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Read More Cambodian Deforestation and Poverty
Cambodia is a small country in South East Asia, however, it is experiencing some of the highest levels of deforestation in the world posing significant issues for poverty rates in the country. Forest area accounts for 45.7% of the country, while nearly 61% of the population lives in rural areas placing the vast majority of Cambodians in direct contact with the high levels of deforestation occurring in the country.
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Cambodia Readies Third Mass Trial of Opposition Officials
Cambodia’s government is gearing up to hold another mass trial of opposition activists and government critics, as the country moves toward national elections next year. On Monday, the local media outlet VOD English reported that 34 people have been charged with plotting against the government, in connection with a failed attempt of exiled opposition figure Mu Sochua to return to the country in 2020.
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Read More Abusive online content intolerable, Hun Sen warns
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith to revoke the licences of any journalists who go live and insult others in public just to attract viewers.
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Read More Association Disputes ‘Crime Haven’ Tag as Trafficking Reports Mount
The Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia on Wednesday disputed international media characterizations of the country as a haven for criminal syndicates as attention grows on human trafficking at scam compounds.
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Read More Court accepts new video evidence in Sokha treason trial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has accepted video of a strike on Veng Sreng Street in Phnom Penh as additional evidence in the ongoing treason trial of former opposition leader Kem Sokha.
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Read More Journalists livestreaming profanity will lose their licence
Prime Minister Hun Sen instructed the Ministry of Information to revoke licence of any journalist who use derogatory language on air, including livestreaming on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube.
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Read More Sam Rainsy Challenges PM on Flight Ban
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned him and 33 other dissidents, most of them living abroad, for a joint hearing on conspiracy charges.
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Read More Ratanakiri Court Drops Charges Against Four Forestry Activists
The Ratanakiri Provincial Court has dropped forest-clearing charges against four indigenous forestry activists after a crime was not found, according to a rights group supporting the activists.
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Read More New Evidence Admitted as Judge Says Sokha Trial Near End
The trial resumed this week and entered its 53rd hearing. Judge Koy Sao allowed the prosecution’s motion to admit a one-minute audio clip of a former CNRP lawmaker talking about a garment worker protest in 2013.
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Read More Boeng Tamok’s Development Outweighs Preservation of Lake, Says Land Official
A Land Ministry official said development of Boeng Tamok in northern Phnom Penh was a higher priority than the water body’s preservation, adding that only a lake like the Tonle Sap was worth preserving.
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Read More Pay rise for civil service in 2023
Come January 1, the salaries of all civil servants in the country will be increased with teachers and health care workers receiving the highest raise.
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Read More Cambodian PM warns of war if his party loses power
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that war will return to Cambodia if his long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) loses power, because the policies of opposition political parties include confiscating the wealth of the rich for redistribution to the poor.
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Read More UK Mission Backs Cambodia’s Green Future
Britain’s Embassy has set an example by becoming the first mission in the country to replace its gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles (EVs), in this case, I-PACE Jaguars.
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Read More Elected Candlelight Officials Allege CPP Commune Chiefs Are Neglecting Them
Candlelight Party commune officials in Prey Veng’s Svay Antor district said ruling party chiefs are not assigning them any work.
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Read More NagaWorld Workers Worried Police Aggression Will Resume After UN Official Leaves
NagaWorld workers protested outside both casino complexes in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, with one worker saying the free passage they had been given in the past week could end when a visiting U.N. official departs Cambodia.
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Read More Briefs: Rights Group Website Hacked, Military Police Officers Sent to Pre-Trial Detention
Prominent rights group Licadho had their website hacked overnight and defaced by a hacker group, with the site restored Tuesday morning.
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Read More Hun Sen Says CPP Won’t Lose Power Even If He Dies
Prime Minister Hun Sen argued with unnamed critics during a university graduation speech on Tuesday about the transfer of power to his son and the creation of a Vietnamese language program at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
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Read More Court summons Sam Rainsy, seven ex-CNRP members on conspiracy charges
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summonsed Sam Rainsy and seven former senior Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials to appear for questioning on September 15 over alleged conspiracy against the government.
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Read More Love Party Deserters Secure Telecommunications Ministry Jobs
Upon resigning from their positions in a minor opposition party, six former leaders of the Cambodia National Love Party were appointed as advisers to the Telecommunications Ministry.
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Read More UN special rapporteur meets government, opposition to discuss rights situation
“His visit takes place at a time when respect for human rights is deteriorating in our country,” said Chak Sopheap, executive director at CCHR.
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