Concerns over child labour on Indonesia's tobacco farms

Indonesian child tobacco workers - Human Rights Watch

Indonesian child tobacco workers - Human Rights Watch

A new report documents how thousands of children in Indonesia - some as young as 8 years old - are being poisoned on tobacco farms, as they work in hazardous conditions.


Human Rights Watch says tobacco companies are making money off the backs of Indonesian child workers - and the government has done little to educate families about the dangers.


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