Cambodia: union leader harassed by local authorities
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Jan 15, 2020
- Event Description
Sok Kin, president of the Building and Wood Workers Trade Union of Cambodia (BWTUC) is harassed by local authorities on the orders of Sen Sok district governor Mouv Manit while conducting a meeting with donors and colleagues at his office in Phnom Penh. Authorities demanded to know the reason for the meeting, accused Kin of not having sought permission from local officials and allegedly urged the union official to join the ruling party.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 11.566673540132692
Longitude: 104.91819883118976
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 January 2020, Sok Kin, labour rights defender, was harassed by local authorities while holding a meeting with donors and colleagues in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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