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Read More TOP NEWS: Candlelight Party’s Son Chhay Allegedly Charged with Defamation Filed by the NEC
Phnom Penh Municipal Court (PPMC) prosecutor allegedly charged Candlelight Party vice president Son Chhay with defamation on a lawsuit filed by the National Election Committee (NEC), according to the court order seen by Fresh News on Thursday (Aug 11).
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Read More Sokha Trial Ends Early as Defense and Prosecution Spar
Kem Sokha’s treason trial hearing on Wednesday was cut short by a judge after the prosecution and defense lawyers disputed each others’ behavior and tactics in court
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Read More New Candlelight Party Commune Councilors Allege Discrimination
Dozens of newly appointed opposition commune councilors have complained they are being discriminated against by ruling party commune chiefs, making it impossible for them to carry out their work.
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Read More Rainsy Tried for 2013 Montagnard Video Pledging Minority Rights
A Phnom Penh court tried former CNRP president Sam Rainsy in absentia for a 2013 video showing the opposition leader promising to uphold the rights of indigenous minorities residing in Mondulkiri, Ratanakiri, Stung Treng and Kratie.
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Read More Labor and Civil Rights Organizations Deny Labor Ministry Accusations that Yang Sophorn Had no Mandate to Lead the NagaWorld Protests
The Labor Ministry on Aug. 4 issued a warning letter to Sophorn, president of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions, demanding that she stop all “illegal activities” related to the NagaWorld labor dispute, to which civil society organizations (NGOs) and unions responded in a statement issued on Aug. 9, in which they denied that Sophorn acted outside her mandate.
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Read More 7 ex-CNRP activists jailed for insulting King, attempt to topple gov’t
Seven former CNRP activists have been sent to 18 months to three years in prison each for inciting people to go against the authorities, overthrow the government and insulting the King on Facebook between 2018 and 2021.
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Read More Reform proposal is the voice of ‘minority party’, says NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) has considered the request from five opposition parties asking to reform the composition of the election body before next year’s National Election as the voice of the “minority party” and not consistent with existing laws.
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Cambodian government cancels development of Phnom Tamao forest amid outcry
Prior to this month, the forest, located 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Phnom Penh, spanned some 2,300 hectares (5,700 acres) and hosted a range of threatened animals, along with the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center.
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Read More Fired NagaWorld Workers Want to Meet Labor Minister as Protests Turn Violent
The NagaWorld protests again turned violent as workers tried to move police barricades blocking them from getting to the casino complex, with one worker left with a bloody nose after the tussle.
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Youths shy away from politics, social work because of ‘dread’
Civil societies and youths say that young people’s involvement in political and social affairs is still lacking claiming that the overbearing Cambodian environment had put them off.
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Read More Vice President of Candlelight Party charged with defamation after alleging results of 5th Commune / Sangkat Council Election 2022 were ‘rigged’
Representatives of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court have decided to charge Mr. Son Chhay, Vice President of the Candlelight Party, with “public defamation” in a complaint filed by the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Read More Severance pay remains a struggle for Southeast Asian workers
Nheh Ratana said she began working at Violet Apparel in 2004. Labour rights organisation CENTRAL calculated she is owed $1,638 of severance following the closure of the company, which is owned by Singapore-based Ramatex Group.
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Read More After Phnom Tamao Fiasco, Relevant Officials Should Resign: Social Observers
After the decision of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Aug. 7 to cancel all development projects in the Phnom Tamao protected area, Leng Navatra called on people who love forests to replant trees with him. He had previously cleared around 600 hectares of forest in seven days to make way for his development projects.
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Read More Briefs: Former CNRP Officials Convicted, Thai Women at Supreme Court for Smuggling
Lanh Thavry, a former Banteay Meanchey commune chief who lost her job when the CNRP was dissolved in 2017, was extradited from Thailand in November 2021. She is charged with incitement alongside other CNRP officials — Morn Phalla, Men Sothavarin, Long Ry, Mounh Sarath and Kim Tola. Several of the others are still abroad.
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Read More Kampong Speu Governor Promises Demarcation of Destroyed Metta Forest
Kampong Speu governor Vei Samnang promised to demarcate the boundaries of Metta forest in Trapeang Cho commune, even though teams of workers have completely deforested the area, save for trees around a pagoda.
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Read More Deputy Village Chief Killed in Online Gambling Sting
Eleven Kampong Thom military police officers have been detained for an investigation into the death of a deputy village chief that occurred during a crackdown at an alleged online lottery cafe, said the provincial military police commander.
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Read More Youth political engagement urged
A group of Cambodian and international civil society organisations (CSOs) co-organised a National Youth Forum 2022 to highlight the significance of youth participation as a crucial component of an inclusive and democratic society.
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Read More Briefs: Women ‘Hugely Under-Represented’ in Media, Boeng Tamok Questioning Delayed
The U.N.’s human rights office said it had documented 23 cases of journalists facing criminal charges since January 2017, and that all respondents to a small survey of 35 journalists had faced some sort of interference in their work.
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Read More Cambodia’s land grab endangers people, forests, and the climate
“Now we see new land concessions like Boeung Tamok lake, and the new Phnom Penh airport in Kandal province, which led to the arrests of local residents protesting the effect of concession on their lives,” said Van Sophat, land monitoring officer for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
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Read More Gov’t: Phnom Tamao Is Too Sandy for Trees, Wild Pigs Were a Nuisance
The land under the Phnom Tamao forest is too sandy for a forest, a new zoo will be built in exchange for the satellite-city development, and wild pigs were destroying crops on nearby farms. That’s what government officials claimed in response to growing dissent over flattening the Takeo province forest.
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