At 4:00pm there was still no news about the negotiations with the factory management which might bring the 4-month long strike to an end. See also HERE. UPDATE: A solution, brokered by the Ministry of Labour, for the conflict opposing the workers of he SL Garment Ltd. factory to their direction for the last 4 […]
On the Cambodian roads 1, 4, 5, 6 and 3, monks and members of civil society have been marching for the last two days. They will converge on Phnom Penh on December 10th to celebrate International Human Rights Day. Feel free to join. All photographs taken with the Sony RX1… P.S.: Unfortunately I will not […]
If you thought Yorm Bopha’s case would be over you’d better think twice. The land rights activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience who was jailed on what human rights observers say were trumped up charges to punish her for her militantism, appeared in front of the Supreme Court this morning for her last appeal. […]
First the (unauthorised) commemoration of the 347 young souls who were crushed to death during a stampede on the Koh Pich bridge at the 2010 Water Festival (see part of the story HERE). It was organised by the opposition CNRP, one day ahead of the official (and obviously authorised) commemoration which will be held by […]
The strike by the workers from the SL Garment factory is in its 4th month. They walked the streets several times, they are without income, they sit for hours at the gates of their factory, they put up a blockade on the road, they were dispersed by the riot police, they were shot at with […]
The final appeal for Yorm Bopha’s case at the Supreme Court is not due until the 22nd, but the Boeung Kak lake community was out in front of the court building to ask for the release of their fellow land rights activist who was sentenced to two years of prison on what human rights observers […]
For the third consecutive year the Water Festival in Phnom Penh was cancelled. The first two times for a good reason. Not so sure about the third reason though… Here is one photograph of what I believe was the first Water Festival after the war. The others are from tonight’s atmosphere near the riverside pagoda… […]
The workers from SL Garment factory, specialised in various wet and dry processes for denim jeans for Levi’s, Wrangler, Zara, Union Bay, J. Crew, Nautica and other famous Western brands are still on strike in front of the factory gates, blocking the road with a tent. Day before yesterday, with their social conflict in its […]
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