Cambodia: Foreign activists detained
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Mar 6, 2013
- Final Date
- Mar 6, 2013
- Event Description
On 6 March 2013, 5 foreign Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) Activists were detained in Cambodia after showing solidarity with workers who were on strike at a clothing factory.The workers were on strike because 41 workers had been illegally dismissed for unionizing. While striking the workers have faced police brutality and seven have been beaten by company affiliated thugs using a stick with nails in it. Police detained them when they were unable to produce their passports. They were detained for over six hours. The CCC, which has been vocal on wages in Cambodia and issues involving the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers' Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), has been part of wage and freedom-of-association talks with labour-rights groups and unions in Phnom Penh.
- Impact of Event
- 5
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of association
- Labour rights
- Right to Protest
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 11.4001
Longitude: 105.1259
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
06/03/2013 - Clean Clothes Campaign Activists - 5 foreign activists were detained in Cambodia after showing solidarity with workers who were on strike at a clothing factory. Police detained them when they were unable to produce their passports.