Ministry of Environment says air quality situation across the country has deteriorated
According to the results of air quality monitoring from monitoring stations installed by the Ministry of Environment in the capitals and provinces across the country, the air quality situation has decreased, especially the concentration of PM10 inert particles and PM2.5 which may rise above the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501016986/ministry-of-environment-says-air-quality-situation-across-the-country-has-deteriorated/
Joint press release on Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor 2022 annual report
On 7 September 2023, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), and the Solidarity Center announced the release of the 2022 Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project (FFMP).The ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Committee created to vet 'oknhas'
The government has issued a decision establishing an inter-ministerial committee to study and prepare legal standards regarding the title of Oknha — an honorific bestowed on those who have made significant contributions to national development — with provisions that allow for the official revocation of ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-created-vet-oknhas
Action proposed to reduce air pollution by 2030
The Environment Ministry estimates that the total PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) emissions by 2030 will reach 98.5 thousand tonnes of black carbon and various short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) that have a common source, so measures to reduce air pollution must be implemented now. ... ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501013260/action-proposed-to-reduce-air-pollution-by-2030/
Ministry trials sewage monitor robot
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has embraced modern technology and launched the Kingdom’s first robotic drain monitoring device. The machine will be used to investigate the insides of sewers and drains. ... ...
Lay Samean and Fin Frida
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trials-sewage-monitor-robot
Inmates charged with selling drugs
The provincial court in Tbong Khmum province has charged four inmates with selling drugs in Trapaing Phlong prison after police found a bottle of methamphetamine pills hidden in the prison farm. ... ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21687/inmates-charged-with-selling-drugs/
Border treaty case proceeds
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday decided to proceed with charges of “forging public documents” and “incitement” against former opposition senator Hong Sok Hour and said a verdict would be announced on November 7. ... ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31326/border-treaty-case-proceeds/
Senator gets seven years for Facebook border post
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for forgery and incitement after presenting a border treaty on Facebook that the CNRP says merely contained a mistranslation. ... ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-senator-sentenced-seven-years-prison-fake-vietnam-treaty-120293/
Mother Nature sentence upheld as activists mull return
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a $25,000 fine for three environmental activists who fled the country after being convicted of threatening to destroy a sand dredging barge in Koh Kong province in 2015. They are now debating returning home, however, after the court ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mother-nature-sentence-upheld-as-activists-mull-return-125236/
Bail request denied for land activist
The Appeal Court yesterday dismissed a bail request for Tep Vanny, the prominent Boeung Kak land activist charged with intentional violence related to a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, a case reactivated after she was arrested during a Black Monday protest ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32117/bail-request-denied-for-land-activist/
Hun Sen taunts Sam Rainsy, branding him a coward for not returning home
Prime Minister Hun Sen used a public speech yesterday to mercilessly mock former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, taunting him to make good on a promise to return to Cambodia, sarcastically referring to him as a “hero” and even singing a few bars of a classic ...
Meas Sokchea and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-taunts-sam-rainsy-branding-him-coward-not-returning-home
Heng Pov asks for fast appeal
Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Heng Pov yesterday called for a speedy appeal trial before the Supreme Court in two of his cases – which relate to the possession of fake currency and to the illegal detention of a suspect – despite lamenting ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov-asks-fast-appeal
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Court monitoring”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Court monitoring”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of main roles of court monitoring actors in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as laws, announcements and news as well as relevant ...
Court monitoring
Respect for strong values is the key to citizens' trust in their courts.1 The international values recognized for judges are independence and impartiality, integrity, equality of treatment, diligence and competence. A judge cannot both decide a case and have a personal interest in its resolution. ...
Authorities release smuggled animals
Siem Reap’s Banteay Srei and Bakong forestry administrations on Tuesday released more than 100 turtles and water monitor lizards back into their natural habitats after authorities seized them from illegal wildlife traders. ... References ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-release-smuggled-animals
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar seen offering big investment opportunities
Business International Monitor said Thursday that Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar were expected to outperform their regional peers in terms of real economic growth in the longer term. In a statement, the London-based firm said the three countries would offer " substantial opportunities for investors over the coming decade, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=N2ZkOTU4YTZmZGU
Joint press release: CCHR, ADHOC and Solidarity Center published the fourth annual report of the Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor
On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (“ADHOC”) and the Solidarity Center (“SC”) announced the release of the Fourth Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association and Solidarity Center
Gov’t finds 145 cases of fake news last month
The Fake News Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Information found 145 cases of fake news, incitement, social pollution and insults against the Kingdom’s senior leadership on social media in September. ... References ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-finds-145-cases-fake-news-last-month
PM dispatches sons to handle land dispute arrests
Two village representatives in Kampong Speu who were detained for protesting against the actions of their provincial authority were released yesterday by the provincial court after Prime Minister Hun Sen sent two of his sons to help deal with the situation. ... References ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22816/pm-dispatches-sons-to-handle-land-dispute-arrests/
Labor ministry sues union officials
Labor Ministry officials have filed a complaint to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court accusing four union officials of public defamation, insulting public officers and blocking public roads. ... References ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24037/labor-ministry-sues-union-officials/