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Report Finds Poor Implementation of Domestic Violence Law
Preliminary research in two provinces has found that a lack of implementation of the domestic violence law means that women continue to suffer abuse and more needs to be done to ensure that attitudes change and perpetrators are held accountable.
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Obama Signs Off on Aid Cuts to Government
U.S President Barak Obama on Friday signed a spending bill that suspends some funding to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government until an independent investigation into last year’s disputed national election is carried out, or until the opposition CNRP ends its boycott of parliament.
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International Brands Seek Probe Into Protest Killings
Thirty international union federations and global brands, including Walt Disney, Wal-Mart and Gap, wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday expressing “grave concern” over the fatal shooting of five garment workers this month and calling for an immediate investigation into the killings, as well as a meeting with the premier.
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CNRP Says EU Resolution a Strong Signal to Government
The CNRP will stay in close contact with the European Union (EU) officials to ensure a resolution on Thursday, which calls for an investigation into July’s national election and this month’s slaying of five protesters, will be followed up with action, opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua.
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Union Leader Grabbed Off Street After Peaceful Protest
Riot police and security guards arrested a union leader for organizing a small rally on Phnom Penh’s busy riverside yesterday afternoon to demand the release of fellow union leader beaten and arrested by police at a protest earlier this month.
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Hun Sen Calls On CPP Voters to Defend His Government
Speaking two weeks after crushing opposition party demonstrations demanding his resignation, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday called on supporters of his ruling CPP to prepare to stand up against any group aiming to overthrow his government.
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Governor Pledges to Help Evicted Families
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Friday visited evicted residents of the Borei Keila community, now living in a slum atop piles of garbage near their former homes, and promised, yet again, to build proper housing for the 150 families who refuse to move from the site of their former homes.
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US Passed Bill to Suspend Some Aid to Cambodia
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a spending bill that would suspend some funding to Cambodia until the government carries out an independent investigation of July’s disputed national election and reforms its electoral system, or until the opposition ends its boycott of parliament.
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Subedi Calls for Accountability in Meeting With Hun Sen
In a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and 10 of government’s highest-ranking officials in Phnom Penh yesterday, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi called for the perpetrators of recent state-sanctioned killings to be held accountable for their actions.
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Unions Warm of More Strike Unless Wage Talks Resume
The trade Unions behind recently suspended nationwide strikes defended their ongoing demand for a $160 monthly minimum wage for the country’s 600,000 garment workers yesterday, and vowed to resume the strikes if the government and factories did not agree to negotiations soon.
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Garment Workers Continue Striking Over Unpaid Wages
Workers at two factories continue striking yesterday to demand that their employers pay them half their wages for the days they spent on strike during mass garment sector demonstrations earlier this month.
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Sonando Fans to Stage Protest for TV License
Mam Sonando, owner of the popular Beehive Radio Station, and his supporters will defy a government ban on public gatherings and start daily protests against the Ministry of Information’s rejection of Mr. Sonando’s assistant said yesterday.
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Husband Locks Anti-Eviction Activist Yorm Bopha in House
Recently freed anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha has become embroiled in a very public domestic dispute with her husband, with reporters yesterday being called to their Boeng Kak area home by an NGO representative claiming that Ms. Bopha’s husband was trying to kill her.
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Villagers in Land Dispute Detain Workers, Confiscate Equipment
Villagers involved in a land dispute in Battambang province on Monday temporarily detained six men working for an agribusiness firm who were preparing the dispute land to be cleared, residents and police said.
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UN Envoy Continues Meetings With CNRP, NGOs
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi, who is on his 10th fact-finding mission to Cambodia, met with opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy yesterday ahead of a planned meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior government official today.
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Hun Sen Says He’s Here to Stay; Higher Wage Must Wait
Prime Minister Hun Sen used a groundbreaking ceremony for new bridge linking Cambodia to Vietnam yesterday to reiterate that he has no plans to step down from his position, and told opposition supporters who have called for his ouster to settle in for a long wait.
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Sonado Plans Protest After Relay Station, TV Channel Rejected
The Information Ministry has rejected a request by Mam Sonado, the owner of popular Beehive Radio, for a relay station to broadcast deeper into provincial areas and permission to open a TV station.
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Garment Workers Go back to Strike Over Unpaid Wages
Thousands of garment workers from four factories have gone back on strike this week to protest a decision by their employers to withhold pay for the days they did not work during recent nationwide strikes.
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Government Urged to Ease Pressure on Unions
Visiting representatives from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) yesterday urged the Labor Ministry to withdraw its threat to revoke the licenses of six union behind recent strikes, and to drop legal proceedings against union leader Rong Chhun.
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UN Envoy Urged to Probe Arrest of Monks
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi, who began his 10th fact-finding mission to Cambodia on Sunday, has been asked to investigate issues faced by ethnic Khmer Krom people after five monks were arrested for participating in garment worker protests earlier this month.
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