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After Long Silence, Somaly Mam Hits Back
Four months after a Newsweek article reported that Somaly Mam falsified her backstory as a sex slave, prompting her exit from The NGO named after her, the anti-trafficking activist publicly defended herself for the first time yesterday in an article published on the same day that a public relations offensive was launched on her behalf.
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Volunteer at Anti-Sex Trafficking NGO on Trial for Rape
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a Cambodian volunteer for a Christian anti-sex trafficking NGO who is charged with raping four boys who were under his care.
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Soldiers sent to Areng post
Soldiers have been stationed at the site of a road block that was manned by environmental activists protecting the planned Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province.
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Garment Truck Crash Leaves 47 Worker Injured
Forty-seven garment workers and a driver were injured when the truck in which they were traveling crashed in Svay Rieng province on Monday evening, police, doctors and union officials said yesterday.
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K Kong villagers seek PM’s help in Capital
Villagers from Koh Kong province have descended on the capital, ready to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen and the government today to intervene in their long-running land dispute with prominent business Heng Huy
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Environmental Activist Released, Plan to Block Road Again
All 11 activists who were detained by police in Koh Kong province on Monday for preventing a convoy of government vehicles from reaching the Areng Valley, where the villagers have been protesting a controversial hydropower dam project, were released early yesterday morning but vowed to continue fighting the project
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Worker Start Wage Battle a Day Early
About 1,000 workers from a Phnom Penh footwear factory yesterday got an early start yesterday on a cross-union campaign for a 177$ minimum wage, set to start today, protesting in front of their factory over internal workplace grievances.
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Beyond Garment Sector, Worries Over Wage Hike
When it comes to wages, business leaders this week agreed that what happens in Cambodia’s all-important garment industry does not stay in garment industry, which accounted for a third of country’s $15.25-billion GDP last year.
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Last Kbal Thnal Detainee freed
A year after security forces opened fire on a protest at the Kbal Thnal bridge in Phnom Penh, killing 29-year-old Mao Sok Chan, the last suspect charged for taking part in what the authorities said was a violent protest has been released.
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Factory walkout to kick of $177 drive
More than 1,000 garment workers at a Phnom Penh factory entered their second day of striking yesterday, ahead of today’s start of global and national union campaign to raise the minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector.
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Man to Be Deported Over US Child0Rape Charges
A 25-year-old American man arrested in Sihanoukville on Saturday for holding an expired visa will be extradited to the U.S. to face child-rape charges there, an immigration police official said yesterday
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Cambodia Arrests 11 in China Dam Protest
Authorities in Cambodia have detained 11 activists after they tried to stop further studies for a planned Chinese built dam. About 30 local villagers and environmental activists in the Areng Valley went to the area Monday to protect barricades they had erected earlier this year to prevent access to the proposed dam site.
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Second Union Leader Under Court Supervision
Free Trade Union President Chea Mony yesterday became the Second union leader to be placed under judicial supervision this month by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for alleged criminal activity during nationwide garment worker strike in December and January.
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Thousands of Workers Go on Strike in Prey Veng
Some 3,000 workers protested in front of a garment factory in Prey Veng province yesterday, calling for larger bonuses and better working condition, according to unionists and factory representatives
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One Year On, No Justice for Shooting Victim Mao Sok Chan
One Year after security forces shot and killed 29-year-old motorbike courier Mao Sok Chan, following an opposition protest in Phnom Penh, no one has been held accountable for his death, Prompting fresh call for his killer to be brought to justice.
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Phnong rally in Mondulkiri
About 200 ethnic Phnong Villagers gathered in Mondulkiri province’s Bousraa commune yesterday to protest against several companies that hold economic land concessions in the area, which they say are destroying their traditional livelihood
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Wage fight heating back up
Negotiations for next year’s garment sector minimum wage heated up yesterday, as eight labour union leaders threatened another industry-wide walkout, one even larger than the 10-day strike that began on December 25, if their demands are not meet.
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OCIC Razes Last Shacks, Families Move On
The last of 16 shacks that once clung to the edge of a mammoth development project in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district were demolished by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation yesterday
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More Foreigners Deported as Census Continues
Police have arrested and deported as many as 15 nationals from China, India, Russia and Nigeria as part of their ongoing push to identify foreigners living in the country illegally through a new nationwide census, official said yesterday
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Police Arrested Environmental Activists in Koh Kong
At least 10 environmental activists, including a Spanish national, were detained in Koh Kong province yesterday after they attempted to prevent officials from reaching a community of ethnic minority villagers who have been protesting plans for a hydropower dam that would flood their ancestral home and a critical wildlife habitat.
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