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Cambodia urged to free dissidents deported from Thailand
Human rights groups have urged Cambodian authorities to immediately drop “politically motivated charges” against activists Veourn Veasna and Voeung Samnang, who were forcibly returned by Thai immigration authorities this week.
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Updates: Mother Nature Activists, Rong Chhun Among 18 Released in Flurry of Verdicts, Reunions
Six Mother Nature activists, two members of Khmer Thavrak, six Chinese Embassy protesters, two activists from the opposition CNRP, Khmer Win Party president Suong Sophorn and unionist Rong Chhun were released from Prey Sar Prison on Friday. The 18 political prisoners freed on Friday add to eight others released over the previous week.
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Activist Rong Chhun Released from Prison
Labor rights activist Rong Chhun was released from prison on Nov. 12 after the Court of Appeal suspended part of his sentence. Chhun was among at least 10 activists who were released over the course of Friday, but the driving force for the mass release remains unclear.
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Cambodian authorities release labor union leader in surprise move
Cambodian authorities freed a detained Cambodian labor union leader and two fellow labor activists on Friday after an appeals court upheld parts of their convictions while releasing them for time served for other charges, rights groups and activists said.
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Journalism standards discussed with Info Ministry
Cambodian Center for Human Rights Project Coordinator Houn Phorn said that before 2017, they saw many newspapers being published, but now they see that print media no longer functions as well, and people are turning to new technologies such as social media.
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Redd+ It and Forget It: What Does This Conservation Project Really Mean?
Cambodia aspires to reduce 42 percent of its expected 2030 emissions not through stopping coal-powered energy but with trees. More specifically, the country will offset a majority of the total emissions it releases through Redd+, a system where — in its simplest explanation — polluters pay to protect forests that can absorb greenhouse gases to make up for the emissions they put into the atmosphere.
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Government Denies Requesting Thai Deportations as UN Refugee Agency Condemns Arrest
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a statement on Nov. 12 condemning the Thai government’s decision to deport Voeung Samnang and Voeun Veasna, two activists who had been granted refugee status in Thailand due to the political persecution they were expected to face in Cambodia
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Two Opposition Activists Extradited From Thailand
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested by Thai authorities in Bangkok this week and handed over to Phnom Penh authorities, confirmed a government official on Thursday.
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Authorities prepare to compensate airport-affected families for their homes while farmland disputes remain unresolved
Local authorities and the corporation behind the new airport project in Kandal province have begun measuring people’s houses for compensation despite the fact that families are still waiting for compensation for farmland that has been cleared to make way for the development.
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Activist Muong Sopheak Vows to Continue Work After Release From Prison
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on October 26 sentenced Muong Sopheak, a member of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association, for incitement alongside several other activists from KSILA, Khmer Thavrak and the outlawed opposition CNRP. The activists were arrested last year after protesting in support of jailed unionist Rong Chhun.
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Activists Deported from Thailand
Opposition activists Voeun Veasna and Voeung Samnang have been deported to Cambodia from Thailand. The deportations on November 8 were at the request of Cambodian authorities
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US Ratchets Up Sanctions Pressure on Cambodia
Overnight, the U.S. government sanctioned two more Cambodian military figures, announced a review of Cambodia’s trade benefits, and warned U.S. businesses of exposure to rights-abusing, criminal and corrupt Cambodian entities, stating the country had made “no meaningful changes” to repeatedly raised concerns.
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Redd Alert
O’REANG district, Mondulkiri — When two young men on a stripped-down motorbike cross paths with a half dozen men walking under the thick canopy of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, they make eye contact before the motorbike sputters deeper into the forest.
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Parent of Jailed Autistic Teen Fear Discrimination
A parent of Kak Sovann Chhay, a 16-year-old autistic teenager who served a jail term for incitement and insulting government officials, fears that her son will face discrimination after being identified as a former inmate.
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen blames deforestation on the country’s poor
Government officials are complicit with the offenders that are destroying so many of our forests,” he said. “If these losses were caused just by people cutting down wood to build their houses, we wouldn’t have lost so many of our trees.”
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Kampot Residents, Journalists Released
Two journalists arrested for covering a Kampot land protest were released on Thursday after being detained earlier this week, while three others who were part of the land dispute were released from detention.
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Cambodia Skirts Net-Zero Pledge at COP26, Rehashes Old Target
Though Cambodia had disappointed environmental activists last week by withholding approval of a pledge to protect its forests, the environment minister rolled through a brief list of climate-related achievements during his roughly five minutes at the podium. He also touched again on Cambodia’s pledge to reduce emissions by 42 percent by 2030, a goal the country has tied to dubious carbon offsets through REDD+ projects.
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Cambodia Makes No New Pledges at COP26, Requests More Funding Instead
Cambodia on Nov. 10 called for more accessible international climate finance for adaptation but made no new climate pledges at the 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) at Glasgow.
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Ratanakiri Environmentalist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Environmental activist Chhorn Phalla was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Ratanakiri Provincial Court on Wednesday for illegally clearing forests.
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Cambodian teenager jailed for posts vows to fight on
An autistic teenager jailed for writing messages deemed insulting to the Cambodian government vowed to continue "to fight for patriots" after he was released from prison today.
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