No closure yet for slain anti-logging fighter Chut Wutty after 12 years, activists call for reinvestigation
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and activists called on the government to reinvestigate the case of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty who was shot dead on April 26, 2012. ...
STT report: urban poor communities fear forced evictions, no land titles
Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) has published a report, titled Land Security of Urban Poor Communities, detailing land insecurity issues plaguing urban poor communities in Phnom Penh, who have expressed fear of eviction and inadequate compensation. ...
Pou Soreachny and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/stt-report-urban-poor-communities-fear-forced-eviction-no-land-titles/
US defense secretary Lloyd Austin confirms restoration of US-Cambodia ties, joint military drills
Cambodia and the US will restore relations, restart military exercise, and accept Cambodian military students to study at West Point, according to a Facebook post by senate president Hun Sen who met US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday morning. ...
Raising women’s involvement in agri, food industry despite challenges
A group of innovative women in the field of food and agriculture in Cambodia discussed the opportunities and challenges of establishing a network to support and promote farmer products in an event organized by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Embassy in ...
Sovann Sreypich and Pou Soreachny
https://cambojanews.com/raising-womens-involvement-in-agri-food-industry-despite-challenges/
Thailand frees six Cambodian refugees six months after detention at Paris Peace Agreement training
Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released from mid-June to June 25. ...
Seoung Nimol and Tep Suokeany
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-frees-six-cambodian-refugees-six-months-after-detention-at-paris-peace-agreement-training/
Villagers Protest High Electricity Charges
About 200 people from Siem Reap’s Angkor Chum district protested outside the district governor’s office on Friday, calling for private electricity company Duong Narin to lower its prices and asking the state electricity authority to connect to their area, protesters said yesterday. The residents of ...
Index Shows Little Progress on Gender Equality
Cambodia has made little progress on gender equality and is the lowest-ranked country in the region, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2013 Gender Gap Index released Friday, slipping a place from last year to rank 104 out of 136 countries. The index examines the ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/index-shows-little-progress-on-gender-equality-46004/
Rights groups file complaint against dutch MFI investor Oikocredit
Three NGOs filed a complaint Monday to a Dutch government watchdog accusing social investor Oikocredit of failing to conduct due diligence by investing in Cambodian microfinance institutions (MFIs) whose lending practices have been linked to rights abuses. ...
Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/rights-groups-file-complaint-against-dutch-mfi-investor-oikocredit/
Future Prime Minister Hun Manet promises to follow his father’s advice
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced his son Hun Manet would take over the role in August, Hun Manet told the public on Thursday he would follow his father’s words. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/future-prime-minister-hun-manet-promises-to-follow-his-fathers-advice/
Government gives 9,968 hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group
Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum Sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and published earlier this month. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/
Government kicks off pension scheme for private sector
The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/government-kicks-off-pension-scheme-for-private-sector/
China-funded Ream base construction includes new pier, US think tank says
Chinese-funded construction, including land clearing, several new structures and a new pier, “continues to transform” Sihanoukville’s Ream Naval Base “at a rapid pace,” a U.S. think tank said Tuesday. ...
Sorn Sarath and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/china-funded-ream-base-construction-includes-new-pier-us-think-tank-says/
Environmental activists petition the Ministry of Environment to designate Koh Kong Krao as a marine national park
Environmental activists submitted a petition to the Ministry of Environment on August 23 requesting the ministry to designate Koh Kong Krao as a marine national park after the government granted rights to Ly Yong Phat’s Koh Kong SEZ. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/environmental-activists-submit-the-petition-to-em-to-designate-koh-kong-krao-as-marine-national-park/
Sand mining is threatening the lives of people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province
Experts claim that the Tonle Bassac sand mining is very significant for the construction sector and a source of revenue for the national budget, but some people are being severely negatively affected by the sand mining in those areas. ...
Nearly 100 families in Oddar Meanchey province have dispute with the sugar company
Approximately 92 evicted families as the result of land dispute with the sugar company located in Sangkat Kon Kreal, Samrong City, Oddar Meanchey province apply for a social land concession for two hectares per family as they claim that there is no land for agriculture. ...
NEC set to reject opposition parties, NGOs’ key recommendations to improve elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) appears set to reject key recommendations from civil society and opposition political parties intended to improve fairness and transparency in the July national elections. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/nec-set-to-reject-opposition-parties-ngos-key-recommendations-to-improve-elections/
Hun Sen speaks out about Phnom Penh houses confiscated by construction company
A group of over 1,000 families in Phnom Penh effectively advocated for the Prime Minister to speak out after they say the construction company Borey Piphup Thmey violated their contracts and seized their homes. ...
Den Seymar
https://cambojanews.com/hun-sen-speaks-out-about-phnom-penh-houses-confiscated-by-construction-company/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
TAFTAC official says he “won’t accept” union at his factory prior to union VP losing job
The deputy chairman of a major garment factory trade association said he will “not accept” a new union at his factory because he prefers a union run by a ruling CPP official. ...
Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/taftac-official-says-he-wont-accept-union-at-his-factory-prior-to-union-vp-losing-job/
Opposition party members beaten and slashed in multiple assaults, NGO reports
A Candlelight Party youth organizer in Phnom Penh was buying a coffee on April 6 when two men in black sped towards him on a motorbike and pulled out a metal baton, striking him on the shoulder. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/opposition-party-members-beaten-and-slashed-in-multiple-assaults-ngo-reports/
