After the brutal crackdown (see HERE) yesterday on striking workers at Veng Sreng road in the industrial area of Phnom Penh, resulting in three dead, many wounded and several arrested, the government flexes more heavy muscles by replacing the gendarmerie at Veng Sreng road by heavily armed military units and by having Freedom Park, which […]
At least 3 people were shot dead and several were severely injured by hundreds of bullets fired by armed forces during a brutal crackdown in the morning of January 3rd on barricades set up by thousands of striking workers on Veng Sren road, in the industrial area of Phnom Penh. Several others were arrested and […]
The striking garment factory workers are still determined to push for an 80$ rise in salary and keep protesting in front of their factories. Things turned ugly at the Yakjin Factory this morning when Unit 911 from the Royal Cambodian Forces (RCAF) cracked down on the protest and beat up workers. Activist and Union Leader […]
Garment factory workers on a strike regarding wages blocked road Nr2 at Chak Angre for 3 hours. Road Nr4 was also blocked by workers and cleared by military police, beating several demonstrators and at least one photojournalist and arresting several. The other 2013 elections photographs are HERE.
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 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 […]