Bangladesh Strikes Escalate &Nbsp; Child Labor Victims Are Beaten.

On July 1st, in Dhaka, a policeman was assaulting a low wage textile child laborer with a stick.

Bangladesh clothing factory workers strike intensified.

Local time June 29th night to 30 am morning, the police and wage increases demonstrators textile workers broke out a new round of conflict.

Witnesses say the conflict has caused at least 30 people to be injured, including 10 policemen.

Heartache is that because of the large number of child laborers in the demonstrators, they have become victims of conflicts and many child laborers have been beaten.

At least 15 thousand textile workers set up roadblocks on the streets of the capital Dhaka, blocking the main crossroads in the city, throwing stones at the police and smashing police cars.

In order to disperse the demonstrators, Bangladesh police used bamboo sticks, tear gas bombs and high pressure water guns, resulting in fierce clashes between the two sides.

Eventually several factories were forced to close.

It is reported that at present

Bangladesh has recently witnessed a series of violent demonstrations caused by low wages.

There are more than 4500 garment factories in Bangladesh. These garment factory workers make garments for some famous Western brands, such as H&M.

Nearly 40% of the country's industrial workforce is clothing workers.

Clothing manufacturing is one of Bangladesh's main source of economy.

According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, 80% of the country's $15 billion 560 million export revenue last year came from the garment industry.

Retailers such as French Carrefour and Levi "s" have written to Bangladesh prime minister in January this year, demanding a full wage increase for workers.

The letter says that the current wage level "below the poverty line" is also the cause of "workers' dissatisfaction."