សង្គមស៊ីវិល

សមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ និងស្បែកជើងកម្ពុជា (GMAC) បានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរជាង ៤០០ នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា នឹងនៅតែបិទទា្វររហូតទាល់តែរដ្ឋា​ភិបាលនិង សហជីពដែលធ្វើកូដកម្មអាចធានាសុវត្ថិភាពរបស់រោងចក្រទាំងនេះ ព្រមទាំង​កម្មករទាំងអស់ដែលចង់ធ្វើការ។​ ...

As Cambodia nears its second district and municipal council elections in May, about 200 women councilors from the sub-national level attended a workshop Friday to call for political parties to increase the number of women candidates in the upcoming election. Currently, 12 percent of councilors at ...

ឈើ​ប្រណីត​ជាង ៦០ ម៉ែត្រ​គុប​តម្លៃ​រាប់​ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ក្រុម​អ្នក​កាសែត​ប្រទះ​ឃើញ​នៅ​នឹង​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​នគរបាល​ក្នុង​ស្រុក សង្គម​ថ្មី ខេត្ត ព្រះវិហារ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍ ខណៈ​ដែល​ពួក​ឈ្មួញ​កំពុង​ដឹក​ឈើ​ទំាង​នោះ​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស វៀតណាម ដោយ​គ្មាន​ការ​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ និង​មន្រ្តី ...

អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយកម្ពុជាបានធ្វើការរិះគន់អង្គការ​មូលនិធិ​សកលប្រយុទ្ធ​នឹងជំងឺ​អេដស៏​​​ របេង និងគ្រុនចាញ់សំរាប់ការមិនបញ្ជូនអោយពួកគេនូវ​ភស្តុតាងនៃ​ការស៊ើបអង្កេត​ដោយអង្គការនេះលើអំពើពុករលួយដ៏ធំក្នុងជំនួយផ្នែកសុខាភិបាល។ ...

អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ចុះ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ស្រង់​ស្ថិតិ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​មាន​ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ចិន យូញៀន ឌីវេឡុបមិន គ្រុប ប៉ុន្តែ​ត្រូវ​សន្តិសុខ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន បដិសេធ​មិន​ឲ្យ​ចូល​ក្នុង​បរិវេណ​ដី​ទំនាស់​នោះ។​ ...

Four years after the forcible deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia to China, an advocacy group has said it remains “deeply concerned” about their fate and has called on China to lift a veil of secrecy surrounding their treatment. In a statement, the World ...

An environmental protection NGO is preparing to file a lawsuit with the Kampong Speu provincial court and a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against an Agriculture Department official who was allegedly paid by a development firm to issue land titles to villagers squatting on state ...

US national Daniel Stephen Johnson was transferred to Prey Sar prison yesterday after being charged on Saturday over the alleged rape of five underage boys – residents of the orphanage he ran without interference from authorities for several months. According to Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor ...

High school students are increasingly using methamphetamines and other stimulants to relax or help them study, according to the UN. A spike in trafficking of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) across the borders with Thailand and Laos over the past two years has gone hand-in-hand with a rise ...

Members of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) said during a conference Sunday that they are “fed up” with the government for not controlling strikes by labor unions. “All of us have the same issue: illegal strikes,” Van Porphin, a member of GMAC’s executive committee, ...

SAMBOR DISTRICT, Kratie Province – A sharply dressed usher in a crisp black shirt, black pants and a shiny black tie escorted guests to one of several bungalow-style, private booths at the Mloub Dong restaurant on a recent evening. While the privacy the restaurant offers is ...

Kimseang spent much of his childhood enduring harassment and verbal abuse, with teachers and other children dismissing him because of a visual and physical impairment. While the kingdom has seen overall access to education improve from a 69 per cent net enrollment rate in 1991 ...

Civil society groups held a workshop in Phnom Penh on Thursday in which government officials and lawmakers were invited to discuss post-election land grabs and land-based conflict, although the ruling CPP failed to turn up to the event. Though incidents of land-grabbing appeared to decrease ahead ...

A day after authorities carted away 11 protesters intending to camp out in front of the United States embassy, a similarly ad hoc group of citizens struggled to deliver petitions to three embassies in the capital yesterday. The group of about 50 were blocked by police ...

The first ever Annual Journalism Ethics Awards ceremony was held Wednesday in Phnom Penh, which conferred a total of 19 awards on five national newspapers and eight national television stations in recognition of their adherence to ethical journalism. The newspapers garnering awards in categories including balance ...

Cambodia hopes to legalise undercover investigative techniques – like covert surveillance and officers posing as criminals, which until now have fallen into a murky legal grey area – by next year. At a workshop in the capital yesterday, law enforcement officials and representatives of human rights ...

A man facing defamation charges was questioned in Kandal Provincial Court yesterday following his comments in a report that alleged tycoon Try Pheap was illegally logging. San Sen was quoted in a Cambodian Human Rights Task Force (CHRTF) report last month that implicated the tycoon in ...

Communities threatened by the planned construction of three hydropower dams in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces will today submit to the Chinese Embassy a petition demanding that the embassy intervene against Chinese companies investing in the dams. The petition, to be presented in Chinese, Khmer and ...

The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. A series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NASA satellite images detail ...

Seila, a tall, heavily made-up woman with orange-blonde hair, said she was in a park in Siem Reap last year when policemen approached her, put a gun to her head and told her if she ran, they would shoot. Legally, the Kingdom’s Constitution protects the ...

Disabled Cambodians were promised a “society without barriers” by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday in a speech on Cambodia’s Day of Persons with Disabilities in Phnom Penh. About 1,500 disabled Cambodians marked the day at a gathering of more than 2,000 people in the capital’s Koh ...

A Vietnamese company has been transporting thousands of dollars’ worth of illegally logged luxury timber from Kratie’s Snuol district to Vietnam on a nightly basis under the nose of authorities, an environmental protection NGO said yesterday. At least 10 trucks with an estimated five cubic metres of ...

Although International Human Rights Day ended in the forceful eviction of protesters from outside the US embassy last night, monks and their supporters who spent days marching to the capital met with no opposition in the morning as they defied a ban on marching to ...

A cameraman from the state-run Television Kampuchea (TVK) was assaulted at Freedom Park on Tuesday as he tried to film CNRP leaders at a rally to mark International Human Rights Day, the victim and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said. Seng Chan, 34, said he was slapped ...