“Highlight 3″ Source: The Cambodia Daily, May 25, 2012 Read more: http://alfredmeier.me/2012/05/20/phnom-penh-highlighting-cambodian-commune-election-2012/
Archive for the ‘Cambodia’ Category
25 May
Justice in Cambodia: 13 Women Land Activists Jailed.
Cambodia jails 13 women land activists: Rights groups. Thirteen Cambodian women were jailed Thursday for fighting against a forced eviction, while an activist monk who supported them was detained and risks being defrocked. The women, including a 72-year-old (see picture above), were sentenced to between 12 and 30 months for illegally occupying land, rights groups [...]
25 May
Cambodia: Police arrested Venerable Monk Luon Sovath.
Ven. Luon Sovath, an activist monk who has earned the ire of Cambodian authority for the last few years, has been arrested in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Town Hall. Senior members of the monastic community this morning were involved in detaining Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos [...]
24 May
Phnom Penh: Boeung Kak Lake children cry for justice for their arrested mothers.
Boeung Kak Lake (BKL) children cry for justice for their arrested mothers on 24 May 2012. 13 BKL residents were arrested during a protest on 23 May 2012. This is the kind of justice meted out by the Kingdom of Wonders aka Cambodia.
24 May
Phnom Penh: Cambodian Garment Workers Maintain 11-Day Strike.
Cambodian workers who make clothes for Levi’s, Gap and other well-known Western brands pledged not to return to production lines until bosses deliver more pay and improved working conditions. Singaporean-owned SL Garment Processing failed to reach an agreement with the more than 5,000 workers to end the 11-day strike. President of the Coalition of Cambodian [...]
23 May
Facts about Commune Election 2012 in Cambodia
Reblogged from Trustbuilding's Blog: Date: Sunday, June 3, 2012; from 7:00am to 3:00pm. It is the third communal election since 2002 Eligible voters: 9,203,493 registered (Population: 14,2 million) 1,633 communes (increased from 1,621 communes in 2007) Female candidates increased by 4.29%: Cambodian People’s Party (CPP): 22.47%, Sam Rainsy Party (SRP): 20.75%, Norodom Ranaridh’s Party (NRP): [...]
20 May
Phnom Penh: Highlighting Cambodian Commune Election 2012. (1)
“Highlight 1″ The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has been accused of cutting the salaries of national police officers to help fund its political campaign ahead of the country’s commune elections on June 3. “Highlight 2″ And tens of thousands of teachers are expected to walk out of classrooms this month and take jobs working as [...]
20 May
Street Life
Reblogged from seasiablogger: Phnom Penh is little different to any of the the other large towns and cities that we’ve visited in SE Asia in that life is lived on the streets (even when it rains and boy does it rain!) Tuk-tuks, scooters and street vendors all play their part in the frenetic daily life [...]
