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Read More Despite Dismissal Of Case Against Kuy Residents, Land Encroachment Persists
Preah Vihear Provincial Court dismissed a legal case against four Kuy indigenous residents of M’lou Prey II commune, Chheb district in April this year, rendering it “null and void” and “not necessary” due to lack of compelling evidence. However, problems have cropped up with outsiders trying to assert authority on the land again. On February 27, Preah Vihear provincial court questioned them to hear their testimonies about the dispute with the company on the concession land which appeared to have stalled its development.
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Read More Cambodia announces fundraising effort for ‘border infrastructure’
Overseas Cambodians held protests in South Korea, Japan, France, Canada and Australia on Aug. 11. Planned demonstrations in Cambodia on Aug. 18 were never held after the government deployed security forces and arrested more than 30 people. The fundraising effort appears to be aimed at harnessing some of the nationalistic sentiment sparked by CLV critics, according to Oum Sam An, a former lawmaker for the former main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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Read More Information Minister Reports Enhanced Security and Media Performance in First Year of Seventh Mandate
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra reported strengthened information security and positive assessments of media operations over the past year since the Ministry began its mission under the seventh-mandate Royal Government on 24 August 2023.
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Read More Cambodia’s embassy in South Korea extends passport services for 60 days
Cambodia’s embassy in Seoul said Friday that it will offer passport services for 60 more days – a change from an announcement earlier this week that angered Cambodian workers in South Korea.
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Read More PM Hun Manet Orders Resolution of Angkor Residents’ Plight With Apsara Authority
Prime Minister Hun Manet urged relevant authorities to end the dispute between residents living around Angkor Wat and Apsara National Authority (ANA), a decision lauded by civil society groups, which welcomed the involvement of the government in the resolution of the issue.
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Read More Justice Ministry updates mechanism for settlements
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Keut Rith chaired a meeting on Tuesday to announce an updated mechanism to expedite the settlement of court cases under the Committee tasked with “Campaign to Investigate and Resolve Court Irregularities”, launched on August 14. The meeting also aimed to monitor progress of work and the direction of the steering committee tasked with investigating and resolving irregularities in the courts.
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Read More More Opposition Members Detained Prompting Fear of Shrinking Freedom
An opposition Candlelight Party commune councilor in Siem Reap city was arrested on Wednesday, which the party claimed has brought the total number of the arrests of their members and activists in connection to the anti-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA) to 10. Several Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA) members and Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) forum participants remain in police custody for questioning, while a mother has sounded the alarm about her missing daughter, Sak Kanika.
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Read More Bunong Man Who Sang About Land Struggles Questioned By Mondulkiri Police
A Bunong man was questioned by Mondulkiri police after he released a song describing the sufferings of indigenous people in land disputes in conjunction with World Indigenous Peoples Day. While indigenous people state their right to sing on International Day of Indigenous Peoples has been restricted, local authorities request that the songs be sung with clear information to avoid “problems” on social media. But indigenous people’s associations and human rights groups say that the recent questioning restricted indigenous peoples’ freedom of expression.
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Read More Cambodia says it will stop issuing passports at Seoul Embassy
No reason was given, but Wednesday’s announcement from the Cambodian Embassy in Seoul comes two weeks after overseas Cambodians living in South Korea, Japan, France, Canada and Australia held protests against an economic cooperation agreement with Vietnam and Laos.
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Read More Union Leader Chea Chan’s Guilty Verdict Quashed, Walks Out A Free Man After Six Months In Jail
Phnom Penh Appeal Court has overturned the trial court’s guilty verdict of Wing Star Shoes union president Chea Chan, who has served six months in jail. Chan was arrested without a court warrant in February 2024 after his factory filed a complaint following his election as union leader.
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Read More Endgame at Boeung Tamok: Samraong Tboung Villagers Accept Government Settlements After Protests and Convictions
After nearly six years of resisting displacement from government land grabs, the generational families around Boeung Tamok lake have reached their breaking point. In February, a heated protest over excavation for a canal project in their backyards led to criminal charges against the Samraong Tboung community, a village in the Prek Pnov district on the banks of the Boeung Tamok. Since then, the villagers have petitioned Phnom Penh City Hall for fair market-value compensation and the dismissal of their charges.
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Read More Sixteen Youths Released While Several Others Continue To Be Questioned Over Planned CLV-DTA Rally
Sixteen youths from Siem Reap and Battambang provinces, who were in Phnom Penh to attend a social protection forum by Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) in a hotel, were allowed to return home on Monday night, a senior officer of rights-based NGO, Adhoc, confirmed. The youths were detained on August 17 night for questioning amid arrests by the authorities in the days leading up to an anti-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA) rally planned on August 18, which did not happen.
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Read More Cambodian political activist’s brother arrested at Thai border crossing
The brother of a prominent overseas Cambodian activist was arrested at the Thai border as he attempted to leave the country just weeks after Senate President Hun Sen publicly threatened the activist’s family. Hay Vanna, a political activist who lives in Japan, told Radio Free Asia that his brother, Hay Vannith, was detained in Poipet in northwestern Cambodia on Aug. 16.
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Read More Gov’t Trumpets One Year Achievement Under Hun Manet, But Civil Society Calls For Improvements in Human Rights
Last month, UN Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn noted that civic and political freedoms, as well as the rights of indigenous people were restricted despite the new leadership in the government. Cambodia also continues to experience challenges in attracting investment from U.S. companies due to concerns of rule of law and corruption.
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Read More Cambodia’s Budget Is More Transparent, Yet Civil Input Remains Negligible
On August 15, the NGO Forum on Cambodia and IBP held a forum in Phnom Penh with other NGOs and institutions to present Cambodia’s transparency score of 43 out of 100 in the biennial Open Budget Survey (OBS), up 10 points from its 2021 score but still below the global average.
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Read More Security forces make 31 arrests to prevent insurrection
A major police operation successfully dismantled a plan to riot aimed at overthrowing the Cambodian government, resulting in the arrest of 31 individuals. This announcement was made by General Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner and Spokesman for the National Police, who confirmed that among those arrested were two women involved in the conspiracy.
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Read More Criticism of Alleged Violation of Children’s Rights After Schools Post Videos of Students Supporting CLV-DTA
Critics argued that children involved in political issues constituted a violation of their rights. In the video, the students were led by a young girl who read a statement, while other young students echoed in support. The video, which zooms in on the children’s faces, has been condemned by many as “exploitative and inappropriate” given the students’ age and understanding.
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Read More Cambodia arrests 30 amid warnings over anti-CLV demonstrations
Authorities arrested more than 30 people across Cambodia over the weekend after a heavy security presence was deployed in major cities to stop planned protests against an economic cooperation agreement with Vietnam and Laos. No demonstrations were held on Sunday in Phnom Penh or elsewhere in the country over the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle Development Area, or CLV.
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Read More Dozens of Political, Social Activists and Alleged Protesters Arrested, As Police Prevent Anti CLV-DTA Protest
Authorities arrested over 20 political and human rights activists, and youths in the days leading to a planned rally to oppose the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA) agreement in Phnom Penh on Sunday as stringent checks on travelers entering the capital were conducted.
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Read More 2 arrested for conspiracy to commit treason by inciting social unrest by conspiring to overthrow the government with extremist foreign opposition groups
2 men have been arrested in connection with conspiracy to commit treason by inciting social unrest by conspiring to overthrow the government with extremist opposition groups.
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