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A motorist drives by the Kandal Provincial Court on October 6, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty

22 Nov 2022 3:06 PM|
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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 their families to relocate.

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Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty

22 Nov 2022 3:06 PM|

Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, was violently arrested on November 4, 2022, as she attempted to join a peaceful strike. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Covid Used as Cover for Union Busting in Cambodia: Human Rights Watch

21 Nov 2022 5:13 PM|

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 in a new report.

Yi Soksan, a senior investigator at human rights group Adhoc (right), stands outside the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on November 18, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Supreme Court Upholds 2018 “Adhoc 5” Bribery Convictions

18 Nov 2022 9:49 AM|

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 critics have said failed to substantiate the charges.

Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, speaks to the media in December 2020 in front of the Mekong Gardens building, near where her brother was allegedly abducted in June 2020. CamboJA/Panha Chhorpoan

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Sister of Missing Thai Activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit Pens Letter to Biden

13 Nov 2022 5:07 PM|

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 the president is in the capital for the Asean summit.

Authorities were stationed outside the house of Friday Women activist Prum Chantha in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tompun II commune on November 12, 2022. Supplied.

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As Biden Arrives for Asean Summit, Authorities Surveil Protester’s House

12 Nov 2022 7:27 PM|

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 for the release of her husband and other jailed opposition members.

Adhoc staffers Ny Sokha (left) and Yi Soksan (center) arrive at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on November 4, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Overturn 2018 Convictions of Adhoc 5, Lawyers Say at Supreme Court

4 Nov 2022 5:35 PM|

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 who they were accused of bribing never testified in court.

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith speaks at a media conference in Phnom Penh on October 27, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Long-Awaited Information Access Law Awaits Council of Ministers Approval

28 Oct 2022 11:58 AM|

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 the Council of Ministers, but he offered no timeline for the bill’s passage.

Villagers protest outside Peak Sneng commune hall in Siem Reap province on October 20, 2022. AhMon Sara/Facebook

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Demarcation Posts Leave Siem Reap Residents Fearful of Losing Farmland

21 Oct 2022 7:55 PM|

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 last week left demarcation posts through their farmland.

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Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty

Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty

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Supreme Court Upholds 2018 “Adhoc 5” Bribery Convictions

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As Biden Arrives for Asean Summit, Authorities Surveil Protester’s House

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Kandal Court Finds Nine Airport Protesters Not Guilty

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