A People's Tribunal, organised by workers' rights groups and garment workers' unions in Cambodia, will take place next week to hear evidence on the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry.

Following mass faintings induced by malnutrition in 2011, and strikes pulling more than 200,000 workers to the streets to protest poor conditions and inadequate pay, the tribunal will call evidence from a wide variety of stakeholders from the Cambodian garment industry.

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Today activists held a funeral outside high end fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana's Old Bond Street store to send a message to brand owners that killing workers for fashion is unacceptable.

The Italian fashion house Gianni Versace S.p.A. has de-activated its Facebook wall after activists posted dozens of messages demanding that the company ban sandblasting, a technique used to give jeans a used look which is highly dangerous to workers.

Campaigners from the UK anti-sweatshop group, Labour Behind the Label, will be hiding messages in the pockets of thousands of pairs of designer jeans this week to highlight the serious health risks faced by workers making jeans for designer brands including Dolce and Gabanna and Armani.