Two US-based organisations sent a\nletter to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training last week, following a\nmeeting with it in October to discuss the rights of workers in the Kingdom\u2019s\ngarment and footwear sector, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FbKyyH;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cambodian-Americans have called\non the signatories of the Paris Peace Accord to ensure Cambodia returns to a\nmulti-party democratic system following controversial elections that saw Prime\nMinister Hun Sen\u2019s ruling party win all seats in the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PiDfK1;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of Cambodian\nvillagers trying to submit petitions over land disputes were blocked from\napproaching government offices and the residence of Prime Minister Hun Sen on\nTuesday, with some ordered into minivans to be taken back to their home\nprovinces. About 40 people representing hundreds of families locked in a land\ndispute with the Union Development Group in Koh Kong province attempted to\ngather in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen\u2019s house and the United Nations office\nin Phnom Penh yesterday to demand a resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 700 land activists from\nthe capital, Preah Sihanouk, Svay Rieng, Tbong Khmum, Preah Vihear and Kandal\nprovinces gathered on Tuesday at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh\u2019s Russey Keo\ndistrict to deliver petitions seeking solutions to their longstanding land\ndisputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Fm9OlI<\/a>;\nhttps:\/\/bit.ly\/2PMkVZh<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2zF3GPx<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2D6otPt<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RJsrRZ<\/a>; <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although still ranked \u201cPartly\nFree\u201d, internet freedom in Cambodia is slipping, says a report by Freedom\nHouse, political freedom and human rights watchdog. But the deputy secretary of\nthe Ministry of Justice said the report \u201cdid not reflect the truth\u201d.https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RDAS17<\/a>;\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two US-based organisations sent a letter to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training last week, following a meeting with it in October to discuss the rights of workers in the Kingdom\u2019s garment and footwear sector, among others. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2FbKyyH; Cambodian-Americans have called on the signatories of the Paris Peace Accord to ensure Cambodia returns to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-society"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comfrel.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}