Pushback Grows Against Proposed Longer Conscription Term
Young Cambodians are voicing growing concern that mandatory military service will deepen their financial woes, as the country prepares to expand conscription in 2026.
Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty
The Kandal Provincial Court on Tuesday found nine people not guilty after they were arrested last year over protests against a new international airport project that will force them and…
Covid Used as Cover for Union Busting in Cambodia: Human Rights Watch
The government has used legal and administrative means, and the pandemic as justification, to restrict labor rights and union organizing in the garment and tourism sectors, Human Rights Watch said…
Supreme Court Upholds 2018 “Adhoc 5” Bribery Convictions
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 2018 bribery convictions of five current and former staffers of human rights group Adhoc, concluding the appeal process in a criminal case that…
Sister of Missing Thai Activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit Pens Letter to Biden
The sister of missing Thai government critic Wanchalearm Satsaksit has written to U.S. President Joe Biden, calling on him to raise Wanchalearm’s disappearance from Phnom Penh with Cambodian officials while…
As Biden Arrives for Asean Summit, Authorities Surveil Protester’s House
Activists this week sought the attention of world leaders attending the Asean summit in Phnom Penh, while authorities on Saturday surrounded the home of a protester who has long campaigned…
Overturn 2018 Convictions of Adhoc 5, Lawyers Say at Supreme Court
Lawyers for five current and former staffers of human rights group Adhoc on Friday argued before the Supreme Court that their clients’ 2018 convictions should be overturned because the woman…
Long-Awaited Information Access Law Awaits Council of Ministers Approval
After years of officials’ pledging to finish a law regulating public access to government records, the Information Minister on Thursday said the draft law had reached a review stage at…
Demarcation Posts Leave Siem Reap Residents Fearful of Losing Farmland
Some 200 families in Siem Reap province’s Peak Sneng commune fear they will lose their rice crops to a resettlement site for people evicted from Angkor Archaeological Park after authorities…
