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លោក​ចាន់ សុវ៉េត​ មន្ត្រី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ដ៏ល្បីល្បាញ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បាន​ទទួល​ មរណភាព​នៅ​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​នេះ​ ដែល​គេ​សន្និដ្ឋាន​ជំហាន​ដំបូង​ថា​ ដោយ​សារ ខ្យល់​គរ។​ លោក​ចាន់ សុវ៉េត​ត្រូវ​គេ​ដឹង​ថា ​លោក​បានប្រឹង​ប្រែង​ធ្វើ​កិច្ចការ​ច្រើន​ ក្នុង​រយៈ​ពេល​ប៉ុន្មាន​ថ្ងៃចុងក្រោយ​នេះ​ មុនពេល ...

លោក ឱម យ៉ិនទៀង ប្រធាន​អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ បាន​អះអាង​ថា លោក​បាន​រង​នូវ​ការ​គំរាម​សម្លាប់​ចំនួន ២ លើក​នៅ​ខណៈ​ពេល​លោក​ចុះ​បង្ក្រាប​អ្នក​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​កន្លង​មក ក្រោយ​ពី​លោក​បាន​ចូល​កាន់​តំណែង​នេះ​អស់​រយៈ​ពេល​ជិត ៤​ឆ្នាំ។ ...

ចំនួន​​​អ្នក​​​ដែល​​​ត្រូវ​​​បាន​​​ចោទ​​​ប្រកាន់​​​នៅ​​​ក្នុង​​​វិវាទ​​​ដី​​​ធ្លី​​​ទូទាំង​​​ប្រទេស​​​ចាប់​​ ...

នៅ​ក្នុងការ​ប៉ុនប៉ង​មួយ​ទៀត​ដើម្បី​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ការ​លួច​ព្រៃឈើ​ បឹង និង​ទន្លេ​​របស់​រដ្ឋ ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​បានទុក​ពេល​ឲ្យ​ក្រុង​ និង​ខេត្ត​ទាំង​អស់​រហូត​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២០ ខែកក្កដា ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​របាយ​ការណ៍​លម្អិត​ស្ដីពី​ការ​កាប់​ឈើ​ និង​ការ​នេសាទ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ទាំង​អស់​ ដែល ...

ក្រសួង​យុត្តិធម៌ បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​ព្រះ​រាជទាន​លើក​លែង​ទោស និង​បន្ទូរ​បន្ថយ​ទោស​ដល់​ទណ្ឌិត​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​សរុប​ចំនួន ៣៣៩​នាក់ នៅ​ក្នុង​ពិធី​បុណ្យ​ពិសាខបូជា​ដែល​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ទៅ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ទី១៣ ឧសភា។ លោក សម ប្រជាមានិត នាយក​ខុទ្ទកាល័យ​ក្រសួង យុត្តិធម៌ ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា អគ្គ​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធនាគារ​បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​ព្រះ​រាជទាន លើក​លែង​ទោស និង ...

“I don’t know how to protect the territorial integrity [of the nearby Cambodian-Thai border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” said Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retired and active soldiers who since 2010 have been battling the local authorities ...

When activists Mom Sakin and Sorn Siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ...

A commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district has filed a lawsuit accusing a human rights worker of incitement and disinformation after villagers the NGO staffer spoke to traveled to Phnom Penh to protest over a land dispute involving a well-known businessman Try Pheap. Pursat ...

Rough[ly] 40 representatives of some 370 families locked in a years-long land dispute with a rubber concessionaire in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district demonstrated outside the Phnom Penh offices of Adhoc yesterday to publicise their situation. The villagers, many of whom are family members of soldiers ...

Human Rights investigator Chan Soveth has returned to Cambodia more than two-and-a-half months after leaving in the face of a criminal charge that is thought to be linked to an alleged insurrection that took place in Kratie province in May. On August 14, the court charge ...

Some of the U.S.’ most senior lawmakers are urging Barack Obama to speak out on what they called Cambodia’s deteriorating human rights situation when the U.S. president makes what will be the first visit to the country by a sitting American leader later this month. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday agreed to delay today’s scheduled questioning of well-known rights investigator Chan Soveth, who has been charged with aiding an unnamed perpetrator in an unnamed crime. Local human rights group Adhoc requested a delay of the court appearance on the grounds that Mr. Soveth is ...

A Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge yesterday approved a proposal to delay the case against human-rights worker Chan Soveth, according to his employer, Adhoc. Soveth has been accused of providing assistance to “specific perpetrators”. Although the court did not provide names, an anonymous court official recently ...

International human rights groups continued to rally around the local rights worker Chan Soveth on Friday, two days after it emerged that the Adhoc staff member summoned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on charges of aiding an unnamed perpetrator with an unidentified crime. In a ...

A day after well-known human rights worker Chan Soveth was summoned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over charges of aiding an unnamed perpetrator in an unnamed crime, human rights groups issued a statement branding the charged as politically-motivated and intended to intimidate government critics. “We ...

Charges against outspoken Adhoc head of monitoring Chan Soveth are baseless, politically motivated and threaten to undermine human rights work in Cambodia, a coalition of NGOs said yesterday. Soveth, who has been summonsed to court on August 24 over the vague charge of assisting “specific perpetrators”, ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned Chan Soveth, a long-serving senior investigator at rights group Adhoc, over charges of aiding an unnamed perpetrator in Phnom Penh earlier this year, according to a copy of the citation obtained yesterday. Dated Aug. 9 and sent to Adhoc’s ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, for their involvement in creating illegal fishing reservoirs in Kompong Thom province. “They were charged with clearing a flooded forest for encroachment and illegally constructing ...

Eight villagers arrested in connection with an alleged uprising in Kratie province in which government security forces shot one girl dead have been charged with inciting insurrection, rights workers said yesterday. “All eight have been charged by the prosecutor already of committing insurrection against public authority. According ...

Security forces have sealed off a village in eastern Cambodia and denied entry to human rights workers after the fatal shooting of a teenager in the latest violent eviction aimed at clearing land for development. Soldiers said they needed to secure the area around Proma village, ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday once gain warned owners of economic land concessions to resolve disputes with villagers living on the land or risk having their licenses revoked, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers. The prime minister, following up on similar ...

Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has ordered 40 families embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the wife of Minister of Industry Suy Sem to pay court fees of up to $155 each, or have their complaints dropped. The villagers, however, say they are too poor ...

Mong Reththy Group has suspended a $115 million sugar plantation project that has been three years in the works, CPP Senator Mong Reththy said yesterday. According to Mr Reththy, the suspension is due to “internal” issues facing the French partner in the project, Groupe Sucres ...