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  • Repatriation of Cambodian citizens in Saudi Arabia underway

    The repatriation of 174 Cambodians staying in Saudi Arabia received green light.

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  • Draft law on anti-torture reviewed, resurrected

    The Ministry of Interior is continuing to review and amend the contents of the draft Law on the Establishment of a National Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which had been in process since 2009.

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  • COVID-19 success story

    Health Minister tells the World Health Assembly about Cambodia’s success in treating COVID-19 patients.

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  • 40 families receive assistances from RHB

    RHB holds a charity event to assist Cambodians who are facing financial difficulties.

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  • Vulnerable migrant workers get UNFPA aid amid virus

    In a bid to help the government address the urgent needs of vulnerable migrant workers who have returned home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated 1,670 dignity kits and communication materials to the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT).

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  • Plans to clear backlog of legal cases unveiled

    The Ministry of Justice on Monday unveiled details of its new national campaign to ease congested prisons by clearing an immense backlog of court cases.

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  • Groups want charges against journos dropped

    Some 130 civil society groups and a union yesterday called on the government and court officials to drop charges against journalists Sok Oudom and Sovann Rithy, noting that officials have been targeting journalists over their reporting.

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  • S’ville residents protest new road

    A group of 162 families from Commune IV’s Village 4 in Sihanoukville on Monday protested the building of a new road by the authorities, claiming that it affected their houses.

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  • A campaign to solve over 30,000 court cases kicks off

    The Justice Ministry today announced that it launched a six-month campaign to resolve backlog of court cases stuck at the courts across the country.

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  • Colour revolution still a threat to nation

    Prime Minister Hun Sen and Interior Minister Sar Kheng have reiterated their instructions to the National Police to prevent a “colour revolution” movement in the Kingdom, saying the possibility of Cambodia facing one is still a threat.

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  • UNFPA provides dignity kits to aid for Cambodia’s vulnerable migrants

    The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Cambodia provided 1,670 dignity kits along with communication materials to assist the Interior Ministry’s National Committee for Counter Tracking in fighting against COVID-19 pandemic, said its news statement released late on Monday.

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  • Clearing court backlogs

    The Justice Ministry yesterday announced the launch of a six-month campaign to resolve a backlog of nearly 40,000 court cases across the country.

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  • Eight arrested in forestry crime busts

    Eight suspects were sent by officials of the Kratie Provincial Environment Department to the provincial court over separate cases of forest encroachment in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.

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  • NGO head calls out officials

    Civil society organisation ACNCIPO head Chea Hean said on Monday he will send a letter to Minister of Environment Say Sam Al next week requesting officials to investigate Central Cardamom National Park director Chea Yuthea and Southern Cardamom National Park director Long Si for allowing illegal loggers to transport timber through the parks.

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  • Sokha’s case could be delayed until next year: Prime Minister

    Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the treason trial of former opposition leader Kem Sokha could be delayed until next year and not held by August, which is when the European Union makes its final decision on partial removal of the Kingdom’s Everything-but-arms trade status.

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  • ’ PM places boundaries on Supreme Council’s work

    At a plenary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen restricted members of the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendation from addressing disputes being handled by the courts or those already solved by the government.

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  • PM tells SCC to lay off resolved land disputes

    Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday prohibited members of the Supreme Consultative Council from re-opening or getting involved with any land dispute cases that had already been addressed by the courts and the premier himself.

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  • PM: Resumption of Sokha trial to be decided by court

    Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason case will be decided by the courts according to procedure, said government spokesperson Phay Siphan.

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  • Mekong region under threat, report claims

    A recent report by the Regional Community Forestry Training Centre (RECOFTC) said villagers living around Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary had recently reported illegal loggers in the forest and they took action by seizing some of the perpetrators’ chainsaws.

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  • Call to reduce discrimination against LGBT community

    The Cambodian Human Rights Committee has called on the public and families with LGBT members, to avoid discrimination, violence, and psychological oppression against them.

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