Civil Society Condemns Escalating Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders
May 10, 2016 – Yesterday’s detention of eight human rights workers and activists was an egregious violation of the right to freedom... Read More
Civil Society Condemns Charging of Human Rights Defenders
May 2, 2016 – We, the undersigned human rights and other civil society organisations, condemn in the strongest terms the politically-motivated charging... Read More
CSOs call upon authorities to immediately cease harassment of human rights defenders
April 29, 2016 – We, the undersigned civil society organisations, strongly condemn the summonsing and interrogation of civil society members for conducting... Read More
Migrant Workers in Thailand Face ‘Temporary’ Hurdle
Dy Thehoya, program officer at the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights, said his group had raised concerns that Cambodian... Read More
Cambodian food & service workers stand with fast food workers in US & around the world
On 14 April, a global day of action took place where fast food and low wage workers across the world protested for... Read More
City cops sing praises of protest crackdowns
In an annual report released yesterday, Phnom Penh’s municipal police once again touted their success in preventing demonstrations and strikes by political... Read More
Say No Union Law
Cambodia’s Draft Trade Union Law (TUL) will be put to a vote in the CPP dominated National Assembly on 04 April 2016.... Read More
On Grenade Attack Anniversary, Rainsy Calls Cambodia ‘Dictatorship’
Moeun Tola, executive director of the newly-formed Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights, said Cambodian authorities do not seem willing... Read More
Open letter to all brands sourcing from Cambodia
Clean Clothes Campaign published an open letter to all brands in Cambodia to publicly support freedom of association and independent unions in... Read More
Trafficked fishermen ‘safe, headed home’
Fifteen Cambodian men who were rescued from two affiliated Thai fishing boats by authorities there in January were victims of human trafficking,... Read More
Embassy Rescues Cambodian Fishermen from Thai Vessels
Dy Thehoya, program officer for the newly formed Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (Central), said he appreciated the Ministry... Read More
Dreamland park staff seek payouts
Moeun Tola, executive director for the rights group Central, said according to the law, the employers had to notify their workers of... Read More
As workdays dry up, fears of factory calling it quits
Joel Preston, from labour rights group Central, said the company, and a sister factory, had suffered a drop in orders after clothing... Read More
City Hall Bans Celebratory Women’s Day Bike Ride
Chhorn Sokha of the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) said yesterday that the actions of City Hall and... Read More
Firm denies circumventing Malaysia maid ban
Labour advocate Moeun Tola, executive director of labour rights group Central, yesterday questioned the loophole and the effectiveness of the ban. “I... Read More
Migrants Still Deported En Masse from Thailand
Moeun Tola, executive director of the newly formed Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights, said Cambodians migrate to Thailand because... Read More
Response to the Carlsberg statement issued on February 9, 2016
Carlsberg’s statement from February 9 is a misleading and dishonest response to the issues at stake in the Angkor beer conflict. The... Read More
Thai officials return local migrants
Thailand will send 77 illegal Cambodian migrant workers home this morning after they were rounded up at a construction site in the... Read More
Gov’t gets involved with Japan ‘interns’
Moeun Tola, executive director of labour rights group Central, said cases of Cambodian worker abuse remained rare in Japan, and attributed the... Read More
Saudis sign MoU on maids
“This is bad news,” Moeun Tola, executive director of Central (Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights), said yesterday. “It’s concerning... Read More