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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.

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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.

Police tape encloses a section of the Tonle Sap riverbank where two suitcases were found that contained the body of Yi Ming Dali, on June 14, 2023. (CamboJA/Leila Goldstein)

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Dead Chinese Man Linked to Alleged Scam Operation, Sihanoukville Compound

15 Jun 2023 4:23 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

A man allegedly murdered and stuffed into a suitcase by four Chinese suspects last week lived at a compound in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district where one local resident said “people go in but cannot come out.”

CCFC office has been closed pending the outcome of criminal investigations into several staff. (CCHR Facebook Page)

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Interior Ministry Suspends CCFC Amidst Criminal Investigations

13 Jun 2023 7:49 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

The Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that it suspended the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) on June 7, after its president and two other staff members were arrested and charged with plotting and incitement in May.

The workers of East Crown factory vote to select their union representatives on February 9, 2023 (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

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Puma-Supplier Employees Lose Their Jobs Again in Alleged Union-Busting

12 Jun 2023 6:24 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

The Kandal province-based supplier, Eastcrown Footwear Industries, has repeatedly engaged in union-busting practices and harassment of workers, say labor rights activists and union members.

Giant Ibis drivers protest in front of the company in Phnom Penh on April 23, seeking compensation. (Supplied)

Human Rights ·

Employees Laid Off by Bus Company Linked to Tycoon Protest Years-Worth of Allegedly Stolen Wages

28 Apr 2023 9:48 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Over the weekend more than a dozen employees of Giant Ibis Transport, a bus company which appears to be owned by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group, gathered in Phnom Penh to demand they receive severance and seniority payments they say they are legally owed after being laid off several years ago when the company suspended operations due to the pandemic.

The embattled Candlelight Party’s flags fly during the party’s congress in Phnom Penh on June 15, 2022. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Human Rights ·

Opposition Party Members Beaten and Slashed in Multiple Assaults, NGO Reports

24 Apr 2023 12:34 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Anonymous attackers on motorbikes have assaulted at least six Candlelight Party members in recent months, Human Rights Watch reported. Opposition activists said they have been slashed and beaten in broad daylight in retaliation for political activities.

Prak Sophea shows the court summons she got from the court and her request for delay on February 25, 2023. (CamboJA/Phon Sotthyroth)

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Nine Boeng Tamok Residents Placed Under Court Supervision, Face Additional Charges

1 Mar 2023 9:04 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Nine Boeng Tamok lake residents face charges of “intentional acts of violence and obstruction of public officials” and were placed under court supervision following a February 21 warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal court.

Garment workers travel to work on trucks in the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Photo taken on September 22, 2022. CamboJA / Pring Samrang

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Garment Worker Traffic Deaths Rise, Pointing to Stubborn Safety Issues

28 Jan 2023 7:25 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Despite a range of efforts aimed at lowering traffic deaths among factory workers, 63 garment workers were killed in 2022, while 156 workers overall died in traffic accidents, according to the National Social Security Fund.

About 100 villagers gather to support their representatives who questioned by investigative judge, December 21, 2022. Supplied

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Five Preah Vihear Community Representatives Released After Questioning over Death Threat Allegations in Long-Standing Land Dispute

26 Dec 2022 11:33 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Preah Vihear Provincial Court last week questioned five community representatives from Prame commune over allegations that they had issued a death threat to a man who had been clearing contested land in Tbeng Meanchey district. The group was released but remained under court supervision while the investigation continues.

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

Interior Ministry Suspends CCFC Amidst Criminal Investigations

Employees Laid Off by Bus Company Linked to Tycoon Protest Years-Worth of Allegedly Stolen Wages

Opposition Party Members Beaten and Slashed in Multiple Assaults, NGO Reports

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