The community of Borei Keila which was violently evicted in January 2012 (see HERE) during a lingering land issue, and has been kept in limbo for the last two years regarding their relocation. Being fed up having to live in particularly unhealthy conditions near a building they at one point were promised an appartment in, […]
The 21 workers, activists and union leaders who were arrested on January 2nd and 3rd during a violent crackdown (see HERE) by the army on a workers’ strike which also resulted in at least 4 being killed by bullets and numerous wounded, were being tried at the Appeals Court for a bail request. Only the […]
Both at several locations in Cambodia and in front of cambodian embassies abroad, a series of events were organised simultaneously to request the release of 21 workers (2 others were granted bail a few days before), activists and union leaders who were arrested during the early January crackdown by the army which resulted in the […]
About 50 members of the Civil Society Organisation, joined by 23 monks from the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice (IMNSJ), monitored by nearly as much press and human rights observers, defied the demonstration ban in Phnom Penh by praying at the Preah Ang Dongker pagoda on the riverside to ask for the release of […]
On the 3rd day of the strike by CINTRI workers about their $US75 wage, and while the rubbish is piling up on the streets of Phnom Penh, an agreement was found and the trucks to collect the garbage are rolling to town again. The heavy presence of both riot police and municipal guards certainly seemed […]
Garbage is piling up in the streets of Phnom Penh. Truck drivers and garbage collectors from CINTRI, in charge of collecting all the smelly stuff we don’t want to keep at home, are asking for better wages. Just like the garment factory workers they want to double their salary: from $US75 to $US150. The difference […]
The community of the Boeung Kak Lake held a press conference this morning. The Boeung Kak Lake land issue is ongoing since 2007 (see HERE and HERE). It has radically transformed the lives of many inhabitants of the community. The 3000 families who were evicted by a development company from the shores of what once […]
About 20 monks from the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice (IMNSJ) and a few activists organised a short-noticed ceremony yesterday evening in a side street of Veng Sreng street in the industrial area of Phnom Penh, to the memory of those workers who were killed by army bullets during the January 3rd crackdown (see […]