The ceremony organised yesterday by the Boeung Kak lake community to honour 4 garment workers who were killed during the violent crackdown by the army on January 3rd of a garment worker’s strike (see HERE), wrapped up this morning with over 200 monks, many from the Independent Monks Network, praying and receiving alms from the […]
The Boeung Kak lake community organised a buddhist ceremony to commemorate the striking garment workers killed during the violent crackdown by the army of January 3rd (see HERE). The CNRP claims 6 workers were killed: Yean Rithy, 25, Kheng Kosol, 23, Kim Phally, ?, Sreng Vibol, 22, Ouk Pheak, 23 and Sam Ravy, 26.
The Law in Cambodia still is a questionable item in terms of credibility these days. But the dance has somehow to be danced… Sam Rainsy, Kem Sokha, opposition CNRP co-Presidents, and Rong Chhun, Leader of the Independent Teachers Association, were summonsed at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning to be questioned about their possible […]
Mr. Jaap Wienen, Deputy General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) representing 176 million workers worldwide, had a meeting at the Ministry of Labour, giving his full support to the cambodian workers demands of a $US160 monthly salary and the release of the workers and union leaders arrested during the January 2nd and […]
Surya Subedi, U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur, addressed a small crowd of 80 activists, monks and union leaders who gathered in front of the UNHCHR offices in Phnom Penh to deliver a petition requesting the liberation of 23 workers, activists and union leaders who were arrested during a violent crackdown on striking workers on Jan. 2nd […]
‘Same Same‘, ‘Royal Silence‘ and ‘30 Years for a Trial‘, the e-books I have published until now are also available on the Japanese iBookstore on iTunes. That is a total of 51 countries… excepting Cambodia as there is no cambodian iTunes yet… ‘A Fine Thread‘, about the ongoing issues in the garment sector of Cambodia, […]
A number of union leaders as well as buddhist monks held a press conference at Solidarity House to request the release of the 23 people who were arrested during the recent crackdown on striking workers (see HERE and HERE), to halt violence by the authorities and a wage rise to $US160. The press conference was […]
Immediately after the cambodian government celebrated the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge by Vietnamese troops during a grandiosely boring ceremony with thousands of disciplined supporters at Koh Pich Island, the opposition CNRP held a press conference at its Chak Angre headquarters where it announced that a complaint would be […]