Unionists predicted muted International Human Rights Day celebrations in the years ahead, as the final time it was to be marked as a national holiday reignited debate over whether foreign pressure was justified to protect universal human rights.
The Labor Ministry announced on Tuesday that it was preparing an order to ban foreign workers from doing unskilled, self-employed work that could be done by Cambodians.
Prime Minister Hun Sen gifted more than 185 million riel (about $46,250) at a gathering of garment workers on International Labor Day, continuing to court a key demographic in the country’s politics and economy.
Thousands of workers are expected to gather across Phnom Penh for International Labor Day rallies on Wednesday, with independent workers union leaders vowing to defy a government ban on marching and restrictions on attendance numbers.
Battambang Provincial Governor Nguon Ratanak has warned Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand for upcoming Khmer New Year celebrations not to accuse border crossing officials of demanding bribes.
Five garment factory workers had their hands amputated after the flatbed truck they were travelling in to work crashed into the side of an oncoming vehicle in Kompong Speu province’s Oudong district on Thursday morning.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told Cambodian Labor Confederation leader Ath Thorn to stop his members at Phnom Penh’s W&D garment factory from holding “illegal” strikes for benefits they say they are owed.
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