The timeline below offers a visual representation of some of the key human rights violations and restrictions which have occurred in the Kingdom of Cambodia from 2013-2023, and follows our previous timeline covering 1993-2012 which can still be accessed here. The incidents recorded on the timeline from 2013-2023 represent human rights violations by the Royal Government of Cambodia as well as third parties, cover a wide range of issues including extrajudicial killings, convictions of human rights defenders, land grabs, forced evictions, restrictions of the rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, torture, arrests, arbitrary detention and legislative and institutional developments relevant to human rights. The information is gathered from the Khmer and English media, CCHR’s own Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project, and from the commentary and analysis of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on these issues. Each entry is accompanied by a short description and provides links to media articles reporting on the event or to the work of CSOs active in the field. It should not be forgotten that the cases included in the timeline are those that have garnered the attention of the media or CSOs, and are as such particularly emblematic or high-profile. The timeline is therefore only representative of a small fraction of the actual number of human rights violations occurring in Cambodia.

Filter Timeline on Human Rights Violation

Timeline on Human Rights Violation

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Torture, arrests and illegal detentions

    Protestors are beaten with truncheons and stunned with electric cattle prods by police after attempting to gather peacefully in Freedom Park.

    PPP | PPP

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Torture, arrests and illegal detentions

    Eleven human rights activists are jailed after participating in a peaceful march to deliver petitions to foreign Embassies calling for an end to Government violence and the release of activists.

    CAM | CCHR | CAM | CCHR

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    A top military police official announces that the Government's ban on protests will remain in force until the CNRP ends its boycott of Parliament.

    CAM | CAM

  • Mondulkiri

    Mondulkiri

    Physical and judicial threats against journalists and or human rights defenders

    Three Adhoc rights monitors file an attempted murder lawsuit against a land concessionaire after being violently denied access to an area under investigation for forest crimes.

    PPP | PPP

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Torture, arrests and illegal detentions

    Five Boeung Kak lake activists are arrested while trying to deliver a petition to the French Embassy.

    PPP | CCHR | PPP | CCHR

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Military Police forcefully evict CNRP demonstrators from Freedom Park.

    PPP | Video | PPP

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents

    At least four people are killed after armed forces open fire on garment workers demonstrating at Canadia Industrial Park.

    CAM | PPP | CCHR | CAM | PPP | CCHR

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Striking garment workers block two major roads in Phnom Penh, and vow to block more unless the minimum wage is raised.

    CAM | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    A gathering of monks and anti-eviction protestors is forcefully broken up after attempting to stage a sit-in outside Phnom Penh municipal offices.

    CAM | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents

    Mrs. Eng Sokhum is killed after police use live ammunition on striking garment workers marching towards the Prime Minister's house.

    LICADHO | RFA | PPP | LICADHO | RFA | PPP

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Land rights and forced evictions

    A bag of cobra snakes is thrown into the window of a home belonging to a family who are refusing to accept compensation to leave their homes in the Boeung Kak area. The family allege that this forms part of an ongoing campaign of intimidation to force them out of their homes.

    CAM | RFA | CAM | RFA

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Anti-eviction protestors are violently dispersed by Daun Penh security guards.

    PPP | CAM | PPP | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Torture, arrests and illegal detentions

    Security guards attack a group of women and monks gathered to hold a memorial ceremony for Mao Sok Chan, who was killed by security forces.

    CAM | CCHR | CAM | CCHR

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Police clash with evictees and anti-eviction activists who are demanding that new homes be built for them by the firm that violently evicted them last year.

    CAM | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Protestors clash with police and military police after authorities prevent a rally against forced evictions from being carried out.

    CAM | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Military police prevent striking garment workers from marching to the house of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

    CAM | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Torture, arrests and illegal detentions

    Riot police attack anti-eviction protestors conducting a hunger strike at Wat Phnom.

    CAM | PPP | LICADHO | CAM | PPP | LICADHO

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Thousands of police and military police are deployed in Phnom Penh to prevent demonstrations at the opening Something is wrong of the National Assembly.

    PPP | PPP

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association

    Monks attempting to deliver a petition to King Norodom Sihamoni requesting postponement of a National Assembly Something is wrong are blocked by police.

    VOA | CAM | VOA | CAM

  • Phnom Penh

    Phnom Penh

    Assassinations and extra-judicial executions of prominent figures, journalists, celebrities or outspoken dissidents

    Mao Sok Chan is shot dead and nine others wounded as the armed forces use live ammunition in a crowd of commuters, local residents, and demonstrators. The incident occured on the first day of a peaceful protest by the CNRP.

    LICADHO | LICADHO