Rights workers want transparency in Qatar labor recruitment
Human rights activists are calling for more transparency in any potential agreement to send Cambodian workers to Qatar. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://bit.ly/1HLfbQr
Cambodia ranks poorly in rule of law index
Cambodia received one of the lowest scores in the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law index 2015, released Tuesday, ranking 99 out of 102 countries surveyed. ...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-ranks-poorly-in-rule-of-law-index-84889/
Monk from KNLF gets 7 years in prison
A monk who is a member of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) – a dissident group branded a terrorist organisation by the government – was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday on treason charges for distributing KNLF literature in Phnom Penh. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monk-knlf-gets-7-years-prison
Fleeing violence, Iraqi migrant finds haven in Cambodia
In his small restaurant In downtown Phnom Penh, Hashim Fahram serves up fresh, golden falafel havIng found safety for his family far from his native Iraq. Without refugee status In Cambodia, the Fahrams have to rely on the authorities to renew their visas every year, ...
The Daily Star News Staff
http://bit.ly/1EZ7CDA
Asylum seekers land in Cambodia under secret deal
Four asylum seekers arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday. They are the first asylum seekers from an Australian-operated camp on the Pacific island of Nauru. The refugees are an Iranian man and his wife, a second man, also from Iran, and an ethnic Rohingya man from ...
Robert Carmichael
http://bit.ly/1FJQiTV
In Cambodia, English classes more popular than Chinese
In a small courtyard In downtown Phnom Penh sits the city’s oldest public school. Founded more than 100 years ago, Tuan Hoa features a ChInese temple and MandarIn language Instruction for its 2,000 students. ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1GxFgI7
Three injured in clash between rival Labor Unions
Three members of the Free Trade Union were hospitalized after being beaten by members of a rival union during a protest Wednesday morning at the SH international garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, union and police officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-injured-in-clash-between-rival-labor-unions-85350/
Customs chief names firm in record ivory haul
Thirteen months after Cambodia’s largest ever haul of ivory was seized at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the chief of customs on Wednesday appeared before the provincial court to answer questions about the case for the first time. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-chief-names-firm-in-record-ivory-haul-85454/
Youths gather in effort to make migration safer
A gathering of some 50 youths from five different provinces met in Phnom Penh last week to discuss the problems of forced migration and its dangers. The Community Youth Network leaders came from provinces where migrant work is common, to discuss how to make it ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/youths-gather-in-effort-to-make-migration-safer/2824704.html
EU to raise climate change awareness in Kingdom
The European Union in Cambodia held a panel discussion about climate change on Wednesday in coordination with a United Nations-led global climate change conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year. ...
Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12369/eu-to-raise-climate-change-awareness-in-kingdom/
Over 3,000 illegal doctors in country: Ministry
A Health Ministry official said Thursday that an investigation in the wake of a devastating HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka commune late last year had revealed more than 3,000 unlicensed doctors operating across the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-3000-illegal-doctors-in-country-ministry-85893/
Cambodia on alert after MERS found in Thailand
Cambodian health authorities are on high alert, following the first confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in Thailand, Thursday. Diagnosis systems have been installed at major border checkpoints and at the airports of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-on-alert-after-mers-found-in-thailand/2829181.html
CPP, CNRP groups in ‘lightning oath’ swearing competition
Some 200 members of a CPP-aligned youth group knelt down at a riverside shrine in Phnom Penh on Sunday and swore an oath of loyalty to the ruling party, the Cambodian Red Cross and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-groups-in-lightning-oath-swearing-competition-86077/
Tiny frog in Virachey added to red list
A tiny species of frog that may be found only in Virachey National Park in Cambodia’s remote northeast was yesterday officially classified as endangered by a major international conservation group. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tiny-frog-virachey-added-red-list
Japan contributes to ASEAN, India in retail, railway
AEON Mall, a subsidiary of Japan’s largest retailer AEON Group, recently launched its first shopping mall in indonesia. The Japanese government has also decided to provide Overseas Development Assistance to the country. It includes renovation of aging signal equipments for the Myanmar railways. ...
The Financial Express News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IgT4FZ
Why are India's warships in Thailand and Cambodia?
This week, Indian warships visited Cambodia and Thailand as part of a two-month long operational deployment In surroundIng waters In pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/why-are-indias-warships-in-thailand-and-cambodia/
US report details human rights abuses in 2014
The U.S. State Department released its 39th annual human rights report on Friday, reviewing abuses against the citizens of 199 countries and painting a forensic picture of the shortcomings of the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect the rights of its population. Under the heading “Arbitrary or ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-report-details-human-rights-abuses-in-2014-86716/
Bail granted for woman accused in mother's death
A Koh Kong woman, who a representative of the rights group Adhoc says was falsely accused of killing her mother in order to steal nearly 400 grams of gold, was released on bail on Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-granted-woman-accused-mothers-death
Sawmill discovered in Oddar Meanchey forest; wood seized
Forestry officials in Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday discovered a timber processing plant and thousands of lengths of luxury-grade wood in a remote forested area populated only by soldiers, officials said Thursday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sawmill-discovered-in-oddar-meanchey-forest-wood-seized-87247/
Question time Village rep arrested in B Meanchey
A village representative was arrested on Saturday and sent for questioning yesterday at Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court over allegations of private property destruction in a long-running land dispute with the sister-in-law of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim Yan and Chhay Chhay investment, according to a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/question-time-village-rep-arrested-b-meanchey