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Rong Chhun Denied His Final Request as Contentious Trial Comes to a Close
At the end of his trial, the prominent union leader tried to make a final request, but the presiding judge would not accept it.
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Appeal to drop charges and jail term denied
Two former CNRP elected commune councilors’ appeal to drop their charges and the three-year term imposed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court turned futile when the Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday upheld the charges and the verdict.
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Curfew, Ban on Gatherings With Alcohol Ordered Nationwide Amid Delta Fears
Phnom Penh is banning gatherings with alcohol or with more than 10 people, as well as going out after 9 p.m., following a nationwide order for municipal and provincial authorities to implement the measures to stop the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19, while eight border provinces will also enter three-tiered lockdown tonight for two weeks.
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Unions Sue Cambodia Airports over Unfair Dismissals and Union-Busting
Leaders of unions at Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville International Airports on July 20 sued Cambodia Airports for obstructing and refusing to engage in a collective bargaining agreement with the unions to resolve the issue of layoffs.
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Curfew declared in Phnom Penh, all cities and provincial capitals effective midnight Thursday to August 12
A curfew from 9pm to 3am will come into effect from Friday 30th of July to August 12, in one of the Government’s harshest measure to date to try and arrest the spike in COVID-19 cases – particularly the ‘Delta’ variant which is threatening to run loose in the country.
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Phnom Chrab Trey Ksant Protected Area’s First Female Community Leader
Met Malen, 21, has become the first female community leader in the Phnom Chreab Trey Ksant protected area of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear Province’s Chey Sen District.
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Gov’t locks down border provinces, and announces new nationwide restrictions, amid fears of spreading Delta variant
The Cambodian government announced it is locking down eight provinces along the Thai border in order to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, and installing nationwide restrictions on restaurants, cinemas, museums, and entertainment venues, as well as travel curfews, amid a surge in neighboring Thailand.
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Cambodia Jails Opposition Figure as US Congress Takes Step Toward Sanctions
A Cambodian court has convicted a former commune councilor from the outlawed main opposition party of “incitement to commit a felony” for participating in weekly protests demanding the release of other arrested opposition party members, sentencing him to 18 months in prison, his lawyer said.
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US Foreign Affairs Committee Reintroduces Cambodia Sanctions Bill
A bill to sanction Cambodian officials over “government efforts to undermine democracy” is being considered by the U.S. House foreign affairs committee for at least the third time.
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Gov’t defends laws to curb net misuse, online freedom protected
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that the right to freedom of expression is restricted, especially during the Covid-19 outbreak, and civil society is concerned about the safety and privacy of online expression.
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Photojournalists in Cambodia: Distilling History Down to a Single Image
the negative public perception of journalism in Cambodia: risky, dangerous, and unconscious biases like the job is inappropriate for women or underestimating women’s quality work.
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Fact-Check Platform Questioned Over Maiden Post Critiquing Rights Group’s Concerns
A new U.S.-funded fact-checking outlet for Cambodia has been challenged over methodology and an apparent email mishap in its first published assessment: that an international rights organization’s claims of concern over the government’s Covid-19 QR-code tracking system were “false.”
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15 Suspects Arrested for Illegally Mining Marble in Stung Treng
Fifteen individuals are being questioned by prosecutors following their arrests for the alleged illegal mining of marble in Stung Treng province.
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CNRP Activist Handed 18-Month Sentence for Nationalist Comments at Rally
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced a former opposition party activist to a year and half in prison for comments posted in a video clip calling the government soft against the country’s Vietnamese minority, which were made during a rally for jailed unionist Rong Chhun.
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Debt bondage and child labor remains stubbornly prevalent at brick kilns
While the Cambodian government in recent years has insisted it is committed to cracking down on debt bondage at the nation’s notorious brick kilns, it remains stubbornly persistent.
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The Camera Is Our Weapon’: Guns and Protesters Clash in Evolving Power Struggle
The spectacle of the earlier standoff was all around him — a platoon of soldiers waving their guns at assembled villagers, and the crowd raising their smartphone cameras in defiance.
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Court summons three ex-CNRP lawmakers over incitement charge
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned three former senior officials of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and a Cambodian-Australian politician for questioning over a charge of incitement to commit a felony.
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End of the road: Supreme Court dissolves three parties before elections
The Supreme Court has dissolved three political parties for violating the Law on Political Parties after a complaint was made by the Ministry of Interior ahead of the upcoming elections.
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National police crack down on more than 190 cases of human trafficking for six months
Police have cracked down on 198 cases of human trafficking and sexual exploitation for the first six months, a slight increase if compared to that of last year, according to Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Villagers Demand Fair Compensation for Land, Threatened with Violence and Eviction
A group of 23 families from Tani Village visited the Siem Reap Provincial Hall on July 26 to request that Provincial Governor Tea Seyha intervene in their ongoing land dispute.
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