All of us continue to call on the Cambodian government to uphold its labor rights obligations and commitments and mediate an answer between NagaWorld and the labor union representing terminated workers.
We urge Cambodian authorities to release Chhim Sithar and all detained trade unionists exercising their rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, drop charges against them, and move to constructively resolve their disputes. We also reiterate our call for Cambodia to release U. S. citizen Theary Seng.
The United States is deeply concerned by the recent arrest of Chhim Sithar, president of the labor union in a year-long dispute with NagaWorld, after her return to Cambodia from the labor conference in Australia. Cambodian authorities have previously interfered with the exercise associated with workers’ rights by detaining union leaders and employees protesting the wrongful termination of NagaWorld employees.
