• Kampong Speu villagers to testify over land protest

    Kampong Speu villagers to testify over land protest

    • Released Date: 10-Nov-2015

    Three villagers in Kampong Speus Phnom Sruoch district were issued a subpoena to appear in court on November 18 over allegations of incitement to commit violence against public servants following their participation in a land dispute protest last wee

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  • Company Accused of Attempting to ‘Electrocute Villagers

    Company Accused of Attempting to ‘Electrocute Villagers

    • Released Date: 10-Nov-2015

    Kampong Speu provincial deputy governor Vey Samnang is scratching his head over a dispute between a company that operates a cashew plantation, Ouk Khun, in his province and villagers who say it grabbed their land and then installed electricity cables

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  • Land disputes centre stage at capital forum

    Land disputes centre stage at capital forum

    • Released Date: 04-Nov-2015

    A broad spectrum of villager representatives, civil society organisations and government officials – large land-concession holders among them – met in the capital for the ninth year in a row yesterday to discuss the Kingdoms seemingly intractable iss

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  • Judge hears protesters involved in UDG suits

    Judge hears protesters involved in UDG suits

    • Released Date: 03-Nov-2015

    The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday questioned 17 villagers locked in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) over a pair of competing lawsuits filed in the wake of a clash between locals and company security guards in

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  • Protesters Fight Land Grab in Banteay Meanchey

    Protesters Fight Land Grab in Banteay Meanchey

    • Released Date: 03-Nov-2015

    ROUGHLY 300 people gathered in front of Banteay Meanchey provincial hall yesterday morning to demand help from the provincial government in their land dispute with a development company and powerful government officials.The protest started at 7:30 am

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  • Protest for people to stop evictions

    Protest for people to stop evictions

    • Released Date: 05-Oct-2015

    About 1 billion people on Monday morning gathered to celebrate International Housing Rights Day by urging the government to stop the seizure of land does not provide adequate compensation.

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  • Factory worker driver licence plan in works

    Factory worker driver licence plan in works

    • Released Date: 26-Feb-2015

    Thu, 26 February 2015Chhay Channyda In an effort to combat the growing number of factory workers being hurt and killed during their commutes, the government is rolling out a plan to educate and license factory drivers, and producing videos teaching w

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  • Union Leader Lodges Complaints Over Alleged Death Threat

    Union Leader Lodges Complaints Over Alleged Death Threat

    • Released Date: 24-Feb-2015

    BY MECH DARA | FEBRUARY 24, 2015Union leader Pav Sina on Monday filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry after an administrator at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng province allegedly told three other members of his union that some fac

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  • Mass Fainting in Shoe Factory

    Mass Fainting in Shoe Factory

    • Released Date: 22-Feb-2015

    PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) – More than 60 workers in the Long Lead footwear factory in north Cambodias Kampong Chhnang province collapsed on Saturday afternoon for fear of an electric fault, a local police chief said.“Over 60 workers fainted after an electr

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  • Three More Women Faint as Factory Reopens

    Three More Women Faint as Factory Reopens

    • Released Date: 19-Feb-2015

    BY BEN SOKHEAN | FEBRUARY 19, 2015The Labor Ministry official in charge of garment factory faintings declared Wednesdays reopening of a Svay Rieng province factory—where 100 workers fainted in the past week due to chemical fumes—a relative success, w

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  • Local Unions Join Right-to-Strike Campaign

    Local Unions Join Right-to-Strike Campaign

    • Released Date: 19-Feb-2015

    BY MECH DARA AND ZSOMBOR PETER | FEBRUARY 19, 2015Three of the countrys largest unions on Wednesday added their voices to a global campaign urging member states of the International Labor Organizations (ILO) Governing Body, which Cambodia recently jo

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  • Labour Ministry vows to investigate recruiter

    Labour Ministry vows to investigate recruiter

    • Released Date: 18-Feb-2015

    Wed, 18 February 2015Pech Sotheary and Laignee Barron Responding to parliaments order to investigate allegations against a recruitment agency with a record of mistreating its workers, the Ministry of Labour dispatched a team today to meet with a grou

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