Labor Rights Group Warns of More Workers’ Strikes If Factory Owners Fail to Address Indemnity Pays
PHNOM PEN– The Center for Labor Alliances and Human Rights (Central) has warned of increasing protests and strikes if factories’ owners fail... Read More
Cambodia set to have trade, labour courts by end of 2021
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has directed the formation of two committees to begin the process of establishing separate courts for commercial... Read More
Garment workers block Phnom Penh road and call for bonuses
Thousands of garment workers blocked a major service road in Phnom Penh on Wednesday and Thursday to demand unpaid entitlements, as worker... Read More
Hun Sen reverses course, will accept Chinese vaccine
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to accept 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine, reversing his decision to only... Read More
Urgent measures needed to deal with returning migrant workers
In an exclusive interview with Khmer Times, Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL) Programme Manager Khun Tharo said Cambodia needs urgent... Read More
Gov’t to assist Cambodians in need during Malaysia state of emergency
The government will provide assistance to any Cambodian migrant worker who needs help during a state of emergency imposed by Malaysia to... Read More
20K jobs await returning migrants
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that it will provide 20,000 jobs in the domestic market to migrant workers... Read More
14-Year-Old Calls for Help After Three Weeks in Chinese Police Station
In a voice message, a 14-year-old girl said she was pregnant after four months of abuse by her Chinese “husband,” and was... Read More
More Than 150 Cambodian Migrant Workers Have COVID-19 in Recent Thai Outbreak
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Thailand’s Health Ministry reported on Friday that at least 153 Cambodian workers in Thailand tested positive for COVID-19,... Read More
Cambodia Soliciting Vaccine Donations ‘Populist, Corrupt’: Acting Opposition Chief Sam Rainsy
The acting president of Cambodia’s opposition party, Sam Rainsy, on Thursday slammed the country’s government for soliciting donations to buy coronavirus vaccines... Read More
Economic woes back home for migrants
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 early last year, more than 120,000 out of 1.2 million Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have returned... Read More
Families of Construction Workers Killed in Kep Last Year Call for Justice
More than one year on since a tragic building collapse that saw 36 Cambodians perish and another 24 injured, families say that... Read More
17 Cambodians positive for Covid-19 as migrant workers continue to flee outbreak in Thailand
Seventeen Cambodians have tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from Thailand since December 20, the Health Ministry said, reiterating calls to follow... Read More
Cambodia recommends migrant workers remain in Thailand after COVID-19 outbreak
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked Cambodian migrant workers to remain in Thailand or to prepare for 14 days of quarantine on... Read More
No Cause for Celebrations in Cambodia on Human Rights Day
Civil society warns of greater repression to come as Cambodia, for the first time in 27 years, did not officially celebrate Human... Read More
NGOs call for release of jailed activists on muted Human Rights Day
Sixty-seven civil society organizations and rights groups renewed a call to the Cambodian government to immediately stop its attacks against political activists,... Read More
Civil society forced to take Human Rights Day celebrations online
Civil society groups and human rights non-governmental organizations knew in 2019 that it would be the last time International Human Rights Days... Read More
Trafficking of Women Up Amid Covid-19 Despite Closed Borders: Official
Authorities in Vietnam have reported more trafficking victims crossing from Cambodia, the Interior Ministry’s counter-trafficking chief said, as the global economic slowdown... Read More
Sanctions Under New EU Regime Could Jeopardize Cambodia’s Ties to West: Rights Campaigner
Cambodia should act quickly to reverse rollbacks on democracy and human rights to avoid sanctions under a new regime adopted by the... Read More
Workers face unpaid wages as pandemic, flooding stonewall construction activity
Mech Sareoun had not been paid in months and was relying on small loans from his employer to support his family. The... Read More