Since December, H&M has been watching silently as factory workers making its clothing remain detained after protesting over low wages at garment factories.

The current monthly pay is some of the lowest wages in the world -- the equivalent of 54 Pounds / 66 Dollars. So low that it doesn't meet even a fifth of what is recommended to be a living wage in the country.

Not only have some 1,500 workers been suspended or fired for taking part in protests, at least 14 factory workers and activists continue to be imprisoned, facing charges pressed against them by factories. The continued arrests and detentions will hinder all the progress made to improve workers' conditions in garment factories.

Demand H&M to tell the government and local factories to drop all charges against garment workers and rehire suspended workers.

Following the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a building that accommodated garment factories, where more than 1,100 people lost their lives in 2013, retailers have advocated for the improvement of working conditions by introducing safety standards such as installing fire doors and conducting regular safety inspections. H&M has proudly led a coalition of retailers, the Accord, to raise working conditions at factories.

Now, many garment workers are afraid to speak out due to the government's repeated repression of workers' efforts to mobilise and fight for better working conditions and pay. it has also been reported government and factory owners have ransacked several trade union offices following the protests.

Its time it took responsibility by using its leverage with the government and local factories it uses as suppliers to demand that they drop the charges against garment workers. Together, as the people who wear their clothes, let's show them they cannot be passive anymore.

Tell H&M to take action now to help imprisoned workers get their lives back.

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