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Read More Cambodia rejects US plea to free Khmer Bible editor
The Cambodian government has rejected a request from 18 US senators urging the release of the American-Khmer lawyer Theary Seng, 52, who is serving a six year sentence for treason linked to an alleged 2019 plot to overthrow then prime minister Hun Sen.
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Read More Human Rights and Protecting Cambodia’s Rainforests
Suwanna Gauntlett arrived in Cambodia in 2000 and through Wildlife Alliance has sought to protect the rainforests in the pristine Cardamom National Park, where she has trained rangers for the Special Forestry Task Forces and the Royale Gendarmerie Khmer.
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Read More Boeng Tamok Residents Harassed Again By Authorities Amid Existing Court Cases
A Boeng Tamok community member alleged that her rights were trampled on by the Prek Pnov district authorities on Tuesday afternoon when they violently attempted to dismantle her vegetable stall, which is her only source of income.
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Read More Like his father, Hun Manet vows to end illegal logging
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet called on officials in his new government to end illegal logging in the country, which remains a problem despite similar pledges from his father, longtime strongman Hun Sen.
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Read More “I Have Seen Injustice” – Two Years Gone, NagaWorld Strikers Soldier On To Regain What Was Taken From Them
For over two years now, NagaWorld strikers have been struggling to attain justice in their long-drawn labor dispute.
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Read More Food vendors furious after Phnom Penh police destroy stalls in land clash
Street vendors and local residents remain outraged after 20 Phnom Penh police officers destroyed food stalls and threw fish and vegetables into a nearby lake during a bitter clash this week.
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Read More LGBT People Continue to Experience High Level of Sexual Harassment At Work
A study on workplace sexual harassment by Banteay Srei and Love is Diversity has found that 30% of women, 37% of men, and 90% of LGBT people have experienced some form of violation at work.
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Read More Far-Reaching Threats a Worry for Cambodian-American Journalist
WASHINGTON — Paranoia has become something of a way of life for Sarada Taing, ever since the journalist received violent threats from a pro-government social media personality in Cambodia in June.
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Read More Over 400 Candlelight Party Members Demand Resignation of President Teav Vannol
Over 400 members and supporters of Candlelight Party rallied at the headquarters in Phnom Penh on Monday, calling for party president Teav Vannol’s resignation and demanding that officials remain in office.
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Read More Self-portraits give voice to vulnerable Cambodian fishing communities
A study that used photos taken by participants to spark conversation reveals firsthand accounts of how climate change, land use and dams on the Mekong River are threatening the future of the communities dependent on those ecosystems.
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Read More Cambodia’s female tuk-tuk drivers fight prejudice on road to equality
Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex.
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Read More UNESCO Has Failed to Prevent Forced Evictions at Angkor Wa
The rights group Amnesty International claims that thousands of families have been evicted from the world-famous temples over the past year.
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Read More Rule of Law, Corruption Hesitate US Investors From Entering Cambodia
Although the US aims to see an increase in American investment in Cambodia, the rule of law and corruption form a barrier to attracting investment from US companies to Cambodia, according to Melissa A Brown, the US deputy assistant secretary, Bureau of East and Pacific Affairs.
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Read More Court Questions Two Boeng Tamok Residents Over Assault Charges
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday questioned two Boeng Tamok community members who were charged in May with assaulting Prek Pnov district authorities.
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Read More Cambodian Am activist in prison hospitalized due to hunger strike
Imprisoned Cambodian American activist Theary Seng has been hospitalized due to a hunger strike. The hospitalization will likely delay the appeal for her release.
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Read More 6 opposition leaders freed from jail after they pledge CPP support
Six officials from the opposition Candlelight Party have been released from jail after writing a letter of apology and agreeing to join the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, an opposition activist told Radio Free Asia.
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Read More CCHR Encourages Women Activists to Prioritize Mental Health
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) highlighted the importance of mental health support for women activists as part of the annual international campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
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Read More National Assembly Votes In Four Funcinpec Members To Form NEC Committee
Nine new members of the National Election Committee (NEC) were elected to join the National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday, as criticism that the election committee is neither neutral nor trustworthy was made by political observers.
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Read More Kuy Community Protest Against Outsiders, Encroachment on Customary Land
Nearly 200 Kuy indigenous people from Dang Phlet and Narong villages in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district gathered to halt an excavator from razing their traditional land or “customary land”, as it is known, which has been cultivated on for many generations.
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Read More Jailed Cambodian-American hospitalized amid hunger strike
Imprisoned Cambodian-American lawyer and human rights defender Theary Seng was taken to a hospital on Wednesday after experiencing complications related to her most recent hunger strike, a prison department spokesman told Radio Free Asia.
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