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Former NagaWorld workers organize a campaign during the Paris Peace Agreement in Phnom Penh, October 22, 2023. (CamboJA/Uon Chhin)

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Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

27 Apr 2024 2:09 PM|
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Restrictions and violations of fundamental rights and freedoms in Cambodia have risen by 11 percent in 2023 from 2022, the annual publication of the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project stated.

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Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

27 Apr 2024 2:09 PM|

Restrictions and violations of fundamental rights and freedoms in Cambodia have risen by 11 percent in 2023 from 2022, the annual publication of the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project stated.

NagaWorld union members gather in front of the Supreme Court to support their colleagues who are on trial in Phnom Penh on April 26, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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NagaWorld Union Lawyers Urge Supreme Court To Decide Fairly on Chhim Sithar, LRSU Members

27 Apr 2024 6:51 AM|

Lawyers defending the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) president Chhim Sithar and eight other union members appealed to the Supreme Court to drop their charges on the basis that the lower court’s ruling was “inconsistent with the law” and “unreasonable”.

Keot Saray, president of Khmer Student Intelligent League Association pictured submitting a petition to the Royal Palace on March 29, 2023. (CamboJA / Pring Samrang)

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Funds Raised to Help Koet Saray, UN Calls For End To Prosecution of Human Rights Activists

24 Apr 2024 2:36 PM|

The Khmer Students Intelligent League Association (KSILA) is raising funds from philanthropists to help their president Koet Saray, who was detained for the second time after visiting villagers in a land dispute in Srayong commune, Kulen district, Preah Vihear province.

Residents of Srayong Tboung village clashed with gendarmes, police and forestry administration officials on Wednesday. (Supplied)

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Kulen Residents Out On Bail, But Have Nothing To Return To After Losing Their Land, Livelihood and Hope

20 Apr 2024 11:15 AM|

Twenty eight Srayong Tboung villagers in Preah Vihear province were released on bail on April 12, 2024 after investigations found that they were cheated by brokers, said Preah Vihear court deputy prosecutor Sreng Vuthea.

Seventy-eight Cambodian migrant workers ask for help in Saudi Arabia. A photo post on the government spokesperson’s Facebook page.

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Cambodia Flies Home 78 Cambodians Subjected to Long Work Hours, No Meals in Saudi Arabia

20 Apr 2024 8:28 AM|

The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, in cooperation with the Cambodian embassy in Egypt, rescued and is in the process of repatriating 78 people who were allegedly forced to work long hours and with little food in Saudi Arabia.

Chhim Sithar leaves the Phnom Penh municipal court after her verdict on May 25, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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From Harassment to Imprisonment – Union Leader Chhim Sithar Awarded Per Anger Prize For Workers Rights’ Fight

19 Apr 2024 5:49 PM|

Despite serving a jail sentence, Labour Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) president Chhim Sithar was awarded the 2024 Per Anger prize on April 19 for her commitment to advancing democracy and upholding human rights in Cambodia.

About 40 villagers gathered in front of the City Hall to ask for an intervention on the overlapping land title with Eco Megapolis Development Cooperation Co Ltd, April 10, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Phnom Penh Villagers Protests Overlapping Land Title With Tycoon Khun Sea’s Company

11 Apr 2024 1:31 PM|

About 50 families in Phnom Penh protested in front of the Phnom Penh City Hall after coming to know about the issuance of land titles to Eco Megapolis Development Cooperation Co Ltd which overlapped their land. The villagers, around 40 of them from Prek Kampoes commune in Dangkor district, feared being evicted from their present land following the new development on the title.

Koet Saray, president of Khmer Student Intelligent League Association, was charged for inciting a community involved in a land dispute in Preah Vihear. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Resounding Call To Release Human Rights Defender Koet Saray Charged For Incitement in Preah Vihear

8 Apr 2024 10:08 PM|

About 50 civil society groups and unions called for the release of human rights activist Koet Saray, president of Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA), who has been placed in pre-trial detention.

Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

NagaWorld Union Lawyers Urge Supreme Court To Decide Fairly on Chhim Sithar, LRSU Members

Funds Raised to Help Koet Saray, UN Calls For End To Prosecution of Human Rights Activists

Kulen Residents Out On Bail, But Have Nothing To Return To After Losing Their Land, Livelihood and Hope

Cambodia Flies Home 78 Cambodians Subjected to Long Work Hours, No Meals in Saudi Arabia

From Harassment to Imprisonment – Union Leader Chhim Sithar Awarded Per Anger Prize For Workers Rights’ Fight

Phnom Penh Villagers Protests Overlapping Land Title With Tycoon Khun Sea’s Company

Resounding Call To Release Human Rights Defender Koet Saray Charged For Incitement in Preah Vihear

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Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

NagaWorld Union Lawyers Urge Supreme Court To Decide Fairly on Chhim Sithar, LRSU Members

Funds Raised to Help Koet Saray, UN Calls For End To Prosecution of Human Rights Activists

Kulen Residents Out On Bail, But Have Nothing To Return To After Losing Their Land, Livelihood and Hope

Cambodia Flies Home 78 Cambodians Subjected to Long Work Hours, No Meals in Saudi Arabia

From Harassment to Imprisonment – Union Leader Chhim Sithar Awarded Per Anger Prize For Workers Rights’ Fight

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Resounding Call To Release Human Rights Defender Koet Saray Charged For Incitement in Preah Vihear

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Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

NagaWorld Union Lawyers Urge Supreme Court To Decide Fairly on Chhim Sithar, LRSU Members

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