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Y&W Garment workers block the road on the outskirts of Phnom Penh as a part of their protest to demand a solution from the government, on March 22, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Y&W Garment Workers Receive Compensation, Will Look for New Jobs After Khmer New Year

10 Apr 2024 7:29 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Having received their compensation from March 22 to 25, Y&W Garment Co Ltd workers say they will start looking for jobs after Khmer New Year. Some have secured new jobs although work conditions were difficult compared to their old jobs. Pregnant workers, however, continue to face difficulties.

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Y&W Garment Workers Receive Compensation, Will Look for New Jobs After Khmer New Year

10 Apr 2024 7:29 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Villagers gather at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to submit a petition to cut their land out from airport development and issue land titles, April 1, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Human Rights ·

Some 200 Canal 94 Residents Submit Petition to Land Management Ministry, Seek Own Land Titles

1 Apr 2024 9:59 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

About 200 residents from Kandal Steung district and Takhmao town submitted a petition to Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Minister Say Sam Al on Monday, urging the government to cut up a piece of land from the Techo Takhmao International Airport project for them, issue land titles and allow them to build on-site.

Farmers harvest rice in Battambang province’s Bavel district on November 20, 2022. CamboJA/Sok Savy

Business ·

Rice Stakeholders Raise Issues Impeding Efforts To Meet Export Market Standard

31 Mar 2024 1:44 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Lack of technical assistance, an unstable market and poor irrigation system are among key problems raised by Cambodian farmers, rice millers, traders, producers, development partners and research institutes.

Villagers gather at Kandal provincial hall to submit a petition to stop the airport developer from filling the canal which may affect their houses during the rainy season, March 27, 2024. (CamboJA/Phon Sothyroth)

Human Rights ·

Canal 94 Residents Fear Flooding From Sand Filling, Four Villages Submit Petition

28 Mar 2024 8:34 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

About 100 villagers from Kandal Steung district and Takhmao town gathered at the Kandal provincial hall to submit a petition to governor Kong Sophorn on Wednesday morning.

Workers attempt to build a fence which will block the access from the houses of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune to the road, March 19, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Human Rights ·

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

20 Mar 2024 8:27 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Residents of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune, Kandal Stung district, once again protested against the work carried out by the new $1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport company on Tuesday. At the site, workers were attempting to erect pillars to build a fence after they filled the so-called 94 canal earlier this year. Some of the soil also ended up inside people’s houses.

A restaurant staff removes STT’s photos after local authorities shut down the exhibition in Chbar Ampov on February 25, 2024, a photo post on STT’s Facebook.

Human Rights ·

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

12 Mar 2024 9:47 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Some 62 civil society organizations (CSOs) including Licadho, Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), and local communities have urged the authorities to allow Sahmakum Teang Tnaut’s (STT) photo exhibition to resume after it was shut down two weeks ago.

Garment workers march to the Ministry of Labor to submit a petition on March 9, 2024.(CamboJA / Phon Sothyroth)

Human Rights ·

Some 600 Y&W Garment Workers March To Labor Ministry After Factory Declares Bankruptcy

11 Mar 2024 7:29 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Around 600 workers of Chinese-owned Y&W Garment Co Ltd marched to the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training to submit a petition as part of their protest to demand for their wages and benefits from the owner who suddenly declared bankruptcy. Workers have not been paid their last month's salary.

Environmental rangers and villagers patrol community forests in Romnea commune. (Supplied)

Human Rights ·

Mondulkiri Court Questions Adhoc Official, Four Bunong Natives After They File Evidence of Forest Clearing

7 Mar 2024 9:20 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Mondulkiri provincial court on Monday questioned NGO rights group Adhoc official and four Punong natives after land brokers and fellow villagers filed a defamation and incitement complaint against them. The complaint was made after the suspects submitted evidence of chopped trees and encroachment by the plaintiffs, made up of land brokers and a few villagers.

Some 200 Canal 94 Residents Submit Petition to Land Management Ministry, Seek Own Land Titles

Rice Stakeholders Raise Issues Impeding Efforts To Meet Export Market Standard

Canal 94 Residents Fear Flooding From Sand Filling, Four Villages Submit Petition

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

Some 600 Y&W Garment Workers March To Labor Ministry After Factory Declares Bankruptcy

Mondulkiri Court Questions Adhoc Official, Four Bunong Natives After They File Evidence of Forest Clearing

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Y&W Garment Workers Receive Compensation, Will Look for New Jobs After Khmer New Year

Y&W Garment Workers Receive Compensation, Will Look for New Jobs After Khmer New Year

Some 200 Canal 94 Residents Submit Petition to Land Management Ministry, Seek Own Land Titles

Rice Stakeholders Raise Issues Impeding Efforts To Meet Export Market Standard

Canal 94 Residents Fear Flooding From Sand Filling, Four Villages Submit Petition

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

Some 600 Y&W Garment Workers March To Labor Ministry After Factory Declares Bankruptcy

Mondulkiri Court Questions Adhoc Official, Four Bunong Natives After They File Evidence of Forest Clearing

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