The announcement by the government of a 15$ rise, bringing the salaries of factory workers to 95$ instead of the expected 160$, has stirred a fair amount of discontent amongst the workers, inciting many to start striking. The 400,000 workers being in fact the only potentially coherent opposition force thanks to the existence of worker’s […]
Cambodia might be on the eve of some big changes. Protests are popping all over the place and it becomes increasingly difficult to cover all of them. While the opposition CNRP held yet another motorcade in Phnom Penh with the continuous demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down, a group of monks from the […]
If yesterday’s march (see HERE) was the bigger picture, today it is back to the smaller picture… Former Boeung Kak lake residents were protesting in front of the Municipality, supported by a delegation of human rights activist buddhist monks, members of the Independent Monks Network. UPDATED: on Dec. 24th with two more photographs from Dec. […]
The turnout for the 8th and final (for now) opposition CNRP march through Phnom Penh was immense, probably the biggest postwar turnout yet. A large fraction of the Cambodian people made it very clear to their party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha that they have had enough of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 28-year iron-fisted […]
The opposition CNRP supporters, in a bid to oust long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen from power called upon by the CNRP co-Presidents Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, are still gathered at Freedom Place, marching every day for the past 7 days through the streets of Phnom Penh, sleeping out in the (relative) cold. More on […]
The 6th opposition CNRP motorcade, pacing along at fast-walking speed, didn’t push too far along the streets of Phnom Penh this time. The agenda is still the same: have Prime Minister Hun Sen step down, following the July 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won. For now, the response from the government to the […]
Opposition CNRP supporters spent their 6th consecutive night at Freedom Park, gathering strength to demonstrate yet again for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down. Yesterday’s demonstration is HERE… More on the 2013 elections aftermath HERE.
The motorcade, organised by the opposition CNRP for the 5th consecutive day to demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down after the results of the Cambodian 2013 elections the CNRP claims to have won, went to the North of Phnom Penh, through streets lined with sympathisers. More on the Cambodian elections aftermath HERE.