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NEC Announces Cut Off for Voters Needing Identify Document
The National Election Committee (NEC) has said that Friday marked the cut-off for voters needing to apply for document to clarify their identities, leaving it uncertain whether more than 800,000 people will be able to vote in the July 28 election
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Alleging Sabotage, CNRP Candidate Boycotts Election Debate
A Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) candidate yesterday boycotted a political debate in Kandal province because a group of audience-member purporting to be CNRP supporters had allegedly planned to sabotage the debate by staging a defection to ruling CPP.
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Cambodian Democracy Supporters Rally at White House
WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 Cambodian-Americans and their supporters held a demonstration of Friday in front of the White House in Washington, calling on US President Barack Obama to help ensure free and fair elections in Cambodia later this month and to continue to push for human rights and democracy in Cambodia.
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US Welcomes Deal for Sam Rainsy’s Return
WASHINGTON — The US State Department on Friday welcomed news that opposition leader Sam Rainsy has received a royal pardon, allowing for his return to Cambodia ahead of the July 28 elections
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Hor Namhong Says Rainsy’s Pardon Ensures Fair Election
In the face widespread criticism that the July 28 national ballot will fail to meet basic standards for democratic election, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said on Saturday that Prime Minister Hun Sen decision to pardon opposition leader Sam Rainsy would guarantee a fair vote.
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Garment Factory Map in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights has launched a map of garment factories in Cambodia. The map provides details of each factory including location, nationality of the owner, and number of employees.
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Two Men Accused of Political Intimidation
Two ethnic Vietnamese men were arrested and sent to Banteay Meanchey Province Court yesterday after being accused of illegally entering the residence of a number of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) candidates, officials said, an act that one CNRP lawmaker called political intimidation.
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Stephen Heder Describes Shelling of Phnom Penh
It was on the recommendation of a veteran journalist in Bangkok that author and historian Stephen Heder, now 60, came to Cambodia in May of 1973 as an eager Cornell graduate keen to cut his teeth in the world of journalism.
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CPP and CNRP Trade Campaign Complaints Before Election
With just over two weeks to go before parliamentary elections, more than 150 complaints have been made over violations of the country’s campaign laws, about 60 percent of which have come from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) according to National Election Committee (NEC) officials.
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Calls Mounting for Aid To Be Tied to Cambodian Election
WASHINGTON DC - A group of congressional representatives and human rights advocates say Cambodia’s future aid should be tied to whether its upcoming elections are free and fair.
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Government’s Limits on Information Leaving Voter in the Dark
Reporters in Cambodia seeking statistics from government ministries and departments are used to being given the brush-off from time to time, but in the run-up to the July 28 national election, things appear to have worsened.
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NEC Audit Says 9 percent of Names Missing On Voter List
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday released the results of an internal audit of its voter and found that 9 percent of people registered to vote on July 28 could not find their names on the list.
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Stigma of US Aid Cuts May Hurt More Than Money
When a handful of U.S. lawmakers gathered in Washington on Tuesday to talk of cutting America’s aid to Cambodia after this month’s national election should it prove not to be “credible and competitive,” they were right to wonder what good it would do. Of the more than $1 billion in aid the international community showers on Cambodia every year, less than $80 million comes from the U.S. Of that, lawmakers are thinking of cutting only the small fraction that goes straight to the Cambodian government and its military. Kem Ley, a research consultant at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, also agreed with Human Rights Watch’s Mr. Sifton that big things can have small beginnings in the aid community. “One country can start, but other countries will support,” he said.
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CAMBODIA: Civil Society Organizations call for political parties to further promote women's and children's issues
(Phnom Penh, 10 July 2013) On 3 July 2013, a group of civil society organizations ("CSOs") jointly organized a national political platform debate on "Special Measures to Solve Women's and Children's Issues" (the "Debate"). CSOs were pleased to welcome to the Debate representatives from seven of the eight political parties who are contesting the National Assembly elections to be held on Sunday, 28 July 2013. The political party representatives were invited to present their parties' political platforms with regards to special measures to solve women's and children's issues in Cambodia and specifically on the implementation of a quota system to increase the representation of women in politics at all levels of decision-making. The Debate was jointly organized with the collaboration of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia ("COMFREL"), the Cambodian Center for Human Rights("CCHR"), Committee to Promote Women in Politics ("CPWP"), PAZ Y DESARROLLO("PYD"), Women for Prosperity ("WfP") and Women for All Network at the Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh.
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Amid Concerns, NEC to Release Results of Voter List Audit
The National Election Committee (NEC) will today release the results of an audit of its own voter list, which it ordered after two other independent audit found the list to be pitted with irregularities that could leave to 1 million registered voters unable to cast their ballots on July 28.
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Cambodia: Election observers call for cooperation ahead of Rainsy return
Sam Rainsy, exiled president of the opposition party in Cambodia, made international waves when he announced his intention to return to the country prior to the July 28 parliamentary elections. He has been told by the government that he faces arrest and imprisonment if he returns. Underscoring the growing dissatisfaction evidenced by protests against the government, Rainsy wrote last weekend via social media: “In this context, and because Cambodia is at a turning point where it is imperative to consolidate the hopes of the Cambodian people and to reinforce the democratic process, I have decided, by my own volition and fully aware of the personal risks that I will run, to return before Voting Day.”
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In Hearing, US Representatives Urge Stronger Stance on Cambodia
WASHINGTON DC - A US House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday held a pointed hearing on Cambodia’s “looming political and social crisis,” urging the US government to take a tougher stance on Cambodia’s leaders.
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Urging Cambodian political parties to support women & children’s causes
The debate on ‘Special Measures to Solve Women’s and Children’s Issues’ was jointly organized by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, the Committee to Promote Women in Politics, the Women for Prosperity etc at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh. Attending the debate by representatives of seven out of eight Cambodian political parties who are contesting the National Assembly polls scheduled on 28 July, by and large supported the causes for women & children and described their party point of views in this respect.
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Author Shines Light on Pre-KR Regime Massacres
Author and historian Stephen Heder took the stand for his first full day of testimony at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday and told the court how Khmer Rouge forces had evacuated towns and massacred victims across the country prior to the fall of Phnom Penh.
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Urging Cambodian Political Parties To Support Women And Children’s Causes
Various civil society groups of Cambodia have urged the political parties in the southeast Asian country to promote the cause of women and children. Attending a discourse in the Cambodian capital city on 3 July 2013, the group of civil society organizations also emphasized on strengthening the legislation and law enforcement for the protect of women and children who are vulnerable to trafficking, rape and gender-based violence. The debate on ‘Special Measures to Solve Women’s and Children’s Issues’ was jointly organized by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, the Committee to Promote Women in Politics, the Women for Prosperity, etc at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh.
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