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The Trial

The 21 factory workers, activists and union leaders who were arrested in Phnom Penh on January 2nd and 3rd during the violent crackdown on worker’s demonstrations for higher wages which resulted in 4 deaths by bullets (a 5th worker was seen wounded but disappeared and is presumed dead) is going on at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning.

A full story on the garment sector in Cambodia over the past years can be found in ‘A Fine Thread’ for the iPad. With over 500 photographs and an in-depth text by Robert Carmichael it is yours for $US4.99. You can download it HERE

A few of the photographs from ‘A Fine Thread’:

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