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 […]
Nine of them came together to avoid the rule (law?) prohibiting gatherings of more than ten people in the streets of Phnom Penh until the situation is ‘normal’ again. They are from the CNRP Youth and had rehearsed a song about freedom to be sung at Freedom Park. They sang it quickly not far from […]
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 […]
The crackdown of opposing voices continues. Tep Vanny, Yorm Bopha, Bop Chorvy, Sok Serey Leap, and Pan Chunreth, land rights activists from the Boeung Kak Lake community were arrested on their way to the French Embassy to ask help for the release of those arrested the previous days (see HERE and HERE). Sorry for the […]
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, opposition CNRP co-Presidents, major CNRP representatives and some 400 followers attended a ceremony honouring the workers killed during the Veng Sreng road crackdown (see HERE) at the CNRP headquarters. At the issue of the ceremony Sam Rainsy vowed to continue to put pressure on the current government, saying that the […]