Tag Archive: Human Rights

Shoe Factory Collapsed - from Bangladesh to Cambodia?

Reblogged from Mu Sochua: MP & Human Rights Advocate: When I visited the family of one of the workers who died, I was told that his foot was missing but he was already… Read More

The Four Southeast Asia Monarchies.

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia’s Monarchies Southeast Asia has four monarchies, each with its own unique traits. Brunei is an absolute monarchy, while Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia have the constitutional form. The… Read More

Cambodia: Mam Sonando – Such are real winners!

Mam Sonando walks free. Mam Sonando was carried through  the streets by supporters.  Beehive radio owner Mam Sonando was released March 15, 2013, following the verdict by the appeals court.  Hundreds of supporters, mainly from… Read More

Myanmar – The fading out of a Nobel Prize laureate icon.

Paradox of power: The incredibly shrunken Aung San Suu Kyi. The voice of morality is a strange thing. The farther you are from the pedestal of power, the more forceful it is. But… Read More

Cambodia – Parliamentary elections and its downsides.

Cambodia: Election List May Widen Divide In Hun Sen’s Party. By selecting their children to run in upcoming elections, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and other government leaders may be widening the gap… Read More

Meak Bochea Day in Cambodia – Feb 25, 2013.

Meak Bochea is a Buddhist commemoration day of the meeting of over 1.000 monks. The monks without arrangement went to listen to the sermons of Buddha. It was the largest sermon preached by… Read More

Too much foreign aid for Cambodia?

Dependence on Foreign Aid  is Undermining Cambodia, Analyst Says. Too much foreign aid is used in Cambodia as a substitute for tax revenue, making it hard for people to hold their government accountable,… Read More

The Front Line Defenders Award for Mam Sonando?

Every year Front Line Defenders presents the Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk to one person who has made an outstanding contribution to the cause of human rights. The Award… Read More

AI-Slum Stories in Cambodia.

In 2010 and 2011 film director Chris Kelly produced five short documentaries for Amnesty International about the lives of people coping with the consequences of forced evictions in Cambodia.    Read more: Amnesty… Read More

Kambodscha – Heimat und Land geklaut.

Dieser Bericht des ZDF ist über drei Jahre alt; er hat aber an Aktualität eher noch gewonnen. Denn in diesen Tagen wird das Vertreiben der mittellosen Menschen noch brutaler gehandhabt. Dem Bericht einer kambodschanisch sprachigen Tageszeitung… Read More

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