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Cambodian-American Survivors of Genocide Participate in the Upcoming Khmer Rouge Trials

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Posted: Mar 16, 2011 by nerve2010 with 0 comments

Produced by Nerve Macaspac Rotary Peace Fellow 2009-2011 Group in Asian Studies University of California Berkeley On February 26, 2011, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) explains to a number of Cambodian-American survivors of genocide in San Jose, California the nature of the upcoming trials of the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime and the importance of the participation of the victims to the trials. Along with the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC), a non-profit organization led by medical sociologist Dr. Leakhena Nou, CJA will be holding similar forums in Long Beach, California and in Lowell, Massachusetts. Special thanks to the Cambodian-American community in San Jose, the UC Berkeley Rotary Peace Center, UC Berkeley Rotary Peace Fellows 2009-2011, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center, and Tulane University. Read more…

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Aklasan! (Uprising!)

Posted: Nov 18, 2010 by nerve2010 with 2 comments

On November 16, 2004, seven striking Luisita farm workers were killed in the brutal dispersal of police and military forces in the Cojuangco clan’s sugar estate in Tarlac, Central Luzon, Philippines. The 2004 massacre committed by the Philippine military was in response to the massive joint labor strike waged by the two unions inside Hacienda Luisita Incorporated (HLI)– United Luisita Workers Union (ULWU) and Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU)– representing a firm alliance between sugarcane farm workers on the field and sugar-processing factory workers. The two unions had been waging a labor strike for several months due to the imposition of a a starvation daily wage of Php9.50. Now, six years later, the Hacienda Luisita Massacre remains unresolved. Read more…