The timeline below offers a visual representation of some of the key human rights violations and restrictions which have occurred in the Kingdom of Cambodia from 2013-2023, and follows our previous timeline covering 1993-2012 which can still be accessed here. The incidents recorded on the timeline from 2013-2023 represent human rights violations by the Royal Government of Cambodia as well as third parties, cover a wide range of issues including extrajudicial killings, convictions of human rights defenders, land grabs, forced evictions, restrictions of the rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, torture, arrests, arbitrary detention and legislative and institutional developments relevant to human rights. The information is gathered from the Khmer and English media, CCHR’s own Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project, and from the commentary and analysis of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on these issues. Each entry is accompanied by a short description and provides links to media articles reporting on the event or to the work of CSOs active in the field. It should not be forgotten that the cases included in the timeline are those that have garnered the attention of the media or CSOs, and are as such particularly emblematic or high-profile. The timeline is therefore only representative of a small fraction of the actual number of human rights violations occurring in Cambodia.
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A 15-year-old boy was arrested and beaten by Phnom Penh police after he attacked a policeman who was allegedly beating his mother.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A 15-year-old boy was arrested and beaten by Phnom Penh police after he attacked a policeman who was allegedly beating his mother.
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A 15-year-old boy was arrested and beaten by Phnom Penh police after he attacked a policeman who was allegedly beating his mother.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A 15-year-old boy was arrested and beaten by Phnom Penh police after he attacked a policeman who was allegedly beating his mother.
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Chan Vichet, a FUNCINPEC member, was killed in Kandieng district in Pursat province.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Chan Vichet, a FUNCINPEC member, was killed in Kandieng district in Pursat province.
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Chan Vichet, a FUNCINPEC member, was killed in Kandieng district in Pursat province.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Chan Vichet, a FUNCINPEC member, was killed in Kandieng district in Pursat province.
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A Sam Rainsy Party female activist was arrested and put in temporary detention, during which she was told, at gunpoint, to halt her political activities.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A Sam Rainsy Party female activist was arrested and put in temporary detention, during which she was told, at gunpoint, to halt her political activities.
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A Sam Rainsy Party female activist was arrested and put in temporary detention, during which she was told, at gunpoint, to halt her political activities.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A Sam Rainsy Party female activist was arrested and put in temporary detention, during which she was told, at gunpoint, to halt her political activities.
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Two unidentified men wearing plain clothes and riding a motorcycle unsuccessfully attempted to abduct Sen Sachak, editor of the Khmer language newspaper Kumnet Koun Khmer and a newspaper affiliated with FUNCINPEC, in central Phnom Penh.
Physical threats and judicial threats against journalists and/or human rights defenders
Two unidentified men wearing plain clothes and riding a motorcycle unsuccessfully attempted to abduct Sen Sachak, editor of the Khmer language newspaper Kumnet Koun Khmer and a newspaper affiliated with FUNCINPEC, in central Phnom Penh.
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Two unidentified men wearing plain clothes and riding a motorcycle unsuccessfully attempted to abduct Sen Sachak, editor of the Khmer language newspaper Kumnet Koun Khmer and a newspaper affiliated with FUNCINPEC, in central Phnom Penh.
Physical threats and judicial threats against journalists and/or human rights defenders
Two unidentified men wearing plain clothes and riding a motorcycle unsuccessfully attempted to abduct Sen Sachak, editor of the Khmer language newspaper Kumnet Koun Khmer and a newspaper affiliated with FUNCINPEC, in central Phnom Penh.
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Phin Phon, a former FUNCINPEC member who had recently joined the Reastr Niyum Party, was summarily executed by two unidentified men in his village in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Phin Phon, a former FUNCINPEC member who had recently joined the Reastr Niyum Party, was summarily executed by two unidentified men in his village in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province.
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Mrs. Mom Yeng, a FUNCINPEC member and the second wife of a district government official who was a well-known and active FUNCINPEC deputy district representative in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province in charge of security, was shot dead.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Mrs. Mom Yeng, a FUNCINPEC member and the second wife of a district government official who was a well-known and active FUNCINPEC deputy district representative in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province in charge of security, was shot dead.
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Phin Phon, a former FUNCINPEC member who had recently joined the Reastr Niyum Party, was summarily executed by two unidentified men in his village in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Phin Phon, a former FUNCINPEC member who had recently joined the Reastr Niyum Party, was summarily executed by two unidentified men in his village in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province.
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Mrs. Mom Yeng, a FUNCINPEC member and the second wife of a district government official who was a well-known and active FUNCINPEC deputy district representative in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province in charge of security, was shot dead.
Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents
Mrs. Mom Yeng, a FUNCINPEC member and the second wife of a district government official who was a well-known and active FUNCINPEC deputy district representative in Kampong Trabek district in Prey Veng province in charge of security, was shot dead.
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Thong Uy Pang, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Koh Santepheap Daily, was shot and wounded at a temple near Phnom Penh. The paper believed that a powerful politician in the government was behind the attack.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
Thong Uy Pang, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Koh Santepheap Daily, was shot and wounded at a temple near Phnom Penh. The paper believed that a powerful politician in the government was behind the attack.
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Thong Uy Pang, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Koh Santepheap Daily, was shot and wounded at a temple near Phnom Penh. The paper believed that a powerful politician in the government was behind the attack.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
Thong Uy Pang, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Koh Santepheap Daily, was shot and wounded at a temple near Phnom Penh. The paper believed that a powerful politician in the government was behind the attack.
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A 34-year-old man from a rural village in Kandal province was beaten on the back and head with a wooden stick and forced to confess by police officers after having been called to the commune office and then sent to the district police station.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A 34-year-old man from a rural village in Kandal province was beaten on the back and head with a wooden stick and forced to confess by police officers after having been called to the commune office and then sent to the district police station.
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A 34-year-old man from a rural village in Kandal province was beaten on the back and head with a wooden stick and forced to confess by police officers after having been called to the commune office and then sent to the district police station.
Torture, arrests and illegal detentions
A 34-year-old man from a rural village in Kandal province was beaten on the back and head with a wooden stick and forced to confess by police officers after having been called to the commune office and then sent to the district police station.