• Union Worker Beaten during ASEAN Summit

    • Release Date: 11-Jul-2012

    Union Worker Beaten during ASEAN Summit

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  • Garment Workers Call for Higher Wages on Hillary Clinton's Arrival

    • Release Date: 11-Jul-2012

    At least 500 garment workers protests in Phnom Penh on Wednesday for higher wages, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive in Cambodia to meet with Asean foreign ministers and other regional counterparts. VOA Khmer Khmer's Pin Sisovann reports.

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  • July 11, 2012, Representative from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Hun Sen signs off the petition for

    • Release Date: 11-Jul-2012

    20 representatives of the workers led by Rong Chhun submit to their petition of demand to the Cabinet of Prime Minister calling for intervention since there were no solutions after failure in a series of tri-parties negotiations. After the petition was signed off, briefly brutal clash was erupted in result of one union worker was seriously injured and arrested.

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  • Monitor Reports Numerous Election Irregularities

    • Release Date: 03-Jul-2012

    The Committee for Free and Fair Elections released its final assessment of Cambodia's June commune council elections on June 20th. The independent monitor found numerous irregularities nationwide. VOA Khmer Khmer's Ly Moryvan discusses the findings with Comfrel monitor Kong Ravine.

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  • The video documentary portrays different forms of protests

    • Release Date: 03-Jul-2012

    The video documentary portrays different forms of protests that people have made so far against land evictions and illegal logging. The trend has developed from the typical ways of protest such as matching in a huge crowd with big banners, blocking the roads, refusing to continue working etc. to other kinds represented by symbols. Since the last few years, as of the case of Prey Lang protection, people from Kampong Thom province dressed up and drew their faces in green, which could be clearly seen as the representation of green forest. Consequently, that kind of protest was named "Cambodian Avartar". This video documentary covers the views from the protestors regarding how the idea of making such symbolic protest was initiated and the view from the government officials, dealing with the different kinds of protests.

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  • Blogger Sees Brighter Future for Online Activism

    • Release Date: 29-Jun-2012

    Internet users are increasingly using social media for activism, rather than merely socializing. Issues like corruption and rights abuses are more commonly shared and discussed online, a Cambodian blogger says. Chak Sopheap, who is currently in the US on the Internet Freedom Fellowship, discussed this and other online issues with VOA Khmer Khmer's Men Kimseng.

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  • Opposition Merger an Advantage Under Current Law, Analyst Says

    • Release Date: 28-Jun-2012

    In the wake of minor gains in the local commune elections early this month two opposition parties are now in negotiations to merge together for a final push to victory in the next year general election. Officials from Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party are set to meet next month in Manila, Philippines, to lay groundwork for a possible merging before the national election scheduled for July 2013. Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, sees this as a positive move given the election law, which provides advantages to a bigger party, their difficulty to find competent candidates, and budget constraints.

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  • From Homes to Prison Cells: A Story of Land Grabbing in Cambodia

    • Release Date: 21-Jun-2012

    Focusing on the Boeung Kak lake and the Borei Keila cases, this video explores the impact of land grabbing on poor Cambodians and exposes the risks facing housing rights activists. It was shown at the UN Sustainable Development Conference in Rio in June 2012.

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  • Sunday's Polls a Test of National Election Committee's Neutrality: Expert

    • Release Date: 31-May-2012

    Sunday's polls will be a major test of the National Election Committee and its mandate for neutrality, a leading rights expert says."We have noticed that the NEC is not neutral," said Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights."Its performance is lagging behind. It's biased toward the ruling party." (Men Kimseng with in-studio TV interview via Skype.)

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  • Protesting Evictees Demand Release of 15 Representatives

    • Release Date: 28-May-2012

    Around 200 evictees from two Phnom Penh developments gathered in front of the National Assembly on Monday, demanding that 15 of their representatives be released from jail. The representatives were arrested in protests last week. Thirteen of them were hastily sentenced to lengthy jail terms for attempting to rebuild houses on the Boeung Kak development site, which has seen the forced eviction of thousands of families since 2008. VOA Khmer Khmer's Kong Sothanarith report.

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  • Demanding the Release of Boeung Kok Community's Representatives

    • Release Date: 27-May-2012

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  • Arrest/detention of Venerable Monk Loun Sovath Prior to Possible Defrocking

    • Release Date: 24-May-2012

    On May 24, 2012 - Venerable Loun Sovath was arrested and sent for defrocking process. At the time of this video posting, the situation is still unfolding.

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