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Read More UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world
International Youth Day celebrates “the power of partnerships across generations,” the UN chief said in his message for the day.
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Read More Unions want minimum wage increase for garment workers
Unions representing Cambodian garment workers say they would like to see an increase in the minimum wage next year, but that companies are hesitant due to the unstable global economy, mainly a result of the war in Ukraine.
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Read More O’Russei Vendors Petition Hun Sen for Drop in Market Fees
Over 300 vendors from O’Russei Market in central Phnom Penh petitioned Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday to intervene to reduce their stall prices amid persistent economic effects of the pandemic.
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Read More Politics Need More Youth to Revive Public Debate: Analysts
Political and social analysts observe that youth participation in political activities remains low, warning that such a lack of commitment in public affairs will prevent young people from becoming sharp and experienced political leaders.
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Read More Govt Deflects, Makes Excuses at Human Trafficking Meeting
Government officials tried to shift blame, claim ignorance and accuse critics of not understanding the “technical” nature of cases when asked about foreigners being trafficked into online fraud operations in Cambodia.
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Read More Female Strikers Hurt in NagaWorld Protest: Union
A violent scuffle on August 11 between Phnom Penh authorities and former NagaWorld workers left three women seriously injured, one with a broken nose, and several others slightly injured.
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Read More City Hall to Sue NagaWorld Protesters for Property Damage, Insult
Phnom Penh City Hall said it will file a court complaint against protesting NagaWorld workers for allegedly damaging metal police barricades during a violent clash on Thursday, with workers hitting back that the police were the aggressors.
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Conservation laws reviewed
A ministry of Justice working group is reviewing draft amendments to three conservation laws on forestry, fisheries, and protected areas.
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Read More Fear, Frustration for Community Stuck in Protected-Zone Confusion
Kim Yang was almost asleep on the edge of his Mondulkiri rice farm one evening in February when he was jolted awake by flashlights. It was 11 p.m., and he planned to get a few hours of rest at the plantation rather than drive the 5 km back home.
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Read More REFORESTATION FOLLOWS CAMBODIAN PM’S INTERVENTION
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, welcomed “this small victory” but feared the “prime minister’s intervention is but a one-time occurrence” prompted by public outcry, rather than representative of a shift in government priorities.
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Read More Rainsy on trial over Degar deal
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday tried former opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia for allegedly agreeing to cede four northeastern provinces to the Montagnard, a French term referring to a Vietnamese hill tribe, also known as Degar, most of whom are from Christian ethnic minority groups residing in the Vietnam Central Highlands.
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Read More Son Chhay Charged with defamation over commune election comments
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court this week charged Candlelight Party Vice President Son Chhay with defamation after he criticized June’s commune elections and the National Election Committee (NEC) and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) responded by both filing lawsuits against him.
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Read More Candlelight Party’s Son Chhay charged with defaming ruling CPP
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged Candlelight Party vice-president Son Chhay with “public defamation” in a case brought by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) over his critical comments on the June 5 commune council elections.
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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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