Searching Result

Found: 15,658


  • World Bank Urged to Help Boeng Kak Families

    A group of local and international NGOs are urging the World Bank to include a program for helping the thousands of families evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood as part of the plan to start funding new projects in Cambodia.

    Read More
  • CPP and CNRP to discuss arrests

    Senior members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will meet this afternoon amid rising tensions over recent court actions against a number of CNRP members and supporters. On July 21, 11 CNRP activists were convicted and sentenced between seven and 20 years' prison over a protest that turned violent last year at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. Last Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen called for yet more arrests to be made, and the following day Yon Kimhour, 28, and Roeun Chetra, 33, were detained.

    Read More
  • M’kiri indigenous rally blocked

    Hundreds of indigenous peoples in Mondulkiri are planning to lodge a complaint with the National Assembly and relevant ministries to demand the ouster of the provincial governor after authorities yesterday pre-emptively shut down celebrations in honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Around 700 members of the Phnong ethnic group in Pou Chrei commune’s Puo Tang village, in Mondulkiri’s Pech Chreada district, slaughtered chickens, pigs and a buffalo in a ritual yesterday.

    Read More
  • Fugitive Ex-Governor Turns Himself In to Police

    Chhouk Bundith, the former Bavet City governor who shot three factory workers in 2012, turned himself in to police in Phnom Penh on Saturday morning after more than two years on the run and has begun serving his 18-month prison sentence, officials said.

    Read More
  • Officials Meet With Villagers In Land Dispute With UDG

    A delegation from the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution on Saturday met with more than 400 people involved in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group, which is building a $3.8-billion tourist mecca in a coastal forest in Koh Kong province.

    Read More
  • Existing Mechanisms to Protect Women, Children Are Effective

    In regard to the article “Rape Cases Up 64% in First Half of 2015, Adhoc Says” (August 6), the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) would like to clarify a few points.

    Read More
  • Groups Have Their Say on Access to Information Law

    PHNOM PENH—A United Nations agency will soon begin holding public meetings nationwide to consult the public on a long-awaited law that would give Cambodians access to important information held by the government. Representatives of local and international nongovernmental organizations met in Phnom Penh on Friday to put forward their views on the touted Access to Information Law. The government has been working on a draft of the law for at least a decade. Supporters say that if it finally comes to fruition, the legislated could help combat Cambodia’s endemic corruption and aid advocates by making the government release vital information about how the country is governed.

    Read More
  • Press clubs denounce attack on journalists

    Press freedom groups have condemned a violent attack on two reporters by security guards at a rally in Phnom Penh yesterday. Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalist Khut Sokun was “hit and kicked” while covering a rally by Boeung Kak activists at City Hall, while guards attempted to seize and destroy VOD photographer Heng Vitchet’s camera equipment, according to a statement released by the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media, which runs VOD.

    Read More
  • Journalists Accuse Ratanakkiri Forestry Official of Intimidation

    Four reporters accused a forestry official in Ratanakkiri province of locking them behind the gate of the local Forestry Administration headquarters Thursday morning in an attempt to stop them from reporting on the transport of illegally logged luxury wood.

    Read More
  • Ministry Slams NGOs for Criticism of Prime Minister

    The Ministry of Women’s Affairs released a statement Thursday expressing its “grave regret” at a joint NGO statement that criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen for a speech in which he referred to an unnamed female protester as a female animal.

    Read More
  • Arrests lead to sit-down request

    Oppostition Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha is seeking a meeting with Interior Minister Sar Kheng following the arrest of three more CNRP activists this week. Ou Chanrith, a CNRP spokesman, said the request was made on the sidelines of a ceremony to open an elderly care centre at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh yesterday, which was also attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and King Norodom Sihamoni, among other dignitaries. “We would like to appeal [to the Cambodian People’s Party] to continue the culture of dialogue.

    Read More
  • TI calls for reforms at polls

    Low-income factory workers and illiterate citizens risk being left behind in the country’s voter registration process if current policies remain unchanged, Transparency International Cambodia warned yesterday, as it forwarded a list of recommendations to the National Election Commission. Civil society groups had until yesterday to submit feedback on the proposed regulations governing voter registration.

    Read More
  • High-profile arrest in land deal gone awry

    Influential businesswoman You Chantha was arrested on Wednesday over allegations she cleared 17 hectares of land in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district, defying a court order handed down as part of an ongoing land dispute. “After her arrest, she was sent to the Ministry of Interior for questioning,” said district police chief Yim Sarann. Chantha reportedly constructed buildings on the plot in Trapaing Krasaing commune’s Prey Daun Ouk village, despite an ongoing legal battle with the Chinese Hok Kien Association since 2007.

    Read More
  • Man, Sisters Jailed in Sexual Enslavement Case

    The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged a man with the purchasing of child prostitution and two sisters with unlawful confinement and soliciting child prostitution over the sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece, despite their protests that the man and girl were engaged.

    Read More
  • At Protest, Guards Back On the Attack

    Daun Penh district security guards prevented journalists from interviewing land rights activists near Phnom Penh City Hall on Thursday, kicking some of the reporters and activists, attempting to confiscate cameras, and deleting photos.

    Read More
  • Ten B Kak activists dispersed by police

    Gathering yesterday in front of Phnom Penh City Hall to demand a speedy resolution to longstanding land disputes, 10 Boeung Kak villagers were forcibly dispersed by security personnel citing traffic concerns. Van Ny, 58, who attended the peaceful gathering said her family settled for less than half the land previously owned. But she claims authorities have yet to allocate any new property. “We are deeply concerned . . . we decided to gather and ask for information and a solution so we can rebuild our home,” Ny said.

    Read More
  • Villagers Accuse ELC of Reneging on Deal

    NEARLY 200 Kuoy villagers protested yesterday at the Forestry Administration Office in Preah Vihear province to demand a Malaysian-owned company return 1,100 hectares of land and a tractor confiscated by officials last month.

  • Tbong Khmum Farmer Arrested for Rape of Girl, 5

    A farmer was arrested at his house in Tbong Khmum province’s Ponhea Krek district on Tuesday afternoon for raping his 5-year-old neighbor just two hours earlier, a police official said Wednesday. Chak Sok Kao, acting chief of the provincial police’s serious crimes bureau, said district police apprehended Chheng San, 49, at his home in Krek commune at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving a complaint from the girl’s parents.

    Read More
  • CNRP Activists Jailed

    THREE new opposition activists have been charged over a violent anti-government protest last year, with police swooping in less than 48 hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen demanded more arrests in the case.

  • Monk in Hiding after Arrests

    ACTIVIST monk Soeun Hay has gone into self-imposed exile out of fears for his safety following the arrest earlier this week of two other Kampuchea Krom monks living at Ang Taminh Pagoda.

Generously Supported by

USAID logo
The asia foundation
East-West Management Institute
Open Society Foundations
GIZ logo