Sunday, August 07, 2011

Tell the queen to talk about that in Davos: "Power, Money and Corruption in Jordan: The Case of the Classic Fashions Sweatshop"

"Meanwhile, the accused serial rapist, Anil Santha--general manager of Classic and close friend of the company's owner, Sanal Kumar--has returned to the Classic sweatshop. Despite guarantees from the Jordanian Ministry of Labor that Anil Santha would not be allowed to return to the Classic factory or have any contact whatsoever with the workers, Anil Santha was indeed back in his office and was seen patrolling the shop floor at Classic on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2 and 3. Anil's return has further terrorized the already desperately frightened young women guest workers.
Anil brutally raped a young Bangladeshi woman, "Nazma", in March and again in May, when he raped her twice, biting and gnawing her shoulder for at least 10 minutes, which left a huge bruise even a month after her assault.
(We wonder if the Ministry of Labor is aware that on Thursday, August 4, three production lines at Classic Factory #2 were forced to work until 10:30 p.m.-despite the fact that it is Ramadan. And on Friday, supposedly the workers' weekly holiday, nine lines were forced to work from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.)"