Human rights groups yesterday decried the result of the government’s investigation into the murder of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, saying that there were many holes in the official finding. On Saturday, the government committee charged with investigating the killings in ...

Representatives from four political parties yesterday signed a campaign finance voluntary disclosure pact, promising transparency in how their election funds are spent and identifying the sources of their funding. The disclosure agreement was reached by the SRP, Human Rights Party (HRP), Funcinpec and Movement for democracy in the absence of ...

Going back on an earlier promise not to make any more public speeches before next month’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun Sen gave the opening address at a two-day conference on food security and nutrition in Phnom Penh yesterday. At the event, organized by the Council ...

A 50 per cent stunting rate among Cambodian children contributed to lower-skilled labour and slower economic development for the Kingdom, a senior government economist said yesterday at a workshop on food security. Stunted growth as a result of malnutrition led to ineffective learning among children and ...

Violent land evictions, unlawful prison sentences, shooting deaths and crackdowns on peaceful protests are all on a list of allegations a human rights group is voicing concerns about this week. The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee condemned the incidents in a statement released on Tuesday, calling ...

Human rights group Adhoc released a report on the state of Cambodian migrant workers yesterday, saying that tales of abuse from migrant workers and their families have increased five-fold compared to the same period last year. Seventy per cent of this year’s 141 complaints concerned domestic ...

Journalists, NGO workers and politicians are not immune to the long arm of the law if they flout it, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday as he distributed land titles in Kampot province. Mr. Hun Sen’s comments come 10 days after independent radio station owner Mam ...

Four NGOs asked the government yesterday to explain the decision to promote Lao Saroeun to an undersecretary of state position in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, even though he has not been cleared of alleged corruption. “In proper practice, people under investigation for alleged corruption ...

ស្រប​ពេល​ដែល​លទ្ធផល​បោះឆ្នោត​នីតិកាល​ទី​៥ នៅ​មាន​ភាព​ចម្រូងចម្រាស​នៅ​ឡើយ អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំមើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស យូមែន រ៉ៃថ៍ វ៉ច្ឆ (Human Rights Watch) បាន​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​របាយការណ៍​បន្ទាន់​មួយ ស្ដីពី​ការ​បន្លំ​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ជា​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះ​ ឆ្នោត​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​​​២៨ កក្កដា ដែល​​រៀប​ចំឡើង​ដោយ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន សហការ​ជាមួយ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ។ អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស យូមែន រ៉ៃថ៍ វ៉ច្ឆ បាន​ចេញ​របាយ​ការណ៍​បន្ទាន់​មួយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣១ កក្កដា បង្ហាញ​ថា គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា មាន​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការ​បង្កើត​ឲ្យ​មាន​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ជា​ ប្រព័ន្ធ​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នីតិកាល​ទី​៥ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៨ កក្កដា កន្លង​ទៅ។របាយការណ៍​នេះ​រៀប​រាប់​អំពី​ករណី​ក្លែង​បន្លំ​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ដ៏​ ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ដែល​បាន​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​មួយ​ចំនួន ហើយ​ថែម​ទាំង​មាន​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​បម្រើ​ ការ​ក្នុង​ជួរ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ទៀត​ផង។ អង្គការ​នេះ​បាន​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ឃើញ​ថា មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​បម្រើ​ការ​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច មាន​ការ​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការ​ចេញ​ឯកសារ​ក្លែងក្លាយ និង​បាន​រៀបចំ​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​មួយ​ចំនួន​អាច​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បាន​ច្រើន​ កន្លែង។ មេ​ភូមិ​ម្នាក់​ដែល​សុំ​មិន​បញ្ចេញ​អត្តសញ្ញាណ​បាន​ផ្ដល់​បទសម្ភាសន៍​ដល់ ​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំមើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​មួយ​នេះ​ ដោយ​​បង្ហាញ​ពី​របៀប​ដែល​អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​របស់​គាត់​ក្លែង​បន្លំ​ឯកសារ​ បញ្ជាក់​អត្តសញ្ញាណ​ដល់​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។ ឯកសារ​នេះ​អាច​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​ដែល​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បាន ទោះ​បី​ជា​មិន​មាន​ឯកសារ​បញ្ជាក់​អត្ត​សញ្ញាណ​ស្រប​ច្បាប់​ក៏​ដោយ។ កិច្ចការ ​នោះ​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ជា​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ ដោយ​ក្រុម​ការងារ​ថ្នាក់​កណ្ដាល​នៃ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ត្រូវ​បាន​គ្រប់​គ្រង​ដោយ​មេបញ្ជាការ​យោធា​ម្នាក់ និង​សមាជិក​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​មជ្ឈិម​បក្ស​ម្នាក់ ហើយ​មន្ត្រី​ថ្នាក់​មូលដ្ឋាន​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ក្រោម​បង្គាប់​របស់​ពួក​គេ។ របាយការណ៍​របស់​អង្គការ​នោះ​បាន​បន្ត​ទៀត​ថា សមាជិក​ម្នាក់​ក្នុង​ក្រុម​ការងារ​ថ្នាក់​មជ្ឈិម​នោះ​​បាន​ចាត់​ចែង​ប្រមូល​ ...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi on Wednesday praised Cambodia’s general elections held on Sunday, and appealed for calm and political reconciliation. The human rights expert also appealed to the people and all political actors ...

An opposition activist in Siem Reap province’s Varin district said he has fled his home upon receiving word that men in military dress were asking about his whereabouts after he spoke to the press about allegations of military corruption stuffed into a ballot box on ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday raised concerns over the ongoing election results verification process, saying the manner in which it was carried out makes it almost meaningless as a tool to check returns. From Saturday to Tuesday, the National Election Committee carried out ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) claimed victory in Sunday’s national election, but saw its majority severely diminished, ceding 22 National Assembly seats to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the party’s first major setback since the U.N.-backed election in 1993. According to ...

The CNRP and the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) on Monday called for a full investigation into the National Election Committee’s (NEC) independence as well as its possible role in the irregularities the opposition says occurred during the national election on ...

Opposition vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday said he could not guarantee there would be no violence following Sunday’s vote and appealed to the international community to be on alert and help ensure a peaceful transition after the election results are released. Speaking to reporters after ...

WASHINGTON — With Cambodia’s national parliamentary elections just days away, senior officials of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party say they are confident in an election victory, despite the return of opposition leader Sam Rainsy. The ruling party has campaigned on a number of platforms, especially the ...

Cambodian voters are urged to refrain from violence, as they will go to vote on Sunday to elect for 123 members of parliament. “Free political environment and the ability of the people to exercise their rights and freedoms, such as the right to vote, freedom of ...

Villagers in Cambodia’s capital are being coerced into signing a petition supporting preliminary results issued by the country’s electoral body declaring a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party in recent elections, despite opposition claims of widespread poll irregularities, a rights group said Monday. The ...

The CPP on Tuesday threatened legal action against the CNRP if it did not cease its “defamatory rhetoric” regarding the ruling party’s relationship with the National Election Committee (NEC), which the opposition accuses of rigging July’s election in order to keep the CPP in power. The ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization ( WHO) said Friday that rabies was still a public health hazard in Cambodia and called for broad vaccinations for dogs to prevent the disease. “Rabies is highly endemic and a noticeable disease in Cambodia, ” ...