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អ្នក​នយោបាយ​និង​សកម្មជន​វ័យក្មេង​កម្ពុជា​ចំនួន​១០​រូប​បន្ថែម​ទៀត​នឹង​បំពេញ​ទស្សនកិច្ច​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រទេស​ជប៉ុន​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ប្រឹង​ប្រែង​ជួយ​គាំទ្រ​របស់​ជប៉ុន​លើ​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​តាម​បែប​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។ ...

អង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាល និងសកម្មជន​បានអំពាវនាវ​ឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល​បើកការស៊ើប​អង្កេត​​​ឡើង​វិញ​ទៅលើសំណុំ​រឿង​របស់​សកម្មជនប្រឆាំងការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើ លោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី ដែលត្រូវបានគេបាញ់ស្លាប់​កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៦ ខែ​មេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។ ...

សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញសម្រេចឃុំខ្លួនសមាជិកគណបក្សប្រឆាំងចំនួន៣នាក់ និង​ប្រធាន​សមាគមមួយរូប ជាបណ្ដោះអាសន្ន កាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ ក្រោមបទចោទផ្សេងៗគ្នា ខណៈបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលអំពាវនាវឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល​បើកលម្ហសិទ្ធិសេរីភាព​ជាមូលដ្ឋាន និង​ដោះលែងអ្នកទាំងបួន។ ...

អនុ​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​ភ្លើង​ទៀន​ លោក សុន ឆ័យ ថ្លែង​​​ថា សកម្មជន​ជាង​២០​នាក់ដែលគាំទ្រគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិដែលតុលាការ​រំលាយ ​(CNRP) បាន​​ស្នើទៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ជួយ​អន្តរាគមន៍​ឱ្យ​មាន​ការ​​ដោះលែងពួកគេ​បាននៅ​ក្រៅឃុំបណ្ដោះអាសន្ន ដោយអះអាងថា ពួកគេជាប់ពន្ធនាគារដោយសារ​រឿងនយោបាយ។ ...

​តំណាង​សហគមន៍​ព្រៃឈើ​ចំនួន​ ៦​នាក់​ នៅ​ស្រុក​ឱ​រ៉ា​ល់​ ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ​ ត្រូវ​បាន​សាលាដំបូង​ខេត្ត​សួរនាំ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​ ពី​បទ​បង្ក​ឲ្យ​ខូចខាត​ គំរាមកំហែង​ ប្រមាថ​ជា​សាធារណៈ​ និង​ញុះញង់​។​ ...

More than 100 police and security guards, including  riot squad members, were deployed to the capital’s Boeung Kak lake community yesterday to block a protest that, at times, involved only three shouting women. About 50 members of the Boeung Kak community tried to march from Village ...

Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River Commission. The activists said Cambodia, also downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos during heated discussions on Wednesday and ...

As Barack Obama was declared president of the United States for a second term yesterday, about 50 anti-eviction protesters for the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities camped out in front of the U.S. Embassy and appealed for the president’s help in addressing land rights ...

Reporters Without Borders has joined mounting criticism of the government’s handling of the April 26 murder of environmental activist Chut Wutty. On Monday, a security guard was convicted of accidentally killing the officer officially blamed for the activist’s death. “How convenient,” the Paris-based advocacy group said in a ...

Environment rights group Global Witness yesterday joined the call for an independent investigation into the April 26 murder of conservation activist Chut Wutty following the conviction of a security guard in the case. On Monday the Koh Rong Provincial Court sentenced Rann Boroth, a security guard ...

At the close of a case that remained shrouded in controversy until the end, Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday found former security guard Ran Boroth guilty of the unintentional killing of military police officer In Rattana, the man on whom authorities pinned the murder of ...

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has summoned for questioning two human rights workers who have lodged court complaints against local officials for disrupting their land-rights workshop in July. Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for Adhoc, and Chhim Savuth, a project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), filed ...

A Ratanakkiri-based human rights worker charged by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court with inciting ethnic minority villagers to protest during a 2009 land dispute with a private agro-industry company has been transferred to work in Phnom Penh. Pen Bonnar, Ratanakkiri provincial coordinator for Adhoc , said yesterday ...

Members of the Association of Democrats, the group led by jailed activist and Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando, rallied in front of the Royal Palace yesterday to deliver petitions appealing for his release. Huon Phannary, the deputy secretary-general of the association, said yesterday that nearly 100 ...

In a bluntly worded statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shot back at critics of the Mam Sonando verdict, stressing that there were no political motivations to the case and accusing “outsiders” of trying to pressure a sovereign court. “Mr. Mam Sonando is the mastermind of ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has fired back at criticism over the conviction of independent radio station owner Mam Sonando on insurrection charges, accusing “outsiders” of seeking to interfere in the judicial system. Supporters say the case against Mr. Sonando for allegedly leading an anti-government movement ...

The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday said it had dropped its investigation into the killing of environmental activist Chut Wutty, allegedly by a now-deceased military police officer in April. The court made the surprise announcement during the tril of Rann Boroth, who took the stand yesterday for the ...

Dozens of human-rights activists are staging flash “faint-ins” at high-street retailers across Europe to illustrate the high incidence of mass fainting in Cambodia’s apparel factories. Protestors from the Clean Clothes Campaign, an alliance of organizations in 15 European countries dedicated to improving working conditions in ...

Human rights monitoring groups and Cambodian activists are calling for an international boycott of Tate & Lyle and Domino Sugar, who do business with sugar suppliers accused of participating in government-sanctioned land grabs and illegal evictions throughout rural Cambodia. According to the Cambodian League for the ...

Protesters from both neighborhoods gathered in front of the Phnom Penh Court on Wednesday to demand the release of the three. Phnom Penh Municipal Court is holding two more land protesters, following the detention of one woman on Tuesday. The two activists, from the Borei Keila neighborhood, ...

An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fuelling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry. Campaigners are taking their fight to European supermarkets, encouraging a boycott of Cambodian sugar, which ...

The Venerable Sann Leang, executive director of NGO Environmental More than 500 villagers held a march in eastern Cambodia Friday to protest a controversial dam project on the Mekong River in Laos they say is undergoing construction despite a pledge to halt progress while officials ...

Cambodian villagers demonstrated on Friday against a controversial Lao hydropower dam that activists say is being built in defiance of an agreement to assess its potentially damaging impact on millions of people first. About 200 villagers whose livelihoods depend on the Mekong River urged a halt ...

In April, Chut Wutty was shot to death in the Cambodian forests he was so outspoken in defending, a slaying that outraged human rights activists suspicious of the conflicting explanations given by police. His death appears to be part of a chilling trend. Growing numbers of activists ...