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Read More Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentences former president of the Khmer Rise Party to 6 years in prison for robbery
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has sentenced former president of the Khmer Rise Party,Sovann Vathana Sabung, alias William Guang, and three of his accomplices from 4 to 6 years in prison.
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Read More Phnom Penh court to hear Sokha’s appeal today
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court will today hear the case of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a lower court last year for colluding with foreigners.
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Read More NEC officially announces campaign dates for Senate polls
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday announced registered parties can campaign for two weeks – from February 10 to 23 – for the 5th Senate Election scheduled on February 25.
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Read More Cambodia’s Indigenous communities renounce communal land titles for microloans
Cambodian farmers Nuoy and Nangkek were both in their late 20s when they took out their first microloan in 2018 for around $600 to help grow their crops. Today, the couple owe more than $10,000 to two financial institutions charging 18% annual interest.
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Read More Victims of Kandal River Bank Collapse Get Land But Promise To Build Houses Still Unfulfilled
Seventy two families in Kandal province’s Rokar Khpos commune, who are living temporarily on private land in Prek Thei village, have asked the provincial authorities to build their houses as promised. They also want the authorities to supply water and electricity as there is none at the moment.
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Read More Judges keep house arrest limits in place for Cambodian opposition leader
Former Cambodian opposition party leader Kem Sokha’s bid to overturn his 27-year sentence for treason will undergo eight more hearings in the coming months after Appeals Court judges at Tuesday’s hearing denied a request to lift visitation restrictions.
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Read More Rights group urges release of outspoken Cambodian dissident
Civil society groups have demanded the release of jailed dissidents in Cambodia as authorities continue the drive to round up and prosecute the regime’s critics.
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Read More Give Their Land Titles Instead of Harassing, Intimidating Samrong Tbong Community, CSOs Tell Authorities
Thirty eight civil society organizations including the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and local communities have urged the government and authorities to immediately stop harassing and intimidating Samrong Tbong residents and give them their land titles.
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Read More HRW demands ‘immediate release’ of jailed Cambodian gov’t critic
Human Rights Watch urged Cambodian authorities on Wednesday to “immediately release” a government critic arrested earlier this month over a post on social media.
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Read More Ministry of Information Finalizing Protracted Access to Information Draft Law
The Ministry of Information is finalizing the long-overdue draft law on the access to information, known as the “A2I draft law”, as highlighted in its work direction for 2024.
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Read More Democracy remains a waiting game under Cambodia’s Hun Manet
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen’s resignation and his subsequent appointment of his eldest son Hun Manet as Cambodia’s new leader puts 2023 among the most significant years in the country’s history.
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Read More 20 Years On – Chea Vichea’s Death Mourned, Call To Build Symbolic Stupa To End Impunity
Dozens of workers, union and civil society representatives, and relatives gathered in front of Chea Vichea’s statue on Monday to commemorate the union leader’s passing 20 years ago near the Langka Pagoda in 2004.
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Read More Appeals Court Upholds Candlelight’s Thach Setha’s Verdict On Bad Checks
The Appeal Court on Monday upheld Candlelight party leader Thach Setha’s guilty verdict decision made by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for issuing bad checks.
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Read More Sanctioned timber baron wins new mining concessions in Cambodia’s Prey Lang
A freeze announced late last year on new mining operations in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary comes with a massive loophole that benefits one of the country’s highest-profile deforesters.
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Read More Labor leader remembered 20 years after his assassination
Twenty years after he was gunned down while reading a newspaper, Cambodian labor leader Chea Vichea was remembered on Monday by union members, family members, NGO officials and opposition politicians.
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Read More Centuries-Old Rituals Are Slowly Fading Away in Cambodia
“What on earth are you going to do in Tropeang Krohom?” The driver of the minivan turns his head and gives me a puzzled look. Few passengers want to be dropped off in a settlement between two provincial towns.
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Read More New M’kiri Airport To Boost Tourism, Economy But Deforestation Concerns Linger
The government has permitted private firm Focus Trans Global Venture Co Ltd (FTGV) to study the construction of a new airport in Mondulkiri province, northeast of Cambodia, as well as invest in a build, operate and transfer (BOT) model, the Office of the Council Minister said on January 9.
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Read More Lowell legislators testify in support of free and fair elections in Cambodia
Legislators from Lowell testified before the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs Tuesday in support of resolutions filed in the the state Legislature that would condemn ongoing political oppression and encourage free and fair elections in Cambodia.
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Read More Two Candlelight Officials Charged On Alleged Forgery of Election Process
Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two Candlelight Party officials and placed them in pretrial detention for alleged forgery, use of forged documents and forgery of public documents involved in the election process.
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Read More Police Locate 56 Foreign Trafficking Victims in Phnom Penh, Arrest Two Suspects
The General Department of Immigration arrested two Bangladeshi citizens on human trafficking charges on January 11, following a search of two locations in Phnom Penh. Authorities also found 51 Bangladeshis victims, four Indian victims and one Sri Lankan victim.
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