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Read More Two senior Candlelight Party members arrested on street
Cambodia’s main opposition Candlelight Party condemned the government in a statement after two of its senior members were arrested this week amid an ongoing crackdown against political opposition members ahead of Feb. 25 Senate elections.
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Read More Conservation Group’s Militarized Forest Patrol Clashes With Villagers in Preah Vihear
A man in camouflage pants and a shirt labeled “U.S. Army” lunges at a villager, swinging a rattan stick in his right hand, handcuffs in his left.
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Read More NGO Asks Parents To Encourage Children To Talk About Online Sexual Abuse, Exploitation
Parents play a very important role in preventing online abuse, according to Dutch group Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL), which launched a campaign last year to raise awareness on online safety. It urged parents to pay more attention to children’s activities online, discuss safety issues, and encourage them to seek support if they encounter online abuse.
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Read More Police Arrests Two More Candlelight Officials for Alleged Document Forgery As Senate Election Nears
Two more Candlelight Party officials have been arrested for using forged documents to register people’s names without their consent to reserve them as candidates for councilor posts. The arrests bring the total number of opposition leader detention to four so far in January 2024.
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Read More Residents Near New Phnom Penh Airport Site Protest Land Settlement
Around 80 people gathered on Sunday near a portion of land that has been allotted for Phnom Penh’s new Techo Takhmao International Airport, currently under construction, calling for authorities to expedite a settlement process, according to a community representative.
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Read More Indicating Stagnation in Fight Against Corruption
Cambodia’s corruption index on Transparency International 2023 has worsened, falling two points from last year, according to Transparency International Cambodia (TIC).
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Read More Cambodian opposition leader appeals 27-year sentence
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha launched his appeal against a 27-year sentence for treason and attempting to stage a color revolution on Tuesday amid tight security and a ban on journalists who intended to cover the trial.
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Read More Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentences former president of the Khmer Rise Party to 6 years in prison for robbery
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has sentenced former president of the Khmer Rise Party,Sovann Vathana Sabung, alias William Guang, and three of his accomplices from 4 to 6 years in prison.
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Read More Phnom Penh court to hear Sokha’s appeal today
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court will today hear the case of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a lower court last year for colluding with foreigners.
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Read More NEC officially announces campaign dates for Senate polls
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday announced registered parties can campaign for two weeks – from February 10 to 23 – for the 5th Senate Election scheduled on February 25.
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Read More Cambodia’s Indigenous communities renounce communal land titles for microloans
Cambodian farmers Nuoy and Nangkek were both in their late 20s when they took out their first microloan in 2018 for around $600 to help grow their crops. Today, the couple owe more than $10,000 to two financial institutions charging 18% annual interest.
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Read More Victims of Kandal River Bank Collapse Get Land But Promise To Build Houses Still Unfulfilled
Seventy two families in Kandal province’s Rokar Khpos commune, who are living temporarily on private land in Prek Thei village, have asked the provincial authorities to build their houses as promised. They also want the authorities to supply water and electricity as there is none at the moment.
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Read More Judges keep house arrest limits in place for Cambodian opposition leader
Former Cambodian opposition party leader Kem Sokha’s bid to overturn his 27-year sentence for treason will undergo eight more hearings in the coming months after Appeals Court judges at Tuesday’s hearing denied a request to lift visitation restrictions.
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Read More Rights group urges release of outspoken Cambodian dissident
Civil society groups have demanded the release of jailed dissidents in Cambodia as authorities continue the drive to round up and prosecute the regime’s critics.
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Read More Give Their Land Titles Instead of Harassing, Intimidating Samrong Tbong Community, CSOs Tell Authorities
Thirty eight civil society organizations including the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and local communities have urged the government and authorities to immediately stop harassing and intimidating Samrong Tbong residents and give them their land titles.
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Read More HRW demands ‘immediate release’ of jailed Cambodian gov’t critic
Human Rights Watch urged Cambodian authorities on Wednesday to “immediately release” a government critic arrested earlier this month over a post on social media.
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Read More Ministry of Information Finalizing Protracted Access to Information Draft Law
The Ministry of Information is finalizing the long-overdue draft law on the access to information, known as the “A2I draft law”, as highlighted in its work direction for 2024.
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Read More Democracy remains a waiting game under Cambodia’s Hun Manet
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen’s resignation and his subsequent appointment of his eldest son Hun Manet as Cambodia’s new leader puts 2023 among the most significant years in the country’s history.
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Read More 20 Years On – Chea Vichea’s Death Mourned, Call To Build Symbolic Stupa To End Impunity
Dozens of workers, union and civil society representatives, and relatives gathered in front of Chea Vichea’s statue on Monday to commemorate the union leader’s passing 20 years ago near the Langka Pagoda in 2004.
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Read More Appeals Court Upholds Candlelight’s Thach Setha’s Verdict On Bad Checks
The Appeal Court on Monday upheld Candlelight party leader Thach Setha’s guilty verdict decision made by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for issuing bad checks.
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