NGOs see gap in rights record
A group of NGOs condemned rampant abuses of sexual and reproductive health rights in Cambodia last week, just days before the government submitted a human rights progress report to the United Nations. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Network of ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-see-gap-rights-record
Cardamom Mountains Need Green Economy And Development
In a ceremony of launching new book highlighted solutions to Cambodia’s cardamom conundrum, Author and scientist Timothy Killen explains the potential for Cambodia to become a world leader by pursuing an innovative, low carbon, green development pathway that will foster economic growth and create opportunities for its people, while conserving the natural environment. “Cambodia is ...
Environment plan passes unopposed
In a sitting of parliament yesterday that was rather more subdued than the vicious session that led to an opposition walkout a day earlier, a law to support an environmental program passed with bipartisan support. All but two of the 93 legislat-ors present voted in favour ...
Adidas Denies Allegations of Low Wages for Factory Workers
German sports brand Adidas yesterday denied allegations that its Cambodian factory, which produces Olympic merchandise, was not paying workers a sustainable living wage. The London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games (Locog) said on Sunday it would investigate claims that Adidas has violated its agreement ...
H&M slammed over wages
Criticism has mounted against Swedish multinational clothing company H&M in its home country following a documentary released last week that sheds light on wages in its source factories in Cambodia. The episode of Swedish network TV4’s Kalla Fakta, or Cold Facts, focuses mainly on Cambodian garment ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102959442/National-news/ham-slammed-over-wages.html
Swedish outcry has royal voice in midst
Growing calls in Sweden for multinational clothing giant H&M to increase wages for Cambodian garment workers have taken a royal twist. Cambodia’s Prince Charin Norodom, 38, who has lived in Sweden for more than 30 years, told the Post yesterday that he had been working behind ...
Olympic Organizing Committee to Investigate Cambodian Factory
The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) plans to investigate allegations that a Cambodian factory producing Olympic merchandise for Adidas is not paying workers a sustainable living wage, a spokesman for Locog said yesterday. The investigation is a response to an article published Saturday ...
ការចុះបញ្ជីម៉ាកតាមប្រព័ន្ធអនឡាញនឹងត្រូវបានចាប់ផ្តើម
ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មកំពុងជម្រុញពាណិជ្ជកម្មក្នុងស្រុក និងបរទេស ដើម្បីចុះបញ្ជីម៉ាកពាណិជ្ជកម្មនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាតាមរយៈប្រព័ន្ធអនឡាញថ្មី។រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម ប៉ាន សូរស័ក្ដិ បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ប្រព័ន្ធនេះនឹងបម្រើដល់ទាំងសាធារណៈជន និងវិស័យឯកជន និងធ្វើ ...
សុខ ចាន់
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38781/online-trademarks-go-live/
Flooding claims three lives
Three people have drowned and more than 3,000 have been evacuated since flash flooding struck a trio of provinces late last week. Yesterday, the Cambodian Red Cross said it was mobilising aid and planned to have packages of rice, canned fish, noodles and other materials in ...
Living with the enemy
Four years after they began fighting the well-connected concessionaire DM Group, members of the ethnic Tampuon who remain in Svay Sor village are exhausted. While the DM Group has seen its complaints against villagers and activists routinely heard at court, those filed by the affected families ...
(English) Factory flaws go live
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Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-flaws-go-live
(English) Proposal aims to bring workers’ voices to negotiating table
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposal-aims-to-bring-workers-voices-to-negotiating-table-67629/
Living wage a ‘Human Right’
Panellists at the first “Permanent People’s Tribunal” on wages and conditions for Cambodian garment workers yesterday released their findings, declaring that a living wage for workers should be considered a “human right”. The hearing included two days of testimony by workers, labour experts and brand-name buyers. While ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012020954412/National-news/living-wage-a-human-right.html
បណ្ដេញប្រជាជនជុំវិញបឹងតាមោកចេញដោយគ្មានសំណង ដើម្បីចាក់ដីធ្វើផ្សារ
អាជ្ញាធរស្រុកព្រែកព្នៅ បានបណ្តេញគ្រួសារដែលរស់នៅដោយខុសច្បាប់ នៅជុំវិញបឹងតាមោក ជាផ្នែកមួយនៃអាងស្តុកទឹកធំជាងគេរបស់រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដែលនឹងត្រូវប្រើប្រាស់ជាទីតាំងសាងសង់ផ្សារ។ លោក ស៊ឹម សុផាង ...
ឃួន ណារឹម
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សហគមន៍ព្នង តវ៉ាការដកបង្គោលកំណត់ដីព្រៃកប់ខ្មោចដូនតារបស់ពួកគេ
ប្រជាសហគមន៍ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចព្នងប្រមាណជាង ១០០ នាក់ដែលរស់នៅ ឃុំស្រែហ៊ុយ ស្រុកកោះញែក ខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរីបាននាំគ្នាតវ៉ាពីម្សិលមិញប្រឆាំងទៅនឹងចំណាត់ការរបស់ក្រុមមន្ត្រីឧទ្យានុរក្សដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃស្រែពកដែលបានចុះដកបង្គោលរបងឈើកំណត់ទីតាំងព្រៃកប់ខ្មោចដូនតារបស់ពួកគាត់។ ...
ឃុត សុភចរិយា
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Forest activists say lives threatened
Two anti-logging activists who went into hiding yesterday have alleged that they received death threats from police because they set fire to logs cut from a protected area in Kratie province. The activists have been leading an increasingly confrontational campaign against Vietnamese firm Binh Phuoc Kratie ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964966/National/forest-activists-say-lives-threatened.html
(English) Short-lived retirement for Sambo?
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Kevin Ponniah and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/short-lived-retirement-sambo
(English) Living on a dwindling trade
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Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/living-dwindling-trade
Virtual Sam Rainsy Slapped With Actual Fine
The Provincial Election Committee (PEC) on Monday fined opposition leader Sam Rainsy $2,500 for verbally attacking Prime Minister Hun Sen from afar during a video-link speech beamed to supporters in Phnom Penh, officials said yesterday. Mr. Rainsy, who currently lives in self-imposed exile in Paris, was ...
Relocated and living on the edge
Years after their eviction from central Phnom Penh, families continue to trickle back into the city from their relocation sites on the city’s outskirts. They search for cheap rental rooms instead of houses like the ones they were driven out of, in some cases, by ...