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Cambodian Garment Workers Won’t Back Down; 9 Cleared of 1961 Civil Rights Sit-In Crimes
Friday, January 30, 2015 13:24
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Cambodia’s Garment Workers Aren’t Backing Down. Last January in Phnom Penh, the garment industry seemed to be coming apart at the seams: protesters thronged through the streets, several died after security forces opened fire and union leaders were detained for weeks without trial.
‘Friendship Nine’ Cleared Of 1961 Civil Rights Sit-In Crimes. Black civil rights protesters credited with reinvigorating the 1960s U.S. sit-in movement were absolved by a South Carolina court on Wednesday of the convictions lodged against them 54 years ago after they dared to sit at a segregated lunch counter.
