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Election Was Not Free and Fair, Coalition of 21 NGOs Says
The entire election process was neither free nor fair, as it was marred by the interference of government officials and evidence of more than 10,000 cases of voting irregularities, according to an evaluation conducted by local NGOs and election monitors.
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Restive, Tech-Savvy Youth Challenging Hun Sen
At the Bonna Business Center, a tiny Internat Café near the opulent mansion of Prime Minister Hun Sen, coffee is serve with a big lump of dissatisfaction. “They talk about seven percent economic growth,” said Ou Rithy, 27 who hosts weekly political discussion at the café with other young Cambodians.
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Constitutional Council Rejects last of Opposition’s Complaints
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia on Friday upheld the 15th and final decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to reject every one of the opposition CNRP’s complaints related voting irregularities during the July 28 national election.
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NEC Releases White Paper Defending Election Process, Results
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday released an 80-page white paper in English and Khmer on the election process defending its preliminary results and saying that complaints over irregularities on election day have been solved.
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After Mass Protest, 700 Fired Factory Workers Reinstated
Thousands of garment workers descended on City Hall yesterday morning to protest the dismissal of more than 700 employees for striking over working conditions at two SL garment factories, forcing tense afternoon negotiations between the city’s governor, company owners and worker unions that resulted in the successful reinstatement of all dismissed employees, official said.
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Council Asks NEC Why Evidence Was Incomplete
The Constitutional Council yesterday upheld yet another decision by the National election Committee (NEC) to reject a complaint regarding alleged voting irregularities, but the Council also revealed that the NEC had failed to submit part of the CNRP’s complaint and must provide an explanation or face legal action.
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Election Gives Impetus Civil Society Demands
When civil society last proposed recommendations for the government nationwide development plan in 2009, only 17 percent were ever actually implemented.
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Constitutional Council Rejects Voting Complaint
The Constitutional Council yesterday upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to reject a complaint filed by the opposition CNRP regarding alleged voting irregularities in Battambang province.
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In an Unsettled Cambodia, Preparing to Confront the Government
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — He screamed, “This is so unjust!” But Yann Rith, a 25-year-old resident of Phnom Penh, did not struggle against the group of men who carried him away. Ou Virak, the president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, an independent advocacy organization in Phnom Penh, said he supported the right of the opposition to protest but was skeptical it would threaten the governing party’s grip on power.
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Rubber Farmers Accuse Big Firm of Encroaching on Their Land
Roughly 100 rubber farmers in Ratanakkiri province O’Chum district blocked National Road 78A yesterday demanding that authorities take action against a pair of labors they accuse of stealing resin from their land.
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Top Cambodian Court Wants Election Staff Punished for Ballot Foul-Up
Cambodia's top court has ordered staff of the government-appointed national election body to be punished for mishandling secured ballot records but dismissed opposition complaints of irregularities in the July 28 national polls. Ou Virak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), also criticized the Constitutional Council's ruling.
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As protest looms, Cambodia's strongman Hun Sen faces restive, tech-savvy youth
(Reuters) - At the Bonna Business Center, a tiny Internet cafe near the opulent mansion of Cambodia's long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen, coffee is served with a big lump of dissatisfaction. Despite its large campaign budget, the CPP underestimated the frustrations of ordinary Cambodians and the opposition's growing popularity, says Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
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As protest looms, Cambodia's strongman Hun Sen faces restive, tech-savvy youth
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - At the Bonna Business Center, a tiny Internet cafe near the opulent mansion of Cambodia's long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen, coffee is served with a big lump of dissatisfaction. Despite its large campaign budget, the CPP underestimated the frustrations of ordinary Cambodians and the opposition's growing popularity, says Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
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CNRP Supporters Run Through Practice Sit-In for Saturday
The opposition CNRP yesterday held its second and last day of training for party supporters ahead of its mass demonstrations planned for Saturday driving home its message of peace and nonviolence.
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CNRP Pray-In Gets Backing From Opposition Supporters
Opposition supporters have had varying reaction to the CNRP’s announcement Monday that a mass demonstration planned for this weekend would be framed as a day for prayer rather than protest, but said they would still turn out.
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CAMBODIA: Release immediately land rights activist Yorm Bopha, arbitrarily detained since one year!
As today marks one year since land rights activist Yorm Bopha was detained, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, reiterates its call to the Cambodian authorities for Ms. Yorm Bopha’s immediate and unconditional release. The community representatives then asked the team from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) who was monitoring the rally to load their van with the campaigns material so that they would be allowed to leave.
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Wife of Slain Journalist Files Appeal Against Acquitted Suspects
The wife of slain investigative journalist Heng Serei Odom field an appeal yesterday after the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court dropped all charges against a military police officer and his wife who were allegedly involved in her husband murder.
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Constitutional council Rejects Most CNRP Election Complaints
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia has rejected complaints submitted by the CNRP of voters irregularities in 11 of 15 province and municipalities, the Council said yesterday adding that the opposition had provided little evidence to support its claims of flawed voting on July 28.
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Government Raise Salaries for Commune, Village Officials
The government has decided to double the salaries of local government officials at the commune and village level from beginning next year, according to a government sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen shortly before the national election.
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CNRP On Peace Ahead Of Mass Protest
Facing increasing pressure from the government to avoid disrupting public order, opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha announced yesterday that plan demonstrations for Saturday would become a day of prayer for justice, rather than a protest against the CPP claim of victory in July’s election.
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