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Read More Cambodia Needs to Move Past the Narrative of ‘National Salvation’
Speaking on May 20, the National Day of Remembrance, marking the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had this to say: “In order to make sure this regime never returns, we must participate in maintaining peace.” Talk of the Khmer Rouge returning may seem perverse.
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Cambodia's crackdown against human trafficking continues, 500 rescued
Cambodia's nationwide crackdown against human trafficking and forced labour is continuing with almost 500 more people being rescued, mostly in Sihanoukville.
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Read More CP claims commune chiefs still discriminate
The Candlelight Party (CP) claims that commune councils, especially the second deputy on some councils, are still discriminated against by local commune authorities who fail to allocate proper positions and workplaces to CP commune council officials and deputies.
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Read More Displaced From Angkor: Desolate Land, Uncertain Futures Await Residents
Seng* was there mingling with his neighbors in Trapeang Ses village. Spread along a road running parallel to the Angkor Wat complex, the village is one of several residential and vendor areas marked for an upcoming demolition as part of an official campaign under the Apsara Authority and Land Ministry to clear inhabitants from the Angkor Archaeological Park.
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Read More Land Swap Detailed: Firm Gets 69 Hectares for $10M Construction
Documents released last week as part of the Royal Book show 94 hectares of state forest were transferred to an oknha in Preah Sihanouk and 69 hectares to Ream City Land & House. Some 16 hectares of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake, right near the shacks of protesting residents, were also privatized for two individuals.
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Read More Sokha Quizzed on Foreign ‘Color Revolution’ Trainings for CNRP
The trial will continue on October 5. Chak Sopheap, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, which was founded by Sokha, said she had been summoned by the court to appear on October 5 but had a previously planned international visit. She has been questioned during the investigation phase of the case and also attended an early hearing in the trial.
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Read More Teacher’s association seeks permission for march with petitions
The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association (CITA) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances.
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Read More Human rights: Inflation threatens everyone’s right to development
Rising global inflation is expected to hit emerging and developing economies particularly hard this year, adding to a “confluence of crises” that threatens us all, the UN’s acting human rights chief has warned.
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CCHR launches online modules on rights to fair trial
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) on September 15 launched a series of online modules aiming to increase public awareness on the rights to fair trial and to further provide input on judiciary reforms in the country.
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Read More CPP denies allegation NEC affiliated with ruling party
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has denied an allegation from opposition parties that members and officials of the National Election Committee (NEC) are affiliated with the CPP.
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Read More Ex-CNLP leaders and supporters urged to join KNUP
A senior official for Khmer National United Party has called on more than 30,000 leaders and supporters of the former Cambodia National Love Party (CNLP) to join with his party to prepare for next year’s national election.
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Read More Learn from shortcomings, Hun Manet tells partymen
The future Prime Minister candidate for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Lieutenant General Hun Manet has instructed his party officials to remedy “shortcomings and loopholes” in order to steer the party to victory in the upcoming National Election.
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Read More Candlelight Party sets out 2023 strategy, won’t join coalition
Members of the main opposition Candlelight Party vowed to push for democracy and fight injustice during a ceremony at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province last week that was heavy with symbolism.
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Read More Opposition commune councilors say political court cases interfere with their daily duties
Dozens of commune councilors and members of the opposition Candlelight Party face ongoing court cases — a situation they say is a form of political retaliation aimed at interfering with their daily work.
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Read More Khem Veasna: The cult leader and the destruction of Cambodian families
Since the establishment of the League for Democracy Party (LDP) in 2006 under the leadership of Khem Veasna, LDP supporters have gained momentum each year due to his literal speech, ideologies, and his style of appeal to certain groups of Cambodians. Recently, Veasna spurred belief in what many would call a “cult”, that brought controversy and upheaval to the social and political spectrum in Cambodia.
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Read More More Government Meetings Held Over Human Trafficking
Top government officials continued high-level meetings over human trafficking on Monday as Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities ordered all building owners to report foreign residents and workers on their premises by September 24.
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Read More Brao, Kreung Communities Receive 4,000 Hectares in Ratanakiri
Around 4,000 hectares of state forests have been transferred to collective ownership by indigenous groups in Ratanakiri, according to government decrees.
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Read More Unionists Met With Violence As Authorities Try to Block Petition Submission
Authorities shoved and struck unionists with walkie-talkies as members of eight unions attempted to submit a petition against union-busting to the Labor Ministry and the Council of Ministers office.
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Read More Cambodian psychiatrist calls award reason ‘to work even harder’
Cambodian psychiatrist Chhim Sotheara, one of four winners of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, was surprised to learn he had won the award and didn’t know he had been nominated to receive it, he told RFA in an interview this week.
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Read More Cambodia Aims to No Longer Be a Least Developed Country within Two Years
Cambodia will have to fulfill three criteria by 2024 as the country had done in 2021 in order to no longer have the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, said Ouch Borith, minister delegate attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen and standing secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, according to a ministry’s press release on Sept. 9.
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