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K Krom Anniversary Quieted
Plans to commemorate 65 years since France recognized formerly Kampuchea Krom province as part of Vietnam were scaled back by City Hall yesterday.
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KR ‘forced minorities to wed’
As a part of their brutal experiment to create a totally homogenous Cambodia society, the Khmer Rouge targeted ethnic minorities for sexual violence and forced intermarriage, at least partly in an effort to breed them out of existence, a new report released yesterday maintains.
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Convicts Emerge From Prison With Activist Zeal
Pang Vanny says that before this year, he never thought of joining protests or fighting for labor rights. Five months in prison charged that.
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Police Raid Terminates Alleged Virginity Sale
A 42-year-old woman was charged with procurement of prostitution on Saturday for allegedly coordinating the sale of a 16-year-old Vietnamese girl’s virginity to a man for $2,500, a senior anti-trafficking official said.
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Information Law ‘on way in 3 years’
In three years’ time, Cambodia will have legislation clearly outlining what government information is available to the general public, according to a recently signed memorandum of understanding.
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Groups Demand Fair Court Verdict for 23 Cambodian Workers, Activists
Workers’ unions, rights groups, and a consortium of international clothing brands have called for a fair verdict for 23 textile workers and activists charged over their links to a deadly strike ahead of a court decision Friday.
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High-Profile Cases Stick to a Script
When court on Friday granted freedom to 23 activists and workers arrested during a violent garment strike in January, another chapter in what has become familiar tale was written.
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Villagers on Patrol Take Two Loggers
Members of the Kuoy ethnic group captured two loggers and seized two chainsaws on Saturday, accusing the alleged loggers of felling resin trees illegally at Prey Preah Rokar community forest in Preah Vihear.
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Two Maids to Be Sent Home From Malaysia
Two Cambodian women who were trafficked to work as maids in Malaysia are to be sent back to Cambodia tomorrow after authorities in Malaysia rescued them from abusive employer, said Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong yesterday.
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Human rights group welcomes the release of 25 protesters
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) welcomes today’s decision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court of First Instance to suspend the sentences of the 25 human rights defenders, activists and protestors arrested during demonstrations in November 2013 and early January 2014 in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Company Digs Trench Around Family’s Home
Hang Chantha watched in horror last weekend as a private company battling to take her land dug a four-meter-deep trench around the perimeter of her home.
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One Factory Strike Ends, Another Continues
Management at the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh, which has temporarily suspended operations due to a lack of orders, said they are awaiting a Ministry of Labor decision on how much they need to pay workers as about 1,000 employees continued to protest outside the Pur Senchey factory yesterday, demanding at least 50 percent of their monthly pay.
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Tribunal Sets Date for Verdict
Victims of the Khmer Rouge who have been waiting for justice since 1979 may only have to wait a few months more, with the court announcing yesterday that a verdict in the first subtrial of its flagship case 002 will be pronounced on August 7.
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Monks Protest Over Institute
A group of about 100 people, including 50 or so monks, attempted to march yesterday to protest outside Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute but were thwarted by droves of military police and district security guards on Sisowath Quay.
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Families in Kampong Speu Await Payments
Representatives of some 250 families who lost their land to a company in Kampong Speu province file a complaint with Adhoc yesterday, saying they have yet to receive compensation, even after land measurement volunteers allegedly promised a resolution if villagers voted for the ruling party in the last year’s elections.
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Woman Arrested for Selling Girl’s Virginity
A 42-year-old woman was arrested last Sunday for planning to sell the virginity of a 16-year-old girl at the lucky Star Hotel in Tuol Kok district, according to police.
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Brands’ Eyes on Verdicts of 23
As 23 men accused of violent crimes steaming from demonstrations earlier this year brace for a verdict against them today, civil society groups are alleging that no credible evidence was presented by the prosecution during the entire trial.
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As Verdicts Loom in 25 Protest Related Cases, Acquittals Sought
Verdicts will be handed down today in two garment protest-related cases that rights groups say were built on a weak body of evidence.
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Cambodian reform raises concerns over judiciary independence
Phnom Penh (dpa) -- New legislation in Cambodia is set to consolidate government control of the courts and erode the impartiality of the legal system, lawyers and the UN warned this week.
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Nearly 100 Workers Collapse in Mass Garment Factory Fainting
Approximately 100 garment workers fainted in a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district yesterday after one worker became short of breath and fell to the floor, according to a factory official.
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