{"id":27977,"date":"2024-09-11T20:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/?p=27977"},"modified":"2024-12-12T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:00:33","slug":"global-apparel-brands-urge-cambodian-government-to-cancel-audit-of-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/global-apparel-brands-urge-cambodian-government-to-cancel-audit-of-central\/","title":{"rendered":"19 global brands urge Cambodian government to cancel audit of CENTRAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-text section\" data-dc-animate>\n    <div class=\" fade-animate \"  data-dc-animate-ref=\"fadeBlocks[]\">\n        \n\n<p>On September 9, 2024, 18 apparel, footwear, and travel\u00a0brands sourcing from Cambodia \u2013 including several members of the Fair Labor Association (FLA) \u2013 issued a statement\u00a0strongly urging the Cambodian government to immediately cancel its audit of the non-governmental organization CENTRAL, drop its criminal case against CENTRAL program manager Khun Taro, and ensure respect for civil society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the signatories, \u201cA vibrant civil society, guaranteed in part by freedom of speech, is a key part of what makes Cambodia an important sourcing partner for the apparel and footwear industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 11, another brand signed on, bringing the total to 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cambodia-Brand-Statement-on-NGO-Situation-19.pdf\">Read the statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[726],"tags":[],"location":[56],"members":[312,344,395,341,321,340,318],"partner":[],"class_list":["post-27977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","location-kh","members-adidas","members-fanatics","members-gore-wear","members-new-balance","members-puma","members-under-armour","members-vf-corporation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28162,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions\/28162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"members","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/members?post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=27977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}