human Rights at Sea reports of Taiwanese fishing vessel crew members being subjected to grueling, unsanitary and dangerous conditions

By Undercurrent News | Oct. 18, 2019 18:13 BST
Taiwanese fishing vessel crew members often sleep on deck to avoid crowded and unsanitary conditions below, Human Rights at Sea reports.
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A 20-page paper released this week by the five-year-old group Human Rights at Sea reports crew members on commercial Taiwanese fishing vessels are being forced to work overtime in unsanitary conditions, starved, being left in the ocean after they've fallen overboard and having their salaries illegally deducted [...]

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