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.
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.