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Read More Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Read More Experts, activists cheer Royal Decree on Phnom Tamao
Environmental groups and activists welcomed the Royal Decree signed by King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday to establish a new protected zone covering 2,025 hectares of forest land in Phnom Tamao in Takeo province.
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Read More Another Mass Trial: 34 CNRP Activists Summoned for Plotting
More than 30 former CNRP leaders and activists face another trial for plotting charges related to the failed return attempt of party vice president Mu Sochua in 2020.
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Read More Civil Society Groups Request an Investigation of Journalists and Activists’ Arrest in Phnom Tamao Forest
The 1995 Press Law in Cambodia forbids such pre-publication censorship and seizing media’s equipment such as phones, cameras and drone as the authorities did that day, read the statement whose 40 signatories included the Cambodian Association for Protection of Journalists (CAPJ), the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Center for Human rights.
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Read More Jailed former CNRP activists pleading to be released
Vice-President of the Candlelight Party (CP) Son Chhay said that the 23 activists who supported the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have asked the government to intervene to release them from the prison.
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Read More Budding Indigenous Filmmakers Find Common Ground in Phnom Penh
Kin Lean is living in a Phnom Penh house with five other budding filmmakers. The housemates are experiencing life in the capital together while also being trained in documentary filmmaking.
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Read More Hunt’s on for ‘land broker’ of Sihanoukville SEZ
Four squatters in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SEZ) have been arrested and authorities are now on the hunt for the broker behind the SEZ land encroachment.
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Read More Canteran Apparel Settlement Falls Short: Workers
On Aug. 17, Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the ministry to speed up payments to the workers, saying the ministry could pursue the company for the money later.
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Read More Mystery surrounds video of Vietnamese workers fleeing casino
“Police have detained the manager of a casino in Kandal province for questioning after video footage showed dozens of Vietnamese workers fleeing the building, raising concerns about human trafficking or forced labor.
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Read More Residents Say Metta Forest Clearing is Ongoing, as They Await Official Border
Though the Kampong Speu provincial governor has promised to demarcate the boundaries of the contested Metta forest of Oral district, residents say loggers have continued to clear-cut the vanishing woodland.
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Read More Royal decree to make Phnom Tamao Sanctuary a perpetuality
Nearly 530 hectares of land in Phnom Tamao Sanctuary in Takeo province’s Bati district, which were cleared by a developer, will soon be declared a conservation area by Royal Decree, setting aside any public doubts about the area being targeted for private development in the future.
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Read More Ministry Proposes Solution to Canteran Dispute, Workers Vote to Keep Pushing
The Labor Ministry on Wednesday proposed a compensation plan for former workers of the defunct Canteran Apparel garment factory after Prime Minister Hun Sen urged officials to find a solution for the labor dispute.
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Read More Labour ministry steps in to help factory workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that wages and seniority payments will be made to laid-off workers at Canteran Apparel Cambodia Co Ltd. Meanwhile, it advised the workers to prepare their documents ahead of receiving payment.
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Read More Prosecutor introduces new evidence at Kem Sokha treason trial
Prosecutors in former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial on Wednesday submitted new evidence, which the defense urged the judge to reject saying it was simply delaying the case and showed the prosecution had insufficient evidence to back up its charges.
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Read More Conviction of political activists legal, gov’t tells US delegation
Cambodia has defended “conviction of political activists” during a meeting with the US congressional delegation led by Senator Edward J. Markey, saying the court judgements are not an infringement upon political rights and freedom of expression.
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Read More Open Political Space: Departing UK Envoy
“With such a young population, I think it's really important that young people have a voice, that young people are listened to, that they have the opportunity to express their opinions, they have the opportunity to talk about their hopes and ambitions for the future of their country, not just their own future,” she said.
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Read More KNUP’s Nhek Bun Chhay Inducts Minor Party Defectors
Political party leader Nhek Bun Chhay has inducted a slew of new members into his party who had defected from the floundering Cambodia National Love Party and the defunct Khmer Power Party.
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Read More Son Chhay Meets Opposition Activists in Prison
Candlelight Party politician Son Chhay met on Wednesday with 23 jailed opposition officials and activists at Prey Sar prison and asked for them to be released on bail, characterizing their arrests as political cases.
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Read More Hundreds From Bodyguard Unit Take Over Phnom Tamao Reforestation Efforts
Hundreds of personnel from the elite Bodyguard Unit have garrisoned the northeast corner of Phnom Tamao forest, which was stripped clean in 10 days, with soldiers now leading reforestation efforts ordered by the prime minister.
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Read More 5 journalists questioned for trespassing into Phnom Tamao sanctuary
Five journalists, including a foreigner, of a local independent media were detained and released by Takeo provincial authorities yesterday for trespassing into Phnom Tamao Sanctuary in Bati district.
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