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Banteay Srei and Love is Diversity launch a study on sexual and harassment at workplace, December 14, 2023. (CamboJA/Runn Sreydeth)

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LGBT People Continue to Experience High Level of Sexual Harassment At Work

19 Dec 2023 3:38 PM|
Runn Sreydeth|

A study on workplace sexual harassment by Banteay Srei and Love is Diversity has found that 30% of women, 37% of men, and 90% of LGBT people have experienced some form of violation at work. Male and female employees of all ages also claimed that they have previously quit their jobs due to sexual harassment and felt uncomfortable going to work.

The government has attempted to alleviate concerns over the safety and effectiveness of the Sinopharm vaccine, which excludes people with a number of health conditions from getting the vaccine. Pring Samrang

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As Cambodia’s vaccination drives start, 20 percent of people turned away

11 Feb 2021 11:05 AM|

The government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive began with senior dignitaries and provincial officials lining up to get inoculated, with 20 percent of people who went to get vaccinated turned away for underlying medical issues or for being not in the best health.

Phin Sophea, a representative for workers at the shuttered Dignity Knitter and ECO Base factories, speaks to colleagues after meeting with authorities to discuss plans to pay outstanding salaries and bonuses following the auction of equipment seized from the factories. Panha Chhorpoan

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Staff of shuttered Kandal factories to share $1.2M after sale of seized equipment

10 Feb 2021 7:32 AM|

More than 1,000 workers from two shuttered factories will be paid out a share of $1.2 million on February 12 after authorities found a buyer for goods seized from their former employers, authorities said, more than a year after bosses stopped paying salaries and then shut the factories in Kandal province.

Police placed banners in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey province, showing the faces of CNRP leaders planning to return to Cambodia and announcing that they would be arrested on arrival.

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‘Crossed a red line’: prosecution requests maximum penalty for 9 CNRP leaders over attempted ‘coup’

9 Feb 2021 8:34 PM|

Nine leaders of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party should receive the maximum 30-year prison sentence for attempting an attack on the government through an alleged coup d’etat in 2019, a prosecutor and government attorney told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday.

Healthcare officials prepare for the start of the COVID-19 vaccination drive that starts on Wednesday. Panha Chhorpoan

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Vaccine drive begins Wednesday as Health Ministry reassures public

9 Feb 2021 7:04 PM|

Cambodia will begin vaccinating senior government officials, target groups, frontline workers starting Wednesday after the first batch of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Phnom Penh.

The five activists stand outside the Kratie Provincial Court with rights monitors and supporters, shortly after they were released Monday morning. Adhoc

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Ouch Leng, four activists released after “secretly entering” Prey Lang protected forest

8 Feb 2021 8:58 PM|

Goldman Environmental Prize-winning Ouch Leng and four activists were released by the Kratie Provincial Court Monday morning after being detained on Friday for allegedly entering the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary illegally.

The first COVID-19 vaccines donated by China to Cambodia arrive at Phnom Penh International airport on Sunday. Pring Samrang

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First shipment of Covid-19 vaccines lands in Cambodia

7 Feb 2021 10:03 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen nominated ministers and generals, his three sons and the children of senior officials to be first inoculated for COVID-19 in Cambodia, as the first shipment of Sinopharm vaccinations donated by China arrived at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Sunday.

District security guards prevent journalists from taking photographs and conducting interviews outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of former CNRP members and affiliates on January 13. Panha Chhorpoan

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Reporters remain unclear on scope of police powers in new directive on interference by media

6 Feb 2021 8:21 PM|

Authorities doubled down on threats of legal action against reporters who “interfere” in police investigations after four media associations on Friday called for clarification of a new directive, but the scope of police powers remains unclear, journalists and advocates said.

Police and security guards force land protesters to the edge of Monivong Boulevard after they blocked the street outside the Land Management Ministry on September 21. Panha Chhorpoan

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Rights NGO says fundamental freedoms deterioration persists

5 Feb 2021 5:56 PM|

Local human rights group ADHOC said fundamental freedoms were severely restricted in Phnom Penh, especially the ongoing curbs on freedom of expression and association, according to a new report.

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LGBT People Continue to Experience High Level of Sexual Harassment At Work

As Cambodia’s vaccination drives start, 20 percent of people turned away

Staff of shuttered Kandal factories to share $1.2M after sale of seized equipment

‘Crossed a red line’: prosecution requests maximum penalty for 9 CNRP leaders over attempted ‘coup’

Vaccine drive begins Wednesday as Health Ministry reassures public

Ouch Leng, four activists released after “secretly entering” Prey Lang protected forest

First shipment of Covid-19 vaccines lands in Cambodia

Reporters remain unclear on scope of police powers in new directive on interference by media

Rights NGO says fundamental freedoms deterioration persists

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LGBT People Continue to Experience High Level of Sexual Harassment At Work

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