Garment workers "peaceful" protest in Phnom Penh

Cambodian workers attend a protest in front of a garment factory in Kandal province, south of Phnom Penh, last September. Rights groups in Cambodia accused police of using disproportionate violence on Sunday, alleging they beat protesters at a rally by 2,000 garment workers in the capital. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Garment workers react during a protest in front of the garment factory June Textiles Co.,LTD (Cambodia) in Phnom Penh May 8, 2011. At least eight female garment workers and another 7 police officers were injured on Sunday in clashes when police used shields and electric batons to end a strike over a factory closure, witnesses and police said. Garment workers told Reuters that Cambodian riot police had fired two times into the air to disperse around 2,000 workers who were blocking a road to the international airport demanding seniority money from June Textiles Co. LTD (Cambodia) which was destroyed in a recent fire REUTERS/Samrang Pring