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Special Rapporteur: Civic Space “Shrinking, Shrunken, Shrunk” in Cambodia
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council’s 48th session on Oct. 6, Vitit Muntabhorn—special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia—said that recent years have seen “disturbing, deteriorating backsliding” in relation to the democratic space and respect for human rights in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Court Condemned for Jailing Journalist
The sentencing last week of a Cambodian publisher has been condemned by local media associations, who say jailing journalists sends a troubling message.
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Urban poor communities urge faster solutions to avoid displacement
Members of several poor communities affected by urban development in Phnom Penh have asked the government to provide them with solutions to stay in the city as they face the threat of forced evictions.
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Calls for safer means of transport for factory workers
A prominent road safety expert called for the provision of proper and safer means of transport for factory workers as it could prevent and reduce traffic accidents across the country in the long term.
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US Congress passes sanctions bill on human rights
A spokesman for the Cambodian government expressed regret over the US Congress’s decision to pass a bill empowering the president to sanction individual officials deemed to be responsible for undermining democracy and committing human rights violations, saying that the bill will negatively impact the relationship between the two nations. The bill will now have to pass through the senate before being approved by the president.
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Garment workers call on government to tackle high water prices
Garment workers have called on the government to intervene to ensure that rental house owners are not charging lodgers more than the fixed water price of 800 riel per cubic meter set four years ago, saying that they were struggling to keep up with the high cost of utilities.
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Fake news committee tackles questionable contents
The Ministry of Information's fake news tracking committee said on October 1 that it had followed the contents of nearly 500 news and video broadcasts which have information deemed to be inciting, insulting to the country’s leaders and misleading to the public.
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Cambodian Court Sends CNRP Activist to Prison After He Returns From Thailand
A Cambodian court on Friday ordered an opposition party activist detained after he returned from exile in Thailand, sending him to Prey Sar Prison in the capital Phnom Penh to face charges of conspiracy and incitement, Cambodian sources say.
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Cambodia Jails News Site Owner for 1 Year Over False Posts
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced the owner of a news website to a year in prison for incitement to cause a felony, a prosecutor said, for posting disinformation about a land dispute at a national park.
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Supreme Court Diary: Missing Prisoner, Missing Charges, Bail or Bribe
Around 8:30 a.m., defense lawyer Hong Chansokha walks up to a prison guard in a courtroom at Phnom Penh’s Supreme Court, asking where his client is
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Local journalist detained over incitement
Koh Kong Provincial Court today charged and detained a local journalist accused of inciting a felony committed in the province.
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Families in Shock as Two Opposition Officials Arrested
According to a Phnom Penh Municipal Court warrant dated Wednesday, Keang was to be questioned by a police working group to investigate land disputes and illegal encroachment of state land.
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Sixteen NGOs ask Government to protect LGBTIQ rights
Sixteen Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on Monday called on the government to step up efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ) people in Cambodia, in line with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations accepted by the Kingdom.
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Digital news publisher convicted, sentenced to prison for Koh Kong dispute
An online news publisher was convicted Thursday of felony incitement and sentenced to one year in prison for broadcasting what officials say is disinformation related to a land dispute in Botum Sakor National Park.
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Koh Kong Journalist Immediately Sentenced Over Report on Land Conflict
A Koh Kong journalist was sentenced to a year in prison for incitement on Thursday — without a lawyer and just two days after being questioned by police — over a report that the deputy governor was “cruel and abuses citizens.”
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Cambodia’s prime minister is Zoombombing opposition meetings
Naly Pilorge, the director of the NGO the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, said her group was “extremely worried” the gateway would be used to stifle critical comments and restrict access to information. She described the measures as Hun Sen’s “extension of control into the online space.”
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Prosecution Dismisses CNRP Teenager’s Mental Health Condition Because He Can Use Facebook 4
A teenager whose father is an imprisoned former CNRP member was tried on Wednesday for incitement and insult, giving contradictory answers and having his mental health questioned — and dismissed — by court officials.
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Law on access to information awaits endorsement from Justice Ministry
The Ministry of Information has finalised its draft law on access to information and is awaiting final endorsement from the Justice Ministry before submitting it for approval.
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Ang Snuol families forced to accept compensation in Defense Ministry land dispute
More families affected locked in land disputes with the Ministry of Defense in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district have been forced to accept what they maintain is inadequate compensation for their land, saying that authorities have threatened that they will get nothing if they keep refusing.
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A son of Ex-CNRP trialed for the incitement charges, and insulting public officials
Chak Sopheap, executive director at rights group CCHR, called for the immediate and unconditional release of Sovann Chhay, along with all the prisoners of conscience.
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