UN rights office voices concern at clampdown on political activism in Cambodia
The United Nations human rights office expressed concern today over a worsening climate for opposition politicians and activists in Cambodia, and stressed that the right to peaceful assembly and to freedom of expression belongs to all. ...
Big News Network Staff
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/238122383/un-rights-office-voices-concern-at-clampdown-on-political-activism-in-cambodia
City hall bans human rights day march over security fears
The Phnom Penh municipal government has rejected a request from NGOs to mark international Human Rights Day on December 10 with a march from the national Assembly to Freedom Park, claiming the walk would pose a threat to public security. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-bans-human-rights-day-march-over-security-fears-101830/
Samrin blocks letter about Vietnamese army ELCs
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has refused to forward to Prime Minister Hun Sen a letter from an opposition lawmaker asking that a group of rubber plantations owned by Vietnamese Army commanders be canceled because they violate the Constitution. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/samrin-blocks-letter-about-vietnamese-army-elcs-107250/
Women’s day bike ride blocked by police, security guards
More than 200 activists attempting to cycle from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to the National Assembly in Phnom Penh to mark InterNational Women’s Day were penned in by authorities Tuesday morning after pedaling less than 100 meters. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109648-109648/
Beaten lawmaker is summonsed
Opposition lawmaker Kong Saphea – one of the two parliamentarians brutally beaten by anti-CNRP protesters outside of the National Assembly last year – has been summonsed to appear for questioning over a complaint regarding property stolen from him during the attack. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/beaten-lawmaker-summonsed
EU to provide 10 million euros for election reform, NEC still needs more
The European Union pledged €10 million in preparation of the upcoming 2017 and 2018 elections yesterday, which the National Election Committee (NEC) hopes to add to in a new budget they will be submitting to the government, according to NEC officials. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21238/eu-to-provide-10-million-euros-for-election-reform--nec-still-needs-more/
Controversial union law set for final review
The head of the National Assembly’s legislation commission said he hoped to have a controversial draft union law passed “very soon” after the latest round of feedback from unions and employers during a public workshop at Parliament on Wednesday. ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-union-law-set-for-final-review-109689/
Preah Sihanouk officials meet over beach compensation plan
Preah Sihanouk provincial officials met on Monday to discuss an order from the national government to provide compensation for a number of families living and running businesses on O’Chheuteal Beach in Sihanoukville who are facing the threat of eviction. ...
Teachers’ association condemned
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a statement yesterday condemning the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) for calling on the Kingdom’s teachers to strike or protest in support of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25621/teachers----association-condemned/
Cambodia says Laos lacks documents on transboundary impacts of proposed Pak Beng dam
So Sophort, deputy secretary-general of the Cambodia National Mekong Committee, said Cambodia would attend the meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Vientiane, which is part of a six month prior consultation process for the 921-megawatt dam. ...
Roadside families protest at City Hall
Nearly 100 residents living along a stretch of land running from a railway in Boeung Kak to National Road 5 have gathered again outside City Hall to demand information about the development of a new road threatening to destroy their homes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38081/roadside-families--protest-at-city-hall/
NEC considers CNRP request to reverse election rally ban
he CNRP on Tuesday asked the National Election Committee (NEC) to help reverse a City Hall ban on election marches along major Phnom Penh streets, a spokesman said. However, the NEC appeared to have drawn the opposite conclusion from their meeting. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-considers-cnrp-request-to-reverse-election-rally-ban-129839/
Big boost for garment sector minimum wage, though some see a political motive
The government yesterday significantly upped the garment and footwear sector’s minimum wage to $170 a month, from $153, the highest increase in wages in the past two years and one that comes ahead of a crucial national election next July. ...
Yon Sineat and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/big-boost-garment-sector-minimum-wage-though-some-see-political-motive
Cop caught on camera beating traffic officer placed in pre-trial detention
A National Police officer who beat up a traffic policeman on Tuesday for reprimanding him for running a red light was sent to pre-trial detention by Phnom Penh Municipal Court this afternoon and faces the preliminary charge of “intentional violence”. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cop-caught-camera-beating-traffic-officer-placed-pre-trial-detention
CPP lawmaker accuses Sin Rozeth of supporting Rainsy’s movement, using restaurant as front for political activity
Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun has accused popular former opposition Commune Chief Sin Rozeth of supporting the Sam Rainsy-led “Cambodia National Rescue Movement” and using a restaurant she opened following the dissolution of her party to conduct political activity. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-lawmaker-accuses-sin-rozeth-supporting-rainsys-movement-using-restaurant-front
Parliament issues unconstitutional order on questioning
Violating the Constitution while following through on a threat from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the National Assembly’s CPP-staffed secretariat on Thursday issued an order saying that ministers would not appear before lawmakers unless the CNRP stopped boycotting parliamentary sessions. ...
Kuch Naren and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parliament-issues-unconstitutional-order-on-questioning-124526/
Prime minister’s brother Hun San requests ‘serious action’ against top cop
The prime minister’s older brother Hun San has sent a letter to the Interior Ministry asking for “serious action” to be taken against a deputy National Police chief over an alleged dispute on his land in Banteay Meanchey province. ...
Visa-free medical travel period tripled by Thais
The Thai government on Wednesday publicly announced that nationals of five countries, including Cambodia, can visit Thailand for up to 90 days without a visa to seek medical treatment, an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-free-medical-travel-period-tripled-thais
Prahoc to go international
A small community in Siem Reap province’s Chong Kneas commune is adamant about getting global recognition for their unique fermented fish paste, or prahoc, after the government endorsed a national standard for the most distinctive ingredient in Khmer cooking. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082981/prahoc-go-international/
Government rejects pilot project for offenders to do community service
A senoir Justice Ministry official said a pilot project to increase bail approvals and community service sentencing for small-time offenders would be impossible, weeks after the project was announced during the visit of a United Nations human rights official. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-rejects-pilot-project-offenders-do-community-service