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Family members and supporters of jailed activists gather to pray at the Tonle Sap riverbank while marking Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh on December 10, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Security Forces Block Family and Supporters of Jailed Activists from Marching to Shrine

11 Dec 2024 12:18 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

More than a dozen youth, environmental activists, and families were blocked by Daun Penh district security guards in Phnom Penh on December 10 as they tried to hold a peaceful vigil marking International Human Rights Day and calling for the release of jailed activists.

Villagers living along the 94 canal in Kandok commune, Kandal province gather to hold a conference at their community to express fears of eviction linked to plans for a new airport, on February 7, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Kandal Families Slated for Eviction from Airport Site Renew Requests for Land Titles

8 Feb 2023 9:16 AM|

Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in Kandok commune’s Ampov Prey village in Kandal Stung district on Tuesday. The meeting was closely monitored by authorities.

Uk Chhayavy, president of CITA, speaks to mark World Teachers' Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh, October 5, 2022. Supplied

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Interior Ministry Promises Legal Action for Teachers’ Union if They Submit Financial Reports Late

28 Jan 2023 1:30 PM|

The Interior Ministry said it would take legal action against the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) if it failed to submit a report on its 2022 financial activity by February.

Prime Minister Hun Sen meets with more than 5,000 journalists in Phnom Penh on December 14, 2022. Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook Page

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Prime Minister Claims Access to Information Law Will be Approved After Elections

17 Jan 2023 5:01 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Information Ministry to finalize the long-delayed Law on Access to Information during a Saturday press gala in Phnom Penh. He claimed the draft law would be adopted in the next two years after the July national elections.

Licadho operations director Am Sam Ath leaves the Phnom Penh Municipal Police headquarter after meeting with police on January 09, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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“Workers Blood” Rap Video Removed from NGO Licadho’s Facebook, Website After Police Threaten Legal Action

10 Jan 2023 9:22 AM|

Human rights NGO Licadho removed a rap music video from its website and Facebook page after Phnom Penh police interrogated its operations director on Monday and requested several other civil society leaders appear for additional questioning this week.

Dozens of civil society members and human rights activists submit a petition at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court calling for the release political activists, unionists, and other human rights defenders, December 30, 2022. CamboJA/Khuon Narim

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Activists, Family Members, Call for Release of Prisoners of Conscience

31 Dec 2022 9:33 AM|

Dozens of protesters marched to Phnom Penh Municipal Court Friday, calling for the release of unionists, activists, and opposition members who remain imprisoned on what supporters say are politically motivated charges.

NagaWorld employees, clad in orange jumpsuits to symbolize the arrest of union leader Chhim Sithar, protest in front of the casino to mark the one year anniversary of their ongoing strike on December 18, 2022. (CamboJA/ Sovann Sreypich).

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One Year On, NagaWorld Strikers Persevere Despite Assaults and Arrests

19 Dec 2022 7:02 PM|

Enduring assaults, arrests and financial hardship for months, NagaWorld employees marked the one year anniversary of Cambodia’s longest running strike by gathering on Sunday outside Phnom Penh’s exclusive casino.

The gate of Prey Speu center in Phnom Penh on December 6,2022. (Photo supplied by Licadho)

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After More Deaths, Renewed Calls to Close Government-run Homeless Center

7 Dec 2022 6:16 PM|

At least two people died in August after not receiving proper medical care at government-run Prey Speu Social Affairs Center, and evidence suggests more than 10 detainees have died since July, according to a Wednesday announcement from human rights NGO Licadho.

Pursat provincial’s Krakor district authorities come to block local community and human right activists from speaking on Human Rights Day at a pagoda in Kbal Trach commune on December 4, 2022. (Supplied)

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Pursat Authorities Halt Local Human Rights Day Celebrations

6 Dec 2022 8:46 PM|

Commune authorities in Pursat province allegedly barred a celebration in the lead up to the United Nations’ Human Rights Day on Sunday, according to environmental activist Kuch Veng, the event’s would-be organizer.

Security Forces Block Family and Supporters of Jailed Activists from Marching to Shrine

Kandal Families Slated for Eviction from Airport Site Renew Requests for Land Titles

Interior Ministry Promises Legal Action for Teachers’ Union if They Submit Financial Reports Late

Prime Minister Claims Access to Information Law Will be Approved After Elections

“Workers Blood” Rap Video Removed from NGO Licadho’s Facebook, Website After Police Threaten Legal Action

Activists, Family Members, Call for Release of Prisoners of Conscience

One Year On, NagaWorld Strikers Persevere Despite Assaults and Arrests

After More Deaths, Renewed Calls to Close Government-run Homeless Center

Pursat Authorities Halt Local Human Rights Day Celebrations

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