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ទោះបីជាកន្លងទៅអស់១០ឆ្នាំក្តី ក៏ទាំង​​អង្គ​​ការ​​សង្គម​​ស៊ី​វិល និង​​ក្រុម​​គ្រួសារ នៅតែបន្តអំពាវនាវឱ្យស្វែងរកយុត្តិធម៌ពិតប្រាកដសម្រាប់សពសកម្មជនបរិស្ថាន លោក ឈុត វុទ្ធី ដែលត្រូវបានឃាតករសម្លាប់ពេលស៊ើបអង្កេតបទល្មើសព្រៃឈើនៅខេត្តកោះកុង។ ...

តាមរយៈសេចក្តីប្រកាសរួមរបស់រដ្ឋចំនួន ៣៦ រួមមានសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក អាល់បានី អូស្ត្រាលី ជប៉ុន កាណាដា ម៉ាសេដូនី ណ័រវ៉េ ស្វីស អ៊ុយក្រែន និងប្រទេសចំនួន២៨ ជាសមាជិកនៃសហភាពអឺរ៉ុប ចុះថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែកញ្ញា និងត្រូវបានអានជូនដោយ ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ប្រចាំនៅក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសិទ្ធិមនុស្សរបស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ លោក Keith Harper បានឲ្យដឹងថា តាងនាមឲ្យរដ្ឋទាំងនោះ លោកបានកត់សំគាល់ឃើញការប្ដេជ្ញាចិត្តរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានទទួលស្គាល់ផងដែរនូវជំហានដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានប្រកាន់យក ក្នុងការផ្ដួចផ្ដើមឲ្យមានកំណែទម្រង់លើគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត នីតិវិធីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត និងការចុះឈ្មោះអ្នកបោះឆ្នោត ដែលជាការឆ្លើយតបនឹងកង្វល់ជាទូទៅរបស់ពលរដ្ឋទាក់ទងនឹងការបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០១៣។ ...

Cambodia’s parliament on Friday approved a law providing financial guarantees for the developers of a planned hydropower dam on a Mekong River tributary, despite opposition from civil society groups seeking to delay the project. Villagers campaigning against the Lower Sesan 2 dam in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung ...

Civil society groups urged the National Assembly Thursday to delay the adoption of a bill on the construction of a $780 million dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia. Chhit Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum, told a news conference that estimates of ...

In a sign that they no longer have faith in the court system, more than 100 villagers in Kampong Chhnang province placed their fates in the hands of a higher power yesterday, and prayed for misfortune to rain down on a company with whom they’ve ...

Despite the recent spate of high-profile arrests and deportations, analysts, attorneys and civil society groups are divided on whether the Kingdom is finally beginning to live down its reputation as a haven for the fugitives and criminals who have long been drawn to the country ...

Thailand is rethinking a controversial plan to deport pregnant migrant workers from countries such as Cambodia and instead support them following widespread outrage, a Thai labour ministry official said yesterday. Last month, Thai Labor Minister Padermchai Sasomsap announced plans to send home migrant workers who were ...

A “public morality” clause in the draft ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights threatens the most basic rights of women and sexual minorities and should be scrapped, a coalition of women’s groups said in a statement released yesterday. Civil society groups met with foreign ministers at the ...

Some of Southeast Asia’s most acute problems were left unmentioned yesterday when government-sanctioned civil society groups met with Asean leaders at the regional bloc’s summit in Phnom Penh. NGOs from eight of the 10 Asean states attended the meeting, but the Indonesian delegation pulled out, complaining ...

Civil society groups from Thailand will boycott a meeting between NGOs and regional government representatives at this week’s ASEAN summit because their country’s delegate “does not represent Thai civil society”, a spokeswoman said yesterday. Premrudee Daoroung, a representative of Thai civil society groups, said her country’s ...

The Cambodian government floated the possibility of legislation to help clarify the roles of different actors involved in disaster management yesterday, the UN humanitarian chief said. ...

The timing couldn’t have been better. After a week in which one NGO was suspended and others warned to “readjust their work,” and the World Bank was finally forced to reveal that it had stopped loaning to Cambodia, the government announced over the weekend that ...