june 25,
2007 Action
at G-star in Amsterdam
Indian
libel case against CCC postponed.
On June 25, 2007 a Bangalore court granted the Clean
Clothes Campaign and the India Committee of the
Netherlands an extention until August 31th in a
courtcase filed against them. The case filed by
the Indian garment supplier FFI charges the organisations
with cyber crime, acts of racist and xenophobic
nature and criminal defamation. The organisations
meanwhile are preparing to bring the case to a higher
court, which can issue a staying order. At the higher
court the case will be contested both on grounds
of content and procedure.
While the judicial procedings took place in India,
the Clean Clothes Campaign and the India Committee
of the Netherlands held an action in Amsterdam.
At jeans brand G-Star's head office flyers were
handed out to the staff and visitors. In the flyer,
G-Star was called upon to publicly denounce the
behavior of FFI and to call for normalisation of
labour relations in the Indian factory.
To symbolize the gagging of the Indian organisations,
the participants in the flyer-action taped their
mouths shut.
G-Star is the biggest buyer at FFI, but so far
has refused to openly take a position on her supplier's
practices and to disclose their own actions in
this case. The activists hope that with the action
the G-Star employees will become more involved
in the discussion about this issue.
