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Spotlight on debt bondage as Cambodia's property sector slows

Human rights group says brick factories hold indebted families indefinitely

Laborers work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in 2018. Rights groups say debt bondage remains pervasive in the industry.    © AFP/Jiji

PHNOM PENH -- Human rights advocates are calling for renewed efforts to end debt bondage in Cambodia's brick industry as the country's slowing property market hits demand for building materials.

In a report released on Monday, the rights group LICADHO presented the results of a monthslong study conducted this year into conditions within brick factories, saying debt bondage, child labor and dangerous working conditions persist.

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