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7 Cambodian Workers Arrested at Nike Contractor

3 June 2013
ABC News
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Cambodian police clashed Monday with workers at a factory that makes clothing for the U.S. sportswear company Nike, arresting seven, in the latest violence linked to a strike over salaries, union organizers and rights activists said. The protest at the Taiwanese-owned Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing plant ...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodian-workers-arrested-nike-subcontractor-19311324#.Ua1mckDTxe9

Water Cannon Crackdown on Cambodian Land Activists

29 May 2013
Radio Free Asia
Economy and commerce / Gender / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Women in development
Adhoc / Boeng Kak / Boeung Kak / Borei Keila / City Hall spokesman Long Dyman / development projects / Factories / forced evictions / Garment factories / Human Rights / land activist Yorm Bopha / land and housing rights / land disputes / Land Rights Activist Tep Vanny / LICADHO / Long Dyman / minimum wages / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong / Police / protests / Resettlement / stun batons / Supreme Court / Supreme Court of Cambodia / Tep Vanny / Thmar Koul / wages / water cannons / Yorm Bopha

Cambodian police used water cannons Wednesday to disperse around 200 women demanding a quick resolution to long-running land disputes, knocking at least three of the protesters, including a 72-year-old, unconscious. The move came two days after authorities used stun batons to disperse a protest over wages ...

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-05292013164116.html

Cambodian police clash with thousands of garment workers, 23 hurt

27 May 2013
Reuters
Clothes / Economy and commerce / Exports / Garments and textiles / Industries / Manufacturing / Trade
Bangladesh / clothing brands / Exports / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / Free Trade Union president Sun Vanny / freedom of association / FTU / Garment exports / Garment factories / garments / Healthcare / IMF / International Monetary Fund / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / labor / labor rights / labour / labour rights / manufacturers / minimum wage / Nike / Nike clothing / Phnom Penh / Police / protests / riots / Sabrina / Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing / Sabrina factory / shoes / Strikes / stun batons / Sun Vanny / trade unions / transport / United States aid / worker / worker rights / working conditions

At least 23 workers were hurt in Cambodia on Monday when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike , a worker and a trade union representative said. Police with riot ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/cambodia-garments-workers-idUSL3N0E829T20130527

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