Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labeled the trial of two teenagers arrested during the lethal suppression of a garment sector strike in November 12 as “deeply flawed” and said that the pair should be spared prison sentences. In a statement Sunday, the rights organization claims that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hrw-says-trial-of-stung-meanchey-pair-flawed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

For 70-year-old Chan Shay, the choice between working through old age and a retirement in poverty is an obvious one. Shay, a cyclo taxi driver in Phnom Penh, said that while he dreams of retiring to his home in Takeo province, in reality he can see <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-elderly-receive-inadequate-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Southeast asian nations displayed a rare show of unity on Sunday against China’s sweeping maritime claims, calling for the first formal talks with Beijing over a sea dispute that has raised tensions and exposed deep divisions in the region. as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/southeast-asia-calls-for-talks-with-china-on-sea-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 16 November 2020, the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) issued a statement completely rejecting the allegations made in a petition by a group of former CNRP activists in one of australia’s regions and calling for a stop in using farmers as a political stepping stone <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-from-the-cambodian-rice-federation-crf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On 02 February 2023, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a statement in response to the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of State to award the human rights defender award to a law-breaking <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-of-the-foreign-ministrys-spokesperson-an-award-is-not-the-lawful-means-of-defense-in-the-courts-of-any-country/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In September 2015, the UN General assembly adopted the new 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 items that have become known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These goals have <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sustainable-development-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Environment is the main authority mandated to oversee environmental issues, including protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and management of natural resources. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/relevant-ministries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/social-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The classification of forests is set out in the Law on Forestry 2002. The law applies to both natural forests and plantations, and “defines the framework for management, harvesting, use, development and conservation of the forests in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The objective of this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-classifications/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A prominent environmentAl Activist hAs reAched out to the UN SpeciAl RApporteur on HumAn Rights And the Environment in A bid to hAve him oppose A timber trAde deAl set to be inked between the EuropeAn Union And VietnAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activist-Asks-un-to-review-eu-vietnAm-timber-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A neArly $1.3 billion coAl-fired power stAtion project in PreAh SihAnouk province is still in the reseArch And development stAge with A construction dAte still not set, A Ministry of Mines And Energy spokesmAn told The Post. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/construction-dAte-yet-to-be-set-for-1-3b-coAl-fired-stAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of villAgers from A community forest inside PreAh ViheAr province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife SAnctuAry Are collecting thumbprints to evict A fAmily thAt hAs been protecting the forest from illegAl logging And preventing poAching of endAngered species. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-petition-to-evict-fAmily-protecting-phnom-tnout-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Stung Hav district administration intervened in a land clearing operation on disputed land in Otres Commune on Saturday, seizing two vehicles as a warning to all parties to cease their activities until a final court verdict is reached. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vehicles-seized-as-authorities-intervene-in-land-clearing-op/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Siem Pang and Siem Pang Khang Lech wildlife sanctuaries’ enforcement teams this month confiscated a total of three chainsaws, two homemade guns, a fish electrocution device and 608 snares, said a BirdLife International Cambodia Programme broadcast on Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wildlife-sanctuaries-confiscate-illegal-traps-educate-poachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A member of the Supreme ConsultAtion Forum told The Post on ThursdAy thAt he hAd questioned the Ministry of Mines And Energy over its position regArding A proposed project to develop A sizeAble stretch of the Mekong River. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-Asked-About-mekong-plAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

This young oknha, identified as Tea Vichet &ndash; the nephew of Defence Minister Tea Banh &ndash; posted a message on Monday saying: “at this moment, I am facing a problem. a powerful rich person living in Phnom Penh grabbed my farmland!” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/powerful-man-grabs-famous-tycoons-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Beat Richner, a Swiss pediatrician who opened a network of children’s hospitals in Cambodia at a time when quality health care was all but non-existent in that country, died Sept. 9 in Zurich. He was 71. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beat-richner-doctor-to-the-poor-children-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre has announced the arrival on Monday of a male gaur calf to a female that was brought from the Kingdom’s northeastern region seven years ago as part of a pioneering breeding programme. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/endangered-gaur-gives-birth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Both Prum Chan Samnang, a 20-year-old former Smart axiata employee, and Phy Phirum, a 20-year-old air conditioning technician, were lucky enough to receive a rare “consolidation of sentences” yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/robbers-terms-made-concurrent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new TV stAtion funded by the opposition will be beAmed into homes in And Around Phnom Penh by eArly next yeAr, A CNRP spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy, though questions linger As to whether funding cAn mAke thAt A reAlity. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAdline-Ambitious-for-sun-tv/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>