It was taken by photojournalist Rhondor Dowlat on October 17, 2009, at a labour camp for Chinese workers at Chatee Trace, Cunupia, Trinidad. The picture appeared on the cover of the Sunday Newsday the next day. The workers that week had staged a stunning silent protest, walking from Cunupia to the Uriah Butler Highway before being taken to the Chinese Embassy. By the end of the week, they had been illegally locked into the camp at Chatee Trace, while our officials wined and dinned over the Divali holiday. Read more here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here.
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