Cambodian garment factory workers on a strike to see their salaries take a hike to 160$ per month were demonstrating in front of the Ministry of Labour in Phnom Penh, blocking Russian Boulevard. The arrival of riot police did not interrupt the 3.000 strong demonstration which also attracted an important contingent of stingy shell or […]
The CNRP, in its bid to have Prime Minister Hun Sen step down after 28 years in power and the July 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won, has put a temporary halt to the daily marches through Phnom Penh it held with tens of thousand of supporters for the last 15 days. But […]
The attendance to the 15th march by the opposition CNRP in as much days through the streets of Phnom Penh to demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down following the July 2013 elections in Cambodia, was superior to the record breaking march of one week ago (see HERE). A voice that strong cannot be […]
It’s been 14 days the opposition CNRP marches in the streets of Phnom Penh to oust Prime Minister from power. It was supposed to last 8 days only. But as the CNRP stated ‘We are flexible’, and as fear of the authorities seems to have disappeared, there is no reason not to go on. Tomorrow […]
The roadblock in front of the Ministry of Labour was kept all through the day by workers striking for a salary rise. Another roadblock, in front of the Special Economic Zone in Kambol, some 19 km outside of Phnom Penh, was set up by striking workers after they were pushed back by riot police when […]
More and more factory workers seem to join the protest. ‘Hun Sen must go’ is heard less than ‘We want 160$’. A group of a couple of thousand workers on their way to Freedom Place blocked Russian Boulevard at the Ministry of Labour to demand a salary rise of 80$. At the Special Economic Zone […]
The 8-day protest by the opposition CNRP with daily marches through the streets of Phnom Penh to demand Prime Minister Hun Sen resign following the July 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won, seem to roll on now that an unfortunate announcement by the government of a salary rise of 15 $ instead of […]
The announcement by the government of a 15$ salary rise instead of an expected 80$ triggered a chain reaction of strikes in several garment factories. The CNRP happily surfs on that wave of discontent to push ahead with its wish, shared with a fair amount of Cambodians, to see Prime Minister Hun Sen, in power […]