Tag: Business and Human Rights
Cambodia: Defamation suits follow NGO report
Tycoon Try Pheap has filed a defamation complaint against two people quoted in an NGO report released last week that accused him of illegal logging and widespread land grabbing, summonses obtained yesterday reveal.
The documents, bearing the signature of Kandal Provincial Court prosecutor Sam Rithy Veasna, are dated Friday.
This is...
Cambodia: Businessman Sues Villagers over Deforestation Allegations
PHNOM PENH - A powerful businessman is suing two villagers in Kandal province for defamation, after the two reported his alleged illegal logging to local human rights groups.
The Kandal provincial court has summoned the two villagers, Sen San and Ouk Sambo, to testify on Friday. But the two have...
Myanmar’s Economy Needs Human Rights Reforms
After decades of political and economic isolation, Myanmar is making economic strides to address "underdevelopment," and companies, consultants, and cronies are rushing to help realize the dream.
But in Myanmar's ethnic states, underdevelopment is not only an economic problem. It's also a human rights problem, and now is the time...
Joel Brinkley: Coca-Cola steps up for Cambodian land-grab victims
Many Southeast Asians and others around the world owe their thanks to the Coca-Cola Company.
No, I'm not expressing gratitude for the sugary drinks that can help make people fat. But to make those drinks, Coke is one of the world's largest sugar consumers. The company buys sugar from distributors...
Will Coca-Cola do the right thing in Cambodia?
Many Southeast Asians and others around the world owe their thanks to the Coca-Cola Co.
No, I’m not expressing gratitude for the sugary drinks that can help make people fat. But to make those drinks, Coke is one of the world’s largest sugar consumers. The company buys sugar from distributors...
Filipino groups commemorate International Human Rights Day
CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 10, 2013) - Various human rights groups held a solidarity candle lighting in the Philippines in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day and offered this to typhoon victims in the Visayas and victims of human rights violation in the country.
“We devote the commemoration...
Viet Nam: Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments –watchdog
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Swiss bank Credit Suisse has violated its own commitments to human rights by becoming a major investor in a Vietnamese rubber giant implicated in land grabs and human rights abuses in Cambodia and Laos, according to the environmental and human rights watchdog Global Witness.
Credit...
AICHR Regional Workshop on Millennium Development Goals Post 2015 and Human Rights
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organized a two day Regional Workshop on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Post 2015 and Human Rights in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 11-12 December 2013. The Regional Workshop was held by AICHR Indonesia with support from the Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation, Ministry...
Cambodia: Capitalism for Human Rights?
If you enter Cambodia, you'll inevitably notice a plethora of non-profits that riddle the country. There has been a 75% increase of orphanages in Cambodia since 2005, new schools teaching English herd kids into classrooms, and civil society organizations working on post-conflict issues have taken root in different provinces....
The Cambodians who stitch your clothes risk everything for a liveable wage
BANGKOK, Thailand — In Cambodia, garment workers who stitch the jeans and hoodies that hang in American closets are demanding a raise. Instead, they’re receiving beatings and bullets.
In the past decade, clothing tagged “Made in Cambodia” has grown increasingly common in the malls of America. Shoppers who peel back...
