The garment worker protests, demanding $160 per month minimum wage, had amalgamated with the opposition boycott of the National Assembly, leading to a severe crackdown in early January 2014, across the city on all the protestors.
The Appeal Court on Monday agreed with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to send their pornography case for further investigation, despite completing the entire trial in August.
Representatives from Kampong Speu, additionally, petitioned the European Union Delegation in Phnom Penh in relation to their dispute with sugar tycoon Ly Yong Phat.
The IMF forecast showed that a complete suspension of the ‘Everything But Arms’ trade preferences would see Cambodia’s GDP growth rate drop by 3 percentage points.
A court spokesperson said the delay came as one of the judges assigned to the case was travelling overseas.
International free press advocates say the charges levied against Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter likely have nothing to do with their 2017 news reports filed from Pate, but only to serve as an example to others.
One of other reporter involved in the case, said their case was intertwined with the political situation in the country and that the charges were baseless.
Rights groups have routinely called the charges politically motivated and an attempt by the government to intimidate local and international journalists working in Cambodia.
The statement points to Article 3 which continues to exclude workers in the informal sector, teachers and other public servants from the law’s provisions – in contradiction of the Constitution that says all citizens have the right to form or join a union.
Families of opposition activists and members often say releasing their loved ones on bail gave them only a little respite, because there was a lot of stress attached to being charged indefinitely and the anxiety of potentially being arrested again.
As Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the International Court of Justice in The Hague this week, many former supporters looked on with dismay as the Nobel peace laureate denied accusations that Myanmar's military conducted atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim population. Prosecu
The script is inspired by true stories documented by the filmmaker, who conducted interviews and research with victims of trafficking, relevant NGOs, used secondary documents and even talked to former trawler captains
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