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Indigenous Peoples Discuss Treatment by the Govrnment
They laughed, they sang and they cried. Representative from several of the country’s indigenous groups came together at a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to talk about their treatment at the hands of Cambodian authorities.
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Editor To Be Questioned Over Scholarship Defamation Case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court is scheduled to question on Monday the editor of a local newspaper who is accused of spreading disinformation and defamation for publishing an article that accused a government official of profiting from a scholarship program named after Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Deputy PM Calls for Investigation of Exam Form Gouging - Kh
កាលពីម្សិលមិញេលាកស្រីឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ម៉ែន សំអនបានស្នើឲ្យ ក្រសួងអប់រំស៊ើបអង្កេតការអះអាងរបស់ឪពុកមា្តយនិងនិស្សិតខេត្តស្វាយ រៀងដែលថាសាលាបានយកថៃ្លលើសចំនួនចំពោះបែបបទសុំប្រលងជាផ្លូវការ។
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Remains of Cambodians Returned From Latest Border Shooting
The Remains of two Cambodian men reportedly shot and killed along the Thai- Cambodian border were returned home this week, a police official in Banteay Meanchey province said yesterday, though authorities and family members questioned the circumstances surrounding one of the deaths.
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Cambodian Push Government to File a Complaint to UN - Kh
ជាច្រើនសបា្តហ៏មកហើយដែលនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តីហ៊ុន សែន ប្រមុខរដ្ឋាភិបាល ខែ្មរប្រកាសពី គំរោង ដាក់ពាក្យបណ្តឹង រឿងសៀមទន្រ្ទាន កាន់កាប់ទឹកដីខែ្មរ។
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Hun Sen Delay for File a Complaint to UN - Kh
បញ្ហាដែលនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន និយាយច្រំដែលៗពីការដាក់ ពាក្យបណ្តឹងទៅអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ជុំវិញការឈា្លនពាន របស់សៀមមកដល់ពេលនេះត្រូវបានពន្យាពេល។
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Remains of Cambodians Returned From Latest Border Shooting
The Remains of two Cambodian men reportedly shot and killed along the Thai- Cambodian border were returned home this week, a police official in Banteay Meanchey province said yesterday, though authorities and family members questioned the circumstances surrounding one of the deaths.
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General Gets Year in Jail for Attacking Teachers , to Serve 10 Days
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court yesterday sentenced Brigadier General Keo Monysoka in absentia to one year in jail for intentionally causing injuring after attacking two females teachers at his daughter’s school, but commuted the sentence to just 10 days, a lawyer and a rights worker said.
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Phnom Penh Worker Crushed by Old Electrical Pole
A 44-year-old Daun Penh district man died Monday when a cement and steel electrical pole he was helping to dismantle fell on his head, Srah Chork commune police chief Touch Naren said yesterday .
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200 Villagers Protest in front of Headqautor of Sugar Phnom Penh - Kh
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ បានបញេ្ចញកំហឹង នៅមុខទីស្នាក់ការធំ របស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន ស៊ូហ្គ័រដែលគ្រប់គ្រងដោយ លី យ៉ុងផាត់ សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ឋសភា មកពីគណបក្សប្រជាជន នៅតែឈូសឆាយយកដីស្រែប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។
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Senate Receives Anti- Corruption Law; Swift Debate Expected Friday
After taking more than 15 years to draft an anti corruption law and less than 10 hours to pass it through the National Assembly, the government took little time in sending the law to the Senate this week, where opposition senators expect it to be passed in its entirety at a session on Friday.
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NGO Statement on the Concluding Observation UN Committee on International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination with Regards to Indigenous Peoples Issues
Non Government Organisations working on human and indigenous peoples’ rights have reviewed the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Hun Sen To Receive Petition on Bahalf of Indigenous Groups
A coalition of NGOs in Ratanakiri province plans to submit a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday asking for stronger land rights for indigenous people when he visits the province to inaugurate the rehabilitation of National Road 78.
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Put Minorities Back on Development Agenda, NGOs Say
Fearing that Cambodia’s ethnic minorities may be dropping off the development agenda, land rights NGOs on Monday called on the government to clarify how indigenous peoples are chosen for legal protection and for the demarcation.
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Testimony of Top Officails Sought at KRT, Again
Charging that the Khmer Rouge tribunal has employed “feeble excuses” to avoid questioning retired King Norodom Sihanouk, along with Prime Minister Hun Sen and Six other senior members of the ruling CPP, defense lawyers for genocide suspect Ieng Sary lodged an appeal on Monday asking the court to compel the witness testimony.
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Local Resolution Could Be Alternative to Slow, Distrusted Court
The ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior and the UN Development Program yesterday presented their plans to further expand free mediation services to solve civil dispute in local communities.
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NGO Statement on the Concluding Observation UN Committee on International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination with Regards to Indigenous Peoples Issues
The government delegation to discuss ICERD IN Geneva in February did not include any representatives from relevant ministries or offices in Cambodia The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of a land law in 2001 as well as a series of sub‐decrees the Committee is concerned with reports of political interference and corruption affecting the judicial bodies as well as the functioning of some public services Cambodia should continue and increase its efforts to strengthen and guarantee the independence of the judiciary Cambodia should take steps to increase its capacity to investigate and take disciplinaryaction in cases of incompetence and corruption.The quest for economic growth and prosperity is pursued, in some cases, to the detriment of particularly vulnerable communities such as indigenous peoples. The Committee is particularly concerned about reports of the rapid granting of concessions on land traditionally occupied by indigenous peoples without full consideration, or exhaustion of procedures provided for, under the land law and relevant sub‐decrees Cambodia should ensure that a proper balance between development and the rights of its citizens is achieved and ensure that its economic development does not come at the expense of the rights of vulnerable persons and groups Cambodia should develop appropriate protective measures for indigenous peoples’ lands including delaying concessions and seeking the free and informed consent of indigenous communities before granting concessions. Corporate businesses should take into consideration their corporate
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Govrnment To Consider UN Rights Recommendations
When invited before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday the government will agree to consider all 91 recommendations made by UN member states who reviewed Cambodia’s respect for human rights guarantees at the council in December, a government human rights committee official said yesterday.
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Drunk Policeman Shoots Superior Officer at Party
A second lieutenant with the immigration police force in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district shot his superior officer during a drunken argument at a party on Thursday, officials said yesterday.
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Thai Forces Reportedly Kill Another Cambodia
A Cambodian man working for illegal loggers was reportedly shot and killed by Thai security forces in Thai territory near the border with Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday, Thmar Puok district police chief Yorth Ray said yesterday.
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