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27 July, 2013

Profile: Sam Rainsy

BBC News
26 July 2013
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23311394

Sam Rainsy is Cambodia's opposition leader, a charismatic figure whose tussles with the government have seen him exiled and then pardoned.

A long-term rival to Prime Minister Hun Sen, he was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison in 2010 on a series of charges he says were politically motivated.

Profile: Cambodia's Hun Sen

BBC News
26 July 2013
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23257699

Cambodia's Hun Sen has been in power since 1985 and is one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers.

He is credited with helping achieve economic growth after the devastation caused by the Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th century.

But the prime minister, 60, is also seen as an authoritarian figure with a poor human rights record and the resources to thwart any real political challenge.

He shows no signs of wanting to relinquish power - in May he said he wanted another decade at the top.

His ruling Cambodia People's Party (CPP) is expected to dominate elections on 28 July 2103, most likely extending his leadership, despite the return of opposition leader Sam Rainsy.

18 July, 2013

New ILO Report Highlights Decline in Compliance in Garment Sector

Phnom Penh (17 July 2013): Better Factories Cambodia released its 30th Synthesis Report on Working Conditions in Cambodia's Garment Sector on 17 July 2013.
Download Full Report in Khmer  

Below is the Press Release from BFC.  


BFC’s 30th Synthesis Report Highlights Decline in Garment Sector Conditions Since 2011
 
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Improvements are not being made in key areas of working conditions including fire safety, child labor, and worker safety and health according to the latest Synthesis Report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC).
 
BFC’s latest Synthesis Report compares its most recent data on garment sector conditions to data collected over the past eight years and finds that conditions have been declining in several key areas since 2011.
 
“Release of our 30th Synthesis Report provides us with the opportunity to take a long term view.  Unfortunately, our data shows that following steady improvement in working conditions from 2005 to 2011, conditions are now declining. Some of the non-compliance may be attributed to the industry’s rapid growth since 2011.  Still, all stakeholders need to take stronger steps to halt the downward trend. If not, Cambodia runs the risk of forfeiting the advantages that accrue to a reputation for decent working conditions” said Jill Tucker, Chief Technical Advisor of ILO-Better Factories Cambodia.

10 July, 2013

Cambodia Falls Short as Garment-Industry Model

The Wall Street Journal
July 8, 2013
By KATE O'KEEFFE

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—This small Southeast Asian country was supposed to become a model for the world apparel industry, with tough factory monitoring and strong worker protections.

But a dozen years after the United Nations' International Labour Organization launched a program to manage Cambodia's booming garment trade—the first of its kind in the world—labor activists say many factories still suffer from problems that triggered calls for more oversight in the first place, including the abuse of workers' rights.

09 July, 2013

U.N. Hoping to Expand Fair-Labor Program to Bangladesh

The Wall Street Journal
By Kate O’Keeffe
July 6, 2013

A United Nations program credited with making some improvements to working conditions in Cambodia’s garment industry could soon open up shop in Bangladesh, where the industry’s worst-ever disaster killed over 1,100 in April.

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