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Khmer Rouge Victims Urge Tribunal To Consider Reparations
PHNOM PENH - Victims of the Khmer Rouge on Wednesday urged the UN-backed tribunal to decide on their reparation requests, as closing statements of a second case at the court began.
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In Closing Statement, Horrors of Khmer Rouge Regime Laid Bare
The forced evacuation of Phnom Penh and other urban centers around Cambodia in 1975 was a critical turning point after which unimaginable suffering was endured by millions of people over the three years, eight months and 20 days the Khmer Rouge regime was in power, the Khmer Rouge tribunal heard yesterday as closing statements in Case 002/01 began.
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Political Parties Remain at Odds Over Election, Government
PHNOM PENH & WASHINGTON DC - Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties remain at odds over negotiations for a new government. The opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party wants to negotiate for election reforms, following irregularities opposition leaders say cost them the election in July.
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Battambang Man Arrested in Teen Rape-Murder
A 37-year old man was arrested yesterday as suspect in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Battambang province, police said. Khleung Sun was arrested at his home in Ratanak Mondol district around midday after the body of the victim was found naked with numerous stab wounds near a canal just 300 meters from the naked suspect’s home, according to deputy provincial police chief.
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Case Study Highlight Impact of Prison Life on Children
In a bid to alert prison and social affairs officials to the impact of child imprisonment, local rights group Licadho has released and in-depth case study on one such youngster to highlight the sometimes devastating and long-lasting effecting on children incarcerated with a parent.
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Cambodia’s Internet Only ‘Partly Free,’ US Watchdog Says
WASHINGTON DC - The US-based watchdog Freedom House has rated Cambodia’s Internet freedom “partly free,” with limited access for some users, the closing of at least three popular political blogs and the closure of some Internet cafes in recent years.
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Authorities Deny Claim Ex-Minister’s Sister Buying Jarai Land
Local authorities yesterday denied claims by rights group Adhoc that they had helped Keat Kolney, sister of former Finance Minister Keat Chhon, buy farmland from about 50 ethnic Jarai families in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district.
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Armed Man at Rally Confirmed as Hun Sen Bodyguard
A man seized by participants at a teacher’s rally on Sunday after he was seen carrying a pistol was yesterday confirmed to be a member of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Personal Bodyguard Unit (PMBU), while photographs discovered on line raised questions of the man’s role within the secretive military unit, and his motive at the opposition- aligned demonstration.
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CPP Says It’s Ready to Talk Election Reform, CNRP Skeptical
The CPP released a statement yesterday laying out a vague set of commitments to begin reforming the country’s electoral system, which has been blamed by election monitors for lack faith among voters regarding the validity of July’s national election results.
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CPP Blames Stalled Talks on CNRP Division
The cabinet chief of Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has blamed internal strife within opposition CNRP for stalled negotiations that might break the present political impasse that has led the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-election to boycott parliament.
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Cambodia to hear closing statements in Khmer Rouge trial
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's war crimes court will this week edge closer to delivering justice to Khmer Rouge victims as it begins hearing final statements in the much-delayed trial of former regime leaders.
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Teenager Arrested for Raping 2 Children in Bantey Meanchey
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday for raping two young sisters, aged five and nine, in Bantey Meanchey province’s Malai district, police offices said yesterday. The teenager allegedly raped the two girls, who lived near him, in the girls’ home on two separate occasions.
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Efforts to Prevent Opposition Petitioning Spread to Provinces
Effort by authorities to prevent the opposition CNRP from collecting signatures for a petition asking the international community to not recognize Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP-led government have expanded to the provinces, local and CNRP officials said yesterday.
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Concern over Cambodian authorities' repeated attempts to limit peaceful assembly of civil society groups
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR") would like to highlight and express concern regarding the continued negative reaction from Cambodian authorities in response to requests or notifications by civil society groups attempting to hold peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh. CCHR would like to remind the Royal Government of Cambodia ("RGC") and the Phnom Penh municipal authorities that it is their duty, not to restrict free assembly, but to facilitate it through maintaining peace and public order.
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CNRP Stopped From Collecting Thumbprints
Authorities yesterday began to implement a directive from Phnom Penh City Hall preventing opposition activists from gathering thumbprints in public for anti-government petition. CNRP petitioners in seven communes reported being confronted by local authorities, who demanded that they stop collecting thumbprint outside of CNRP offices.
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Anti-Eviction Protesters Clash With Security Forces
Protester including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police yesterday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing right group from carrying out a rally against forced eviction.
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CPP Votes In New Committees Without Opposition CNRP
With just enough for them to make up quorum of the National Assembly aimed the opposition’s ongoing boycott, CPP lawmakers yesterday unanimously voting for remaining members of parliament’s nine standing committees ally by themselves.
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Court Releases Four Arrested During Clashes
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday released four of six men who were charged with assault following violent clashes between security forces, protesters and angry commuters in Phnom Penh last month, and intends to release the remaining to men today, a right worker said yesterday.
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Phnom Penh Governor Tells CNRP to Stop Petition
Phnom Penh Pa Socheatvong has sent a letter to the opposition CNRP demanding that it cease collecting signatures in public for a petition, a request that the CNRP and legal experts said violates the constitution.
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Court to Hear Bundith Case Later This Month
The Court of Appeal will hear the case of former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted for shooting and injuring three garment workers but remains at large, at the end of this month, a court official said yesterday.
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