“This verdict is a reminder that the Cambodian government would rather side with corporations than protect the rights of its people.” “The convictions of Chhim Sithar and the others is a blatant attack on unions and workers fighting for their fundamental rights,” Montse Ferrer, Amnesty International’s interim deputy regional director for research said in a statement. Sithar, who was arrested during a protest at the Nagaworld casino complex in January 2022, was taken to prison while the other defendants were given suspended sentences or terms of judicial supervision.
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