• Bittersweet Harvest

    • Release Date: 15-Sep-2013

    The report, Bittersweet Harvest, assesses the human rights impacts of the EU’s ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) trade scheme in Cambodia. The European Commission adopted the EBA initiative in March 2001, granting preferential access to the European market for all products except arms and ammunitions from all countries classified by the United Nations as ‘least developed’.

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  • King-Mediated Talks Fail to End Cambodia's Dead Lock

    • Release Date: 14-Sep-2013

    Prime Minister Hun Sen and main opposition leader Sam Rainsy have met briefly for the first time in years but reached no resolution on the political standoff for the country's disputed election. Saturday's meeting between top leaders of ruling party, the CPP led by Hun Sen and top leaders of opposition party, the CNRP led by Sam Rainsy was mediated by King Norodom Sihamoni and held at the Royal Palace in the capital, Phnom Penh.

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  • Warm Welcome for King, Cold Shoulder for Rivals

    • Release Date: 11-Sep-2013

    Welcoming the King, Political Rivals Give Each Other the Cold Shoulder ​ Political leaders from the ruling and opposition parties were both on hand at Phnom Penh international airport Wednesday to welcome home King Norodom Sihamoni from a medical trip to Beijing. However, neither side used the occasion for sideline talks in the country's ongoing political deadlock. In fact, neither side said much or anything to the other. Nor did they look at one another. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his political rival, Sam Rainsy, who is head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, stood within 10 meters of each other as the king deplaned and greeted the dignitaries who stood in line to welcome him home.

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  • Land Victims Hold Second Protest In Less Than A Week

    • Release Date: 10-Sep-2013

    Land Victims Hold Protest Demanding The Release of Their Colleague​ ​ Cambodian protesters broke through police line on Tuesday during their protest for less than a week. They demand the release of their colleague, Yoam Bopha, who had been behind bar for more than a year.

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  • Opposition Rejects Official Election Results

    • Release Date: 08-Sep-2013

    Opposition Rejects Official Election Results Cambodia's National Election Committee on Sunday released official election results, handing a win to the ruling party and sparking another round of rejections from the opposition. The NEC maintained its preliminary results, announcing 68 of 123 National Assembly seats for the Cambodian People's Party and 55 seats for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.

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  • Thousands of Opposition Supporters Rally Against Election Results​

    • Release Date: 07-Sep-2013

    Thousands of Opposition Supporters Rally Against Election Results​ Tens of thousands of supporters of Cambodia's opposition party rallied on Saturday (September 7) to demand an independent probe into July elections they say were rigged with frauds to prolong the rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen now facing his biggest political challenge in two decades. The rally at Park of Democracy in Phnom Penh ended with no violence.

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  • Protesters Demand Probe Into Cambodian Votes in First Day Protest

    • Release Date: 07-Sep-2013

    Protesters Demand Probe Into Cambodian Votes in First Day Protest​​Tens of thousands of the opposition party protesters pack Park of Democracy in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh on Saturday September 7. They are demanding a probe into a July election that returned long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to power through systematic frauds. Led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his deputy Kem Sokha, they accuse the ruling Cambodian People's Party of tampering with ballot boxes and leaving voters off the electoral roll.

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  • Land Victims Protest Again to Demand Release of Imprisoned Colleague

    • Release Date: 05-Sep-2013

    Cambodian protesters scuffled with police on Wednesday during a protest over a long running land dispute which is to be built by a Chinese developer and a well connected Cambodian tycoon. Protesters demand the release of their imprisoned colleague, Yoam Bopha.

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  • Thousands of Garment Workers Protest Over Pay

    • Release Date: 05-Sep-2013

    About 5,000 garment workers in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh protest at city hall asking the mayor to press their company over pay dispute. Workers from SL 1 and SL 2 garment factories, mostly women, marched the route of about 6 km to city hall where they blocked the road on Thursday. They demand a raise and bonus payment.

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  • Boeung Kak Activist Yorm Bopha - A Year in Jail

    • Release Date: 04-Sep-2013

    Today marks one year of detention since the arrest of Boeung Kak activist and prisoner of conscience Yorm Bopha. This video tells her story, from her strong stance in support of detained community members to her arrest and groundless conviction.

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  • Cambodian Opposition Learns Non-Violent Protest Tactics

    • Release Date: 04-Sep-2013

    About 1,000 members of the Cambodian opposition have taken part in non-violent protest training for their upcoming mass rally against the results of July's election. Officials for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Wednesday had their supporters practice how to react non-violently to police provocations, spot infiltrators in their ranks and avoid the use of abusive language.

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  • Constitutional Council Orders Local Officials Punished For Election Irregularities

    • Release Date: 31-Aug-2013

    Constitutional Council of Cambodia on Saturday ordered National Election Committee to punish eight election officials in Kratie province for irregularities in national election on July 28. However Ek Sam Ol, president of the top legislative body of Cambodia, announced the irregularities didn't impact the results of the national elections. Ek Sam Ol and most members of the council are member of ruling party the Cambodian's People Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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