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Migrant workers leave Daung International Checkpoint in Battambang province after the Thai military opened the gate in late June 2025, allowing them to return to Cambodia. (Daung Border Checkpoint’s Facebook.)

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Border Closures Violate Human Rights, Says Govt Human Rights Body

26 Jun 2025 3:21 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Cambodia's state-run human rights body is concerned about “serious human rights violations” arising from Thailand’s unilateral closure of all land border crossings which has left thousands of workers and civilians stranded, unable to cross for legitimate reasons.

Garment workers at their lunch break outside a factory where workers recently tested positive for COVID-19, in Phnom Penh, May 24, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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COVID-19 spreads among workers in Svay Rieng factories

24 May 2021 9:15 PM|

More than 100 garment workers in Svay Rieng have tested positive for COVID-19, raising concerns from unionists about insufficient safety measures in Cambodia’s garment factories.

Vendors sell food and vegetables at O'Ressei Market after the government granted permission for all state-run markets in Phnom Penh to reopen, May 24, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Public markets and restaurants reopen amid concern about COVID-19 cases

24 May 2021 8:17 PM|

Public markets and restaurants have reopened their doors to customers following a decision by the Phnom Penh municipal administration on Friday evening. But with the daily number of new COVID-19…

A prison van driving prisoners from CC1 to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, March 31, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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18 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Cambodia’s largest prison

21 May 2021 9:33 PM|

As Cambodia moves ahead with its mass inmate vaccination campaign, officials said Friday that 18 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at Prey Sar prison’s Correctional Center 1, the largest…

Villagers set up camp to block a street leading to a new airport construction site. The development is locked in a dispute with villagers in Kandal province's Kandal Stung district, May 17, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Week-long airport protest continues as communities consider rights groups intervention

21 May 2021 6:23 PM|

A number of families affected by the new airport project in Kandal province have continued to block the road after a week of protest. Dozens of people have protested since…

Local authorities order a vendor to move away from her selling place near Phsar Kadnal in Daun Penh district, May 20, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Vendors struggle on the streets after more than a month of market closures

21 May 2021 12:37 PM|

“When we sell here, sometimes we get burned by the sun and sometimes it rains, because it’s not like selling in a market stall.”

A fisherman repairs his fishing net on the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh, August 14, 2016. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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With low water levels and poor fishing, fishers struggle in Tonle Sap Lake

21 May 2021 6:52 AM|

“We depend on fishing, we have no other skills, otherwise we will go to work as construction workers when we cannot catch fish anymore,” he said. “I can no longer…

Garment workers ride on a crowded truck after finishing their shift at a factory in the Kong Pisei district of Kampong Speu province on May 6, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Provincial leaders scramble to contain, investigate COVID-19 outbreaks among garment workers

20 May 2021 9:14 PM|

District authorities in Kampong Cham province are rushing to investigate a local outbreak of COVID-19 after finding dozens of new infections at two local footwear factories. A provincial statement issued…

Garment workers leave a factory after finishing their day in the Kong Pisei district of Kampong Speu province on May 6, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Union leaders sound alarm as COVID-19 spreads among provincial garment workers

20 May 2021 7:47 AM|

Over the past two weeks, at least 80 garment workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in just a handful of provinces outside Phnom Penh, sparking worries from laborers, union leaders…

Border Closures Violate Human Rights, Says Govt Human Rights Body

COVID-19 spreads among workers in Svay Rieng factories

Public markets and restaurants reopen amid concern about COVID-19 cases

18 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Cambodia’s largest prison

Week-long airport protest continues as communities consider rights groups intervention

Vendors struggle on the streets after more than a month of market closures

With low water levels and poor fishing, fishers struggle in Tonle Sap Lake

Provincial leaders scramble to contain, investigate COVID-19 outbreaks among garment workers

Union leaders sound alarm as COVID-19 spreads among provincial garment workers

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