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Supporters of Seng Theary protest outside the Court of Appeal calling for her release from prison, December 13, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Seng Theary Hospitalized After Hunger Strike, Trial Postponed

14 Dec 2023 11:30 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

The Court of Appeal postponed the trial of prominent Cambodian American lawyer and human rights advocate Seng Theary after learning she had been hospitalized following a hunger strike. Her lawyer submitted a request to the court to delay her trial which was supposed to take place on Wednesday.

About 200 workers who were marching to the Kandal Provincial Court in Takhmao City on July 13 to submit a petition asking that the court remove an injunction preventing them from being paid by their former factory owner. Panha Chhorpoan

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Workers still unpaid as auction of seized factory equipment fails again

28 Jan 2021 2:41 PM|

More than 1,000 former staff from two shuttered two garment factories face uncertain futures, after an auction of manufacturing equipment seized from their former employers’ failed for the second time on Wednesday to raise enough money to pay out salaries and bonuses owed.

Cambodia said it has arranged for at least 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, enough to vaccinate two-thirds of the country. Panha Chhorpoan

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Cambodia has sourced 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine: MEF official

28 Jan 2021 7:27 AM|

A senior Cambodian official said the country had made arrangements to buy or receive at least 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which would help inoculate 10 million people or close to two-thirds of the population.

Cambodia's increasing middle age population would require more job creation, especially labor-intensive jobs in garment factories, as well as high-skilled work. Panha Chhorpoan

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Cambodia’s population increases, presenting job creation challenge

27 Jan 2021 5:04 PM|

Cambodia saw an increase in its working age population according to the 2019 census, leading observers to suggest the demographic dividend would benefit the country’s development.

Workers laid-off from the Siem Reap International Airport protest to demand bonuses paid in full outside the provincial labor department on Friday. CTWF

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Fired during Covid, Siem Reap airport staff demand bonuses paid in full

27 Jan 2021 3:02 PM|

Former staff at the Siem Reap International Airport are demanding entitlements be paid in full after they were laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a provincial official said the 130 workers lost their right to negotiate when they went public with their protest last week.

Former CNRP official Sok Chantha waves to photographers as he arrives at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in a prison truck on Friday. Panha Chhorpoan

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CNRP defendants recant statements in plotting trial, allege coercion

23 Jan 2021 9:32 AM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court resumed one of several trials against former CNRP members for allegedly plotting an attack against the government and inciting the military to disobey orders.

Yin Yoy, who lost her garment factory job last year, said the biggest concern for her family was food insecurity. Khy Sovuthy

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Debt, food insecurity weighing heavy on unemployed garment workers

22 Jan 2021 5:41 PM|

Samraong Tong district, Kampong Speu province -- Yin Yoy was busy doing quality control checks on garments manufactured at New Best Global factory in Kampong Speu province last year. The laborious work, which earned her $200 a month, came to an abrupt halt last February after the factory closed down.

Union leaders and garment workers commemorate the 17th anniversary of the assassination of union leader Chea Vichea in Phnom Penh on Friday. Panha Chhorpoan

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17 years on, workers mourn assassinated union leader Chea Vichea and decry culture of impunity

22 Jan 2021 5:09 PM|

Dozens of workers and unionists gathered Friday to mourn the death of Chea Vichea, an outspoken union leader who was assassinated in broad daylight while reading a newspaper at a roadside newsstand outside Wat Langka in 2004.

Workers from the Y&W garment factory block street 217 in Dangkao district to demand unpaid bonuses on Thursday. Khuon Narim

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Garment workers block Phnom Penh road and call for bonuses

21 Jan 2021 9:24 PM|

Thousands of garment workers blocked a major service road in Phnom Penh on Wednesday and Thursday to demand unpaid entitlements, as worker advocates accused employers of using short term contracts to control staff, avoid bonuses and silence dissent.

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Seng Theary Hospitalized After Hunger Strike, Trial Postponed

Workers still unpaid as auction of seized factory equipment fails again

Cambodia has sourced 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine: MEF official

Cambodia’s population increases, presenting job creation challenge

Fired during Covid, Siem Reap airport staff demand bonuses paid in full

CNRP defendants recant statements in plotting trial, allege coercion

Debt, food insecurity weighing heavy on unemployed garment workers

17 years on, workers mourn assassinated union leader Chea Vichea and decry culture of impunity

Garment workers block Phnom Penh road and call for bonuses

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Seng Theary Hospitalized After Hunger Strike, Trial Postponed

Workers still unpaid as auction of seized factory equipment fails again

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